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Education Ministry’s notification on virtual seminars unenforceable, say academics -Kallol Bhattacherjee and Priscilla Jebaraj

-The Hindu

Permission required from MEA to hold them, and also for issues ‘related to India’s internal matters’

A new notification by the Ministry of Education that requires public funded institutions to seek permission from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) before organising virtual academic seminars is “unenforceable”, leading academics have said. An official of the Ministry of Education defended the order as a “simplified permission system” but there is little clarity about the subjects bracketed under “internal matters” that will require the MEA’s prior approval before holding meetings on virtual platforms like Zoom.

The order says: “Ministry or Department, PSUs, Central Educational Institutions, Public Funded Universities or an organisation owned and controlled by the Government of India or State Government or Union Territory should take approval of its Administrative Secretary for the (virtual) event as well as for the list of participants”.

It also mentions that permission of the MEA will be required if the topic of discussion deals with “security of State, Border, North East states, J&K or any other issues which are clearly/purely related to India’s internal matters”.

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