New Delhi Sep 12 (IANS) The government will bring an amendment Bill to declare the new NIDs Institutions of National Importance (INIs) on a par with the National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the introduction of a Bill in Parliament for amending the NID Act 2014 to include NID Amaravati/Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh; NID Bhopal Madhya Pradesh; NID Jorhat Assam; and NID Kurukshetra Haryana and declare them INIs.
"Some minor amendments to the Act including consequential amendments considered necessary namely to re-name NID Vijayawada as NID Amaravati and nomenclature of Principal Designer as equivalent to Professor are also proposed in the Bill " Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement.
"Establishing new NIDs as Institutions of National Importance in different geographical regions of the country will help produce highly skilled manpower in design which in turn will create job opportunities both direct and indirect by providing sustainable design interventions for crafts handloom rural technology small medium and large scale enterprises; and outreach programmes for capacity capability and institution building " it added.

--IANS vn/mag/sed