UGC defers decision to grant tag to more Institutes of Eminence

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Mains Paper 2: Governance | Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important:

Prelims level: Institute of Eminence tag

Mains level: Impact of having the tag

News

1. The University Grants Commission has deferred its decision on granting the Institute of Eminence tag to more educational institutions.
2. The expert committee has recommended more than the mandated number that the scheme allowed.

Background

1. In July, the HRD Ministry hass granted the Institution of Eminence status to three public and three private educational institutions in India after the empowered expert committee recommended 11 names.
2. The six institutions included the Jio Institute, which is yet to be set up.
3. In December, the committee recommended 19 more names, taking the total list to 30.
4. Now the empowered expert committee has recommended 30 names – 15 in each category.

What hinders granting more institutions?

1. It was not just a question of naming the institutions, but also granting public institutions Rs 1,000 crore in special funds.
2. The committee had not put its list of names in any preferential order or ranking.

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