National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 was based on the National Council for Teacher Education Bill, which was introduced in the Parliament of the Government of India on 24 November 1992[1] and subsequently passed.[2]
The objective of the bill, according to the government, was to "provide for the establishment of a National Council for Teacher Education" as a separate body rather than as just an advisory department, a role the council had held since its inception in 1976.[3]