The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved for incurring an expenditure of Rs 3,639.32 core for the 13 new Central universities for recurring cost and creation of necessary infrastructure for the completion of their campuses. The work will be completed within a period of 36 months.The Cabinet has also given ex-post facto approval for an amount of Rs 1,474.65 crore, being the amount spent over and above the earlier Cabinet approval of Rs 3,000 crore for these Central Universities.The new Central Universities in the States of Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir (two), Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu were established under Central Universities Act, 2009.These include Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Central University of Jammu, Jammu, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Central ...
