The Cabinet has given in-principle approval for the setting-up of the Indian National Defence University, INDU. The university will be set up at Binola in Gurgaon district of Haryana. Briefing the media about the Cabinet decisions, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said, the university will be fully autonomous and will be constituted under the Act of Parliament.<br/>The estimated cost of setting of the university is expected to be to the tune of 295 crore rupees. The existing four colleges on defence studies will be brought under the ambit of this university but they will continue to maintain their autonomy. The Cabinet has also given its clearance for a 35-members staff of the National Advisory Council, NAC.