An Act to provide for the establishment of an All India Council for Technical Education with a view to the proper planning and co-ordinated development of the technical education system throughout the country, the promotion of qualitative improvement of such education in relation to planned quantitative growth and the regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards in the technical education system and for matters connected therewith.
The All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 has 25 sections in 6 chapters. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
Chapter I: PRELIMINARY
Chapter II: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL
- Section 3 – Establishment of the Council
- Section 4 – Term of office of members
- Section 5 – Meetings of the Council
- Section 6 – Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Council
- Section 7 – Temporary association of persons with the Council for particular purposes
- Section 8 – Appointment of officers and other employees of the Council
- Section 9 – Authentication of orders and other instruments of the Council
Chapter III: POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL
- Section 10 – Functions of the Council
- Section 11 – Inspection
Chapter IV: BODIES OF THE COUNCIL
- Section 12 – Executive Committee of the Council
- Section 13 – Boards of Studies
- Section 14 – Regional Committees
Chapter V: FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
- Section 15 – Payment to the Council
- Section 16 – Fund of the Council
- Section 17 – Budget
- Section 18 – Annual report
- Section 19 – Accounts and audit
Chapter VI: MISCELLANEOUS
- Section 20 – Directions by the Central Government
- Section 21 – Power to supersede the Council
- Section 22 – Power to make rules
- Section 23 – Power to make regulations
- Section 24 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
- Section 25 – Power to remove difficulties