The Rajya Sabha has taken up discussion on the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill- 2016. It seeks to set up six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Tirupati, Palakkad, Goa, Dharwad, Bhilai and Jammu besides bringing the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad within the ambit of the Act. Moving the bill, Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said under the bill, all these institutions will be declared as institutions of national importance. The Bill has already been passed by the Lok Sabha last month.