Overview
- The Delhi Cabinet approved the draft Delhi Private Universities Bill on Friday, creating a statutory route for private, unitary universities to be set up in the national capital.
- The Bill requires private universities to reserve 25% of seats in every programme for Delhi students and proposes merit‑cum‑means fee concessions inside that quota, including full, 50% and 25% waivers.
- A proposed Delhi Private Universities Regulatory Authority and an expert pre‑approval committee of officials, academicians, UGC representatives and financial experts would oversee approvals, standards, admissions and corrective action.
- To address land limits the draft allows multi‑storey urban campuses, lets universities open constituent colleges and off‑campus centres in Delhi but bars affiliating other colleges, and requires institutions to be self‑financing with no regular government grants.
- Next step: the Bill is to be introduced for debate in the Delhi Legislative Assembly during the ongoing Monsoon Session and will only take effect if the assembly passes it and the government issues implementing rules.