New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- The government is preparing a comprehensive overhaul of India's higher education regulatory framework through the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 15 December and referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 16 December.

The proposed law-the most significant reset of higher education governance since the setting up of the University Grants Commission (UGC)-comes amid concerns that the country's universities remain over-regulated, uneven in quality, and poorly aligned with global academic and research standards.

At the centre of the Bill is the creation of the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan, a new apex body that will set the strategic direction for highe...