(1) The State Project Directorate shall be headed by the Director of the Council and such adequate support staff as may be required for the effective functioning of the State Project Directorate.
(2) The State Project Directorate shall:-
(i) oversee project implementation at the State level;
(ii) maintain statistical data and Management Information System (MIS) report; and
(iii) engage Project Auditors as required.
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25.
(1) The State Higher Education Council may appoint a Technical Support Group consisting of experts.
(2) The composition and term of the Technical Support Group shall be decided by the Council.
(3) The function of the Technical Support Group shall be to:-
(a) monitor flow of funds and information;
(b) generate Management Information System (MIS) reports as required; and
(c) provide operational support to the Council.
Funds of the Council.
26. (1) The funds of the Council shall include all sums which may, from time to time, be paid to it by the Government and all other receipts including any sum from the Central Government, the University Grants Commission or any other authority, institutions or persons.
(2) In addition to the State share under Rastriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), the Government may pay to the Council every financial year such sums as may be considered necessary for the functioning of the Council and for the discharge of its responsibilities and duties.
(3) All expenditure incurred by the Council under or for the purposes of this Act shall be defrayed from out of the Fund and any surplus remaining, after such expenditure has been met, shall be invested in such manner as may be prescribed.
Status of members and staff of council.
27. The Chairman, Co-Chairman, Members, Officers and Staff of the Council when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Order shall be deemed to be public servants.
Powers of the Government.
28. (1) On the recommendation of the Council suo-moto, the Government may direct any university and institutions of Higher Education with such modification as may be necessary to implement the reforms in such manner as may be specified therein. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, it shall be obligatory on the part of the university or the institution as the case may be, to implement the directions given by the Government and to report the action taken to the Government and the council accordingly. The council shall review from time to time the compliance by the universities/institutions of the direction given by the Government.
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(2) For any important policy decision, prior approval of the Government shall be taken by the Council. Council shall also implement its policy in consonance with the general Higher Education Policy of the Govt. and shall not work in contradiction to the Government policy.
Removal of difficulty.
29.
If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order, as occasion may require, do anything not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act which appears to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty.
Power to make regulations.
30.
The Council may, from time to time, subject to the previous approval of the State Government, make regulations consistent with the provisions of the Act and the rules, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Power to make rules.
31. (1) The Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before the Assam Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days, which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately followings, the Assam Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or the Assam Legislative Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done or omitted to be done under that rule.
S. M. BUZAR BARUAH, Commissioner & Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Legislative Department, Dispur, Guwahati-6.