The bill proposed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to repeal the…

Concept

Regulatory-reform bills are identified by their formal institutional title, not merely by a general description of their policy purpose.

When a law is intended to replace an existing regulator, identify the new body created by the proposal and match its official name.

Application

The Ministry of Human Resource Development prepared a 2018 draft to repeal the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, and establish the Higher Education Commission of India. The bill was therefore named after that proposed body.

Contrast

• Higher Education Reforms Bill is a broad descriptive reform label rather than the institutional title used in the ministry release.

• University Education Reforms Bill is another broad reform label and does not name the proposed regulator.

• University Education Commission Bill names a generic university-education commission, not the formal body identified by the draft.

• Higher Education Commission of India Bill names the national higher-education body that the draft proposed to establish.

Cross-check

The Press Information Bureau release dated 27 June 2018 describes the draft as the Higher Education Commission of India Bill, 2018, prepared to repeal the UGC Act and set up HECI.

Result

Hence, the required name is Higher Education Commission of India Bill.