A bill to give national song Vande Mataram the same statutory protection as the national anthem Jana Gana Mana and another legislation to ensure that foreign contributions to NGOs are not utilised in a manner prejudicial to the national interests have been listed by the government for introduction in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session beginning July 20.
The government is also planning to introduce another bill seeking to make "delayed registration" of birth and death more stringent and a legislation for a massive overhaul of India's higher education sector by dissolving the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to create a single, unified regulatory commission.
