Notification regarding amendments in Council (NIPER) Rules, 2022

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-24022026-270438 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 135] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2026/PHALGUNA 5, 1947 1348 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (Department of Pharmaceuticals) (ACADEMIA AND RESEARCH DIVISION) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 24th February, 2026 G.S.R. 141(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30E of the National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998 (13 of 1998), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Council (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research) Rules, 2022, namely:— 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Council (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research) Amendment Rules, 2026. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Council (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research) Rules, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as "the said rules"), in rule 7,— (i) for sub-rule (4), the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely:— "(4) In case of an emergent situation warranting immediate action by the Council, the Chairperson may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, take such action as may be deemed necessary. (4A) Any such action taken under sub-rule (4) shall be placed, as early as possible, in the next meeting of the Council for its ratification and the decision of the Council shall prevail.”; (ii) for sub-rule (5), the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely:- "(5) When any item of business or issue requires decision of the Council, if the Chairperson so directs, may be circulated to the members at their official email addresses as a draft resolution, which shall be deemed to have been passed by the Council, if it is approved by majority of the members. (5A) Any resolution so deemed to have been passed under sub-rule (5) shall be placed at the next meeting of the Council for ratification.". 3. In the said rules, in rule 8, for the word and figure "rule 4", the word and figure "rule 5" shall be substituted. 4. In the said rules, for the words "National Institute" wherever they occur, the words "National Institutes" shall be substituted. [F. No. 50013/2/2022-NIPER] SATYAPRAKASH TL, Jt. Secy. Note: The Council (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research) Rules, 2022 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number G.S.R.408 (E), dated the 1st June, 2022. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.