Panel set to relax land norms for institutes
Panel set to relax land norms for educational institutes
New Delhi: The government is considering to ease land requirement norms for setting up of higher educational institutions.
The Centre has constituted a committee to recommend norms and criteria for determining the land requirement for Central higher educational institutions.
Sources stated the Union human resource development department has constituted the committee after it was felt that there was an urgent need to revise the land requirement for educational institutions.
To alleviate land acquisition hassles, the government wants provisions for allowing vertical expansion of the buildings. The existing guidelines had been laid down several years ago when there was surplus land available. .
The committee has been mandated to study land utilisation by existing Central higher educational institutions and also look at the International examples. The committee is expected to recommend norms and criteria for determining land requirement in the country taking into account the topography and availability of land.
The committee, headed by former higher education secretary Satyanarayan Mohanty, also comprises ex-secretary of HRD ministry M.K. Kaw, director of college of engineering, Pune, Anil Sahasrabudhe; chairperson of board of governors, IIT-Roorkee, Ashok Gupta; Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Gujarat, Syed Basi and chairman of board of directors, ICICI Bank, K.V. Kamath.
According to the existing norms, the land requirement for higher education institutions like IITs, IIMs and the Central Universities varies from 100 to 500 acres. The land is required to be contiguous and free from all encumbrances.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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