The Union Cabinet on October 4 decided to amend the Central Tribal University Act for the establishment of Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University at Mulugu District in Telangana.
This is part of an effort to implement provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act of 2014. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy laid the foundation stone of the Central Tribal University in Andhra Pradesh near Vizianagaram recently.