RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/40123
महाराष्ट्रा श्रा रा
अ ाधारण्भाग्राच–अ
वर्ष्यय९्अं,्यण्(३)] मंगळवार९्डि ेंर् ९् २ २५अअहारण्यण९्र, ्य १ [रृषठे्३९्ड,ंमत्:्रुररे्३६.२२
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महाराष्डवधाश भेत्व्महाराष्डवधाशररिरर्षदेत् ादेर्, लेलेी्डवधेर, ्(इंअ ी्अशुवादे).
MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT
The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on 9th December, 2025 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules.
L. A. BILL No. XCIX OF 2025.
A BILL
further to amend the Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and
Regulation) Act, 2023.
Mah. VIII of 2024.
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Private Universities )Establishment and Regulation( Act, 2023, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—
Short title.
1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Private Universities )Establishment and Regulation( )Second Amendment( Act, 2025.
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भाग पाच-अ-४१-१. एच बी-२४४७-१.
२ महाराष्ट्रा श्रा रा अ ाधारण्भाग्राच–अ, डि ेंर् ९् २ २५अअहारण्यण९्र, ्य १Mah. VIII of 2024.
2. In the SCHEDULE appended to the Maharashtra Private Universities )Establishment and Regulation( Act, 2023, in Part II, after entry 8, the following entry shall be added, namely :—
Amendment of Schedule of Mah. VIII of 2024.
'' 9. Jio University,
Interim Campus, Building A, Sector-4, Ulwe, Taluka Panvel, District Raigad-410206.
Reliance Foundation, Institution of Education and Research Floor 9, Plot 222, East Wing, Maker Chambers IV, J. B. Marg, Nariman Point,
Mumbai-400021. ''.
Permanent Campus-Pocket 8-2, Sector-8, Dronagiri, Taluka Uran, District Raigad-400702.
महाराष्ट्रा श्रा रा अ ाधारण्भाग्राच–अ, डि ेंर् ९् २ २५अअहारण्यण९्र, ्य १ ३STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Maharashtra Private Universities )Establishment and Regulation( Act, 2023, )Mah. VIII of 2024(, is enacted for establishment, incorporation and regulation of self-financed private universities in the State of Maharashtra for development and advancement of higher education in the State and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
2. Section 6 of the said Act, provides that the Government after considering the report submitted by the Verification Committee under sub-section )4( of section 5 of the said Act, is satisfied that the sponsoring body has complied with the provisions of section 5 of the said Act may permit the establishment of a private university, by inclusion of the name, location and headquarter of the private university and their sponsoring body in Part II of the Schedule, by amending the Schedule by enacting a law by the State Legislature.
3. As provided in the said section 6 of the said Act, the Government after considering the report submitted by the Verification Committee under sub-section )4( of section 5 of the said Act, is satisfied that the sponsoring body, the Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research, Floor 9, Plot 222, East Wing, Maker Chambers IV, J. B. Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021, has complied with the provisions of section 5 of the said Act, establishment of private university by the name of '' Jio University''.
4. Therefore, to establish the Jio University a self-financed university, the Government considers it expedient to amend Part II of the Schedule appended to the Maharashtra Private Universities )Establishment and Regulation( Act, 2023, suitably.
5. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.
CHANDRAKANT (DADA) PATIL, Nagpur, Minister for Higher and Dated the 8th December, 2025. Technical Education.
Secretary-1,
Vidhan Bhavan, JITENDRA BHOLE, Nagpur, Dated the 9th December, 2025. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
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