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UGC Rules regarding Fitness of HEIs for Grants and Budget and Accounts:

University Grants Commission
(Fitness of Agricultural Universities for Grant) Rules, 1975.

New Delhi, the 13th Aug., 1975.

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 25 of the University Grants Commission Act,
1956 (3 of 1956) read with Section 12A Now read as 12B of that Act, the Central Government
hereby makes the following rules, namely:-

1. Short title, application and commencement:-

I. These rules may be called the University Grants Commission (Fitness of Agricultural
Universities for Grant) Rules, 1975.
II. They shall apply to every Agricultural University established after commencement of
the University Grants Commission (Amendment) Act, 1972 (33 of 1972)
III. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Fitness for grant: No Agricultural University to which these rules apply shall be declared to be
fit to receive grant from the Central Government, the Commission, or any other Organization
receiving any funds from the Central Government, unless the Commission is satisfied in
respect of the following matters, namely:-
I. the establishment of the agricultural University is justified on one or more of the
following grounds, namely:-
1. inadequacy of the facilities for higher education and research in agriculture in the
area in which the University is situated and the inability of the existing University
or Universities of the State concerned to provide for such facilities either in its or
their existing faculties or schools or by the establishment of postgraduate centres
or campuses;
2. the University has or shall have some special features or new programmes and
activities which will augment the existing academic resources in the country;
3. the University has or shall have programme for the up liftment of backward areas
or removal of regional imbalances;

II. in the law under which the agricultural University is established, due weight has been
given to the recommendations made by-

1. the Education Commission (196466) constituted by the resolution of the
Government of India.

2. the Committee on the governance of Universities appointed by the Commission;
III. the State Government concerned with the University has accepted the principle of
integration of teaching, research and extension education in the broad area of agriculture
and in pursuance of this has agreed to transfer research, in the broad area of agriculture
within the State to the University.

IV. to facilitate coordination between the agricultural University and the concerned
Departments of the State Government, a convention is developed between the
agricultural University and the Department of the State Government, delineating the
responsibilities and functions of each in the area of research and extension education
and also an apex body at the State Level has been set up by the State Government
consisting of the representatives of the University and the State Government,
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