| The move is likely to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment in higher education. |
| "The Bill will protect the interest of student community from sub-standard foreign educational institutions and 'fly by night' operators," Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, minister for information and broadcasting, said today. The Bill will now go to Parliament. |
| The Cabinet also gave its nod for raising the authorised share capital of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd from Rs 400 crore to Rs 1,000 crore. |
| The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005, was also approved. The Bill envisages speedy investigation and dispensation of justice, prevention of communal violence and offences. |
| The Cabinet also gave approval for a Bill to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1998. |
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