New Delhi: The Parliament has passed the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2020, paving the way for three deemed to be universities to be granted Central Sanskrit University status.
The three institutions to be upgraded are Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (New Delhi), Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (New Delhi) and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (Tirupati).
The Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Lok Sabha had passed it on December 12 last year.
Following the passage of the Bill, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal thanked the members for their support.
The minister said the three universities will help in spreading the knowledge of the Sanskrit language both in India and abroad.
He further said Sanskrit is a scientific language and a language of wisdom. “The world is looking towards the Sanskrit language and therefore it’s taught not only in Indian colleges and universities, but also in top foreign universities,” he added.
This is considered as one of the landmark Bills passed by the Parliament. It fulfils a longstanding aspiration and demand of Sanskrit loving people as well as scholars in the country.
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