Union Cabinet Approves Amendment To The Central Universities Act To Set Up Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University In Telangana

Earlier on October 1, PM Modi announced a new Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University to be set up in the Mulug district of Telangana.

Union cabinet approves amendment to the Central Universities Act for new Tribal University in Telangana (Representational Image)

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The Union Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Central Universities Act, 2009 for the setting up of the recently announced Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana. Notably, on October 1, 2023, PM Narendra Modi while addressing a public meeting in Telangana’s Mahboobnagar announced the setting up of the Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in the Mulug district of the poll-bound southern state. PM Modi said that the new Tribal University will be named after the tribal goddesses Sammakka and Sarakka, worshiped in various areas of Telangana. He further added that the new varsity will be established with a budget of Rs 900 crore. 

At the event in Mahbubnagar, PM Modi also virtually launched infrastructure projects worth Rs 13, 500 crore today, October 1, 2023. The prime minister also laid foundation stone and flagged off several infrastructure projects in the state including road, rail, petroleum and natural gas and higher education. The projects are aimed at enhancing the infrastructure, connectivity and education quality in the poll-bound land-locked state. He also flagged a new train service from Krishna railway station to Kacheguda through video conferencing at the event. 

Additionally, the Prime Minister also virtually inaugurated five new buildings at the University of Hyderabad (UoH). The newly inaugurated b buildings at the University of Hyderabad include the School of Economics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Management Studies, Lecture Hall Complex – III, and Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication (Annexe).