NEW DELHI: The country will get three new central Sanskrit Universities. With the passage of the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2020 in Parliament on Monday, the three deemed universities — Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan , New Delhi, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi, and the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupati will be upgraded to the status of central universities.The Bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Lok Sabha had already passed the Bill on December 12, 2019.Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal thanked the members of Rajya Sabha for their support in passing the Bill.The minister said that these three universities would now get more opportunities to spread the knowledge of Sanskrit language not only in India but also across the world in a better way.He said that Sanskrit is a scientific language and a language of wisdom. "The world is looking towards Sanskrit language as it is being taught not only in Indian colleges and universities but also in top universities of the world," he said.Pokhriyal said that Sanskrit is a gift of India to the entire humanity and it will enhance the pride of India at global level. The minister also shared the thoughts of some great personalities like great scientist Sir C V Raman, former president of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and German-born philologist Max Muller on Sanskrit.The HRD minister spoke at great length about the importance and uniquiness of Sanskrit and its literatuare. He pointed out that Sanskrit is a special and unique language.He further pointed out that Devnagari script is otherwise of Sanskrit only and said that a lot of words in many Indian languages are derived from Sanskrit. "Sanskrit language is not just a language but an identity of the great cultural diversity of this country and hence it is known as an unique language," he said. Due to these factors, it has become imperative to promote the study and research in Sanskrit language, he added.This is considered to be one of the landmark Bills passed by Parliament which has fulfilled the aspirations and the long-standing demand of many Sanskrit lovers, scholars and Sanskrit speaking people of the country.