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India's Parliament Is Adding Official Rules for the Indian Statistical Institute

A bill in India’s Lower House of Parliament proposes a permanent legal structure for the Indian Statistical Institute.

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Key Points

3 points

The bill aims to give the institute clear statutory authority.

Full‑time teaching staff will become members of the Academic Council.

The director will lead the Academic Council, guiding academic decisions.

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The proposal says all full‑time professors and faculty will sit on the Academic Council, the institute’s main academic body.

The Academic Council will be chaired by the institute’s director.

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7 words

statutory

official law‑made rule

framework

big plan that holds things together

Academic Council

group of teachers that decides important school matters

Lok Sabha

India's lower house of the Parliament where laws are discussed

professors

teachers at a university

faculty

all the teachers working at a school

director

the person who runs the school

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