Question: Recently the Union Cabinet granted ex-post facto approval to the Amendment to The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 for incorporation of how many new IITs?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Seven
Ans:(c)
Related facts:
- On 25 May 2016 the Union Cabinet granted ex-post facto approval to the Amendment to The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 for incorporation of six new IITs.
- These new IITs will come up at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Dharwar (Karnataka), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Goa, Jammu (Jammu &Kashmir) .
- The amendment will also help convert Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad into an IIT by bringing it into the ambit of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
- The Cabinet also gave ex post facto approval to set up National Institute of Technology(NIT), Andhra Pradesh which has been registered as a Society under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=61
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/union-cabinet-gives-approval-to-6-new-iits-1411106
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/Union-Cabinet-gives-approval-to-five-new-IITs/articleshow/52435132.cms
http://www.businessinsider.in/Union-Cabinet-Gives-Approval-To-6-New-IITs/articleshow/52437013.cms