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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicIIM amendment bill

Topic: IIM amendment bill

Bill diluting IIMs’ autonomy passed in Lok Sabha, Pradhan says institutes ‘not private property’

IIM (Amendment) Bill 2023 will amend 2017 act & appoint the President 'Visitor' of each IIM, giving govt final say in appointing chairperson of board of governors & director.

‘Take IIM Bill seriously, more changes may further erode autonomy’, says ex-director Bakul Dholakia

The former IIM-Ahmedabad director feels govt should stay out of the running of the premier institutes, but also questioned actions of some IIM directors in past few years.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.