NEW DELHI, MAR 15
The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved a bill which declares two food technology institutes at Kundli in Haryana and Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu as national institutes.
#RajyaSabha passes the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) bill 2019, which declares NIFTEM Kundli and the Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur as institutes of national importance. pic.twitter.com/AHvaoxBEBw
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The Rajya Sabha passed The National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019 by voice vote on Monday.
The Bill declares National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Kundli, and the Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur as National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management.
Clarifying members” doubts about implementation of reservation policy in these institutions, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said while replying on the bill in the House that all policies of national importance would be implemented in these institutions and reservation would be applicable in these institutes.
