Bill Allowing Foreign Universities Is Before India’s Parliament

India’s minister in charge of higher education, Kapil Sibal, brought before Parliament on Monday a long-awaited bill that would allow foreign colleges and universities to open campuses in India and oversee their operations. The controversial bill overcame a major hurdle in March, when it was passed by the prime minister’s cabinet. But its key regulations remain unclear. One newspaper said the legislation had been introduced to loud opposition from members of leftist and other political parties, who question whether many students would be able to afford to enroll in foreign universities’ Indian campuses. The bill’s opponents also argue that the quality of the branch campuses would not be as high as on the universities’ home campuses.