The Cabinet has given its in principle approval for the setting-up of the Indian National Defence University, INDU. The university will be set up at Binola in district Gurgaon of Haryana. Briefing media on the decisions taken at a meeting of the Cabinet held today, the Information and Broadcasting Minister Mrs. Ambika Soni said the university will be fully autonomous and will be constituted under the Act of Parliament. The estimated cost of setting of the university is expected to be to the tune of 295 crore rupees. INDU will undertake long term defence and strategic studies and promote policy oriented research on all aspects related to National Security; this will help in providing input for the strategic national policy making. The existing four colleges on defence studies will be brought under the ambit of this university but they will continue to maintain their autonomy.<br/>The Cabinet also gave its nod for the proposal to enact a law on the safety of dams. A dam safety Bill, 2010 will be introduced in the Parliament in this regard. According to Mrs. Ambika Soni, the objective of such a Bill is to help the States in adopting uniform dam safety norms. It will provide for proper surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of specified dams to protect the persons and property against risks associated with dam failures apart from their safe functioning. Under the draft Bill, the responsibility of setting up an institutional mechanism for ensuring safety of such dams on the Centre, state governments and owners of the specified dams. The draft Bill also has provisions for emergency action plan and disaster management. AIR correspondent says that the Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal Legislative Assemblies had adopted resolutions in 2007 for the dam safety legislation to be regulated by an Act of Parliament. <br/><br/>