Easier land norms for edu sector
The Union government is considering to ease land requirement norms for setting up of higher educational institutions in the country.
A committee constituted to determine rules and criteria of land requirement for Central higher educational institutions is likely to recommend allowing vertical expansion of buildings and more realistic land norms.
Sources stated that the committee was constituted in November last year by the Union human resource development ministry after it was felt that there was an urgent need for revising land acquisition laws for educational institutions. Sources said that the panel has studied land utilisation norms by existing central higher educational institutions and also at the international examples. The panel is also expected to take into account the topography and availability for new land norms into criteria.
According to existing norms the land requirement for higher education institutions like IITs, IIMs and Central Universities varies from 100 to 500 acres. The land is required to be contiguous and free from all encumbrances.