Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws Bill 2020 | UPSC

INDIAN INSTITUTES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2020

OVERVIEW

• The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was passed in Lok Sabha on 20^th March 2020.
• The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act of 2014 and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017 are the unique initiatives of the Government of India.

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• The Bill will encourage IIITs to promote the study of information and technology in the country through their innovative and quality methods.

• The Bill will declare 5 IIITs in Public-Private Partnership mode at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala & Raichur as Institutions of National Importance.
• Thereby granting them statutory status along with the already existing 15 IIITs under the IIIT (PPP) Act, 2017, the Minister said.

SIGNIFICANCE

• IIIT Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 will entitle the institutions to use the nomenclature.

• The Bill will also enable the Institutes to attract enough students required to develop a strong research base in the country in the field of Information Technology.

BACKGROUND

(i) IIITs are envisaged to promote higher education and research in the field of InformationTechnology.

(ii) Under the Scheme of Setting up of 20 new IIITs in Public Private Partnership (IIIT PPP) mode as approved by the Union Cabinet on 26.11.2010.

(iii) 15 IIITs are already covered by the IIIT (PPP) Act, 2017, while remaining 5 IIITs are to be included under the Schedule of the Act.

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AND TARGETS

• The objective of the present proposal is for formalization of IIITs at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur.

• They will now be covered under the IIIT (PPP) Act, 2017, similar to the other 15 IIITs established under the scheme in PPP mode.

BENEFICIARIES

• The emerging needs of the industry and the economy needs lot of human resources.

STATES/DISTRICTS COVERED

• States: Gujarat(Surat), Madhya Pradesh(Bhopal),Bihar(Bhagalpur), Tripura(Agartala), Karnataka(Raichur).