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Centre Pushes States for Wider Regulatory Reforms, Easing Land Norms for Education and Industry
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Moneycontrol•24-09-2026, 18:07
Centre Pushes States for Wider Regulatory Reforms, Easing Land Norms for Education and Industry
- •The Centre is collaborating with state governments to implement regulatory reforms, focusing on simplifying land requirements for educational institutions and streamlining land-use conversion for industrial purposes.
- •A dedicated task force is working to abolish, simplify, or modify state-level rules, operating simultaneously with a central government committee reviewing federal regulations.
- •Current land requirements for colleges, ranging from 5 to 15 acres, hinder the establishment of institutions in urban centers where faculty and foreign universities are more accessible.
- •The Centre suggests vertical campuses as a solution for urban areas with expensive land, citing examples like the London School of Economics which operates from a single building.
- •Simplifying land-use conversion from agricultural to industrial is another key reform area, as the current process is often difficult and time-consuming in many states.
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The Centre is collaborating with states to implement regulatory reforms, which include easing land requirements for educational institutions and simplifying land-use conversion processes for industries.
Minimum land requirements ranging from 5 to 15 acres across states make it difficult to set up colleges in urban centres like Delhi, Chennai, and Mumbai where faculty, foreign universities, and expensive land make vertical expansion a better alternative.
The task force achieved an overall success rate of about 76 percent in 2025 during its first year of operation, and it is currently pursuing another 23 regulatory simplifications with states.
