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Relli village in Vizianagaram district and the Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh

The Thirteenth Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (No. 6 of 2014) lists the institutions and infrastructure to be developed in the successor State of Andhra Pradesh, and section 93 of the Act is the provision under which they are outlined. One of them is a Central Tribal University. The Union Cabinet approved an amendment to the Central Universities Act, 2009 for setting up a Central Tribal University in Andhra Pradesh, and the "Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh" is to be set up in Relli village of Vizianagaram District as provided under the Thirteenth Schedule. The Cabinet also approved a provision of Rs. 420 crore for the first phase expenditure towards establishing it.

Village: Relli village District: Vizianagaram District First phase provision: Rs. 420 crore Act amended: Central Universities Act, 2009 Enabling Act: Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (No. 6 of 2014) Schedule that provides for it: Thirteenth Schedule
Why it matters for exams: The Thirteenth Schedule institutions promised to Andhra Pradesh are standard polity questions, and the district and village named for the Central Tribal University are the detail a paper tests.
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In plain words

Thirteenth Schedule — The schedule of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act that lists institutions and infrastructure to be developed in the State.

Central university — A university set up by an Act of Parliament and funded by the Union government.

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