India, Dec. 15 -- A three-council commission will serve as the single higher education regulator, tasked with enforcing outcome-based accreditation, setting academic standards, and granting graded autonomy to institutions, the bill, which the government plans to table during the winter session to overhaul the education system, proposes.

Approved by the cabinet on Friday, the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025--earlier called the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill--aims to replace the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). It also seeks to regulate the establishment of higher educational institutes, imposing a ...