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- The government has tabled the Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026 in Parliament, which will replace the existing law governing ISI enacted in 1959.
- The ISI, founded by statistician P.C.
- Mahalanobis in 1931, is currently registered as a non-profit learned society under societies registration laws.
- Several provisions of the new Bill have become contentious, prompting protests from ISI faculty members and members of Parliament.
- The outcome of this legislation will shape how one of India's oldest statistical institutions is governed.
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- Opposition from ISI faculty and MPs to specific provisions of the Bill
- Parliamentary debate and response from the government on contentious clauses
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