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The State authorities connected Friday (February 20, 2026) withdrew the contentious Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which had been passed by the House past year. The Bill allowed for the conversion of existing backstage oregon government-aided colleges into a caller class called “Brownfield Universities” by altering the minimum request of contiguous onshore needed to found specified institutions.
Within a fewer days of the Bill being passed successful the House amid absorption from the AIADMK and a fewer different parties, Higher Education Minister Govi. Chezhiaan had said the authorities would retreat and reappraisal it.
While Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Private Universities Act, 2019, mandates a minimum of 100 acres of contiguous onshore to found backstage universities successful the State, the amendment had reduced the request for Brownfield Universities to 25 acres successful municipal corp areas, 35 acres successful municipal assembly oregon municipality panchayat areas, and 50 acres successful different areas. The authorities besides withdrew the Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
FM presents Final Supplementary Estimates
Minister for Finance, Environment and Climate Change Thangam Thennarasu presented the Final Supplementary Estimates for 2025-26 successful the Assembly. The Supplementary Estimates placed earlier the House amounted to ₹43,082.99 crore, of which ₹35,562.66 crore was nether the Revenue Account, ₹4,548.71 crore nether the Capital Account, and ₹2,971.62 crore nether the Loan Account.
The further appropriation was necessitated by the organisation of ₹3,000 arsenic Pongal assistance on with acquisition hampers to each atom ration card-holders and families surviving successful Sri Lankan Tamil Rehabilitation Camps. A sum of ₹3,913.32 crore was earmarked for the disbursement of ₹5,000 per beneficiary nether the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam, ₹3,086.80 crore was allocated for transportation to the Guarantee Redemption Fund, and ₹3,285.03 crore was acceptable speech for the colony of benefits to retired, voluntarily retired and deceased employees of the Transport Department, among different expenditures.
The House besides passed Tamil Nadu Appropriation (Vote connected Account) Bill, Tamil Nadu Fiscal Responsibility (Amendment) Bill, among others.
