Why in news:

• The State Government of Haryana has passed the Pandit Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts, Rohtak (Amendment) Bill.

Key Points:

• Among the key provisions of the amendment, the state government has renamed the Pandit Lakhmi Chand State Performing and Visual Arts University.
• According to the passed bill, now the word Dada will be used in place of Pandit in front of the name of Pandit Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts. Resultantly, Rohtak-based Pandit Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts will now be known as Dada Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts.
• The Pandit Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts, Rohtak came into existence on August 5, 2014, through Haryana Act No. 24 by integrating four government technical institutions, namely State Institute of Fine Arts (SIFA), State Institute of Design (SID), State Film and Television Institute (SIFT) and State Institute of Urban Planning and Architecture (SIUPA).
• The University was established for promotion of fine arts, film and television, to focus on new fronts of design urban planning and architecture, as well as to facilitate and encourage study and research in emerging areas of higher education and to achieve excellence in these and other related fields. 
• These four institutes with an annual intake capacity of 240 students were started in the year 2011 and were affiliated to Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak. The state government was hitherto providing 100 percent grant assistance to these institutions.