Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:The idea of abolition of regulatory bodies of education like UGC, AICTE and NCTE is based on the assumption that such multiple bodies are redundant.
Statement II:The Bar Council of India has opposed the idea of abolition of regulatory bodies as it would affect its role as the apex regulatory body of legal professionals in India.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Explanation
Merging overlapping regulators like UGC, AICTE and NCTE rests on the view that many bodies are redundant.
Statement 1 is correct, as the abolition idea assumes such multiple bodies duplicate each other.
Statement 2 is correct, as the Bar Council of India resisted losing its apex role over legal professionals.
Both statements accurately capture the debate over a single higher-education regulator.
The idea took shape as a proposed Higher Education Commission of India.
The Bar Council draws its authority from the Advocates Act of 1961.
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