The Karnataka assembly today passed a bill amending an act,disallowing a private university from conducting courses pertaining toagriculture science.
The bill was introduced in the wake of protests by students of Universities of AgriculturalScience across the state against entry of private players infarm education.
The bill, amending the Rai TechnologyUniversity, Bangalore Act, 2012 (Karnataka Act 40 of 2013), seeks to disallow the Bengaluru based university from conductingthe Agriculture Sciences Technology courses.
The bill, in its statement of objects and reasons, said the University had not followed guidelines mandated by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR),