India, Dec. 22 -- The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Ministry of Education, represents one of the most consequential attempts in recent decades to redesign India's higher-education governance framework. Presented to Parliament as part of a broader reform agenda aligned with national development goals (Viksit Bharat), the Bill aims to replace an overstretched and multi-regulatory, heterogeneous, overlapping structure with a unified, coherent institutional framework. Its stated objective is not merely administrative consolidation, but the creation of a regulatory environment that is transparent, outcome-oriented, and capable of supporting a rapidly expanding and diversifying higher-education s...