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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

To be published in the Gazette of India Part-II Section 3, Sub: Section (1)

No. F.9-59/74-U2 (B) New Delhi: June 24, 1975

Government of India,
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare

Notification:

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

1. Short title, application and commencement:
(1) These rules may be called the University Grants Commission (Fitness of Institutions
for grant Rules, 1975).
(2) They shall apply to every institution recognised by the Commission under Clause
(f) of Section 2 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956) on or
after the 17th day of June, 1972 the date on which the University Grants Commission
(Amendment) Act, 1972 (3 of 1972) came into force.
(3) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette.

2. Fitness for grant:
No institution to which these rules apply shall be declared to be fit to receive grants from the
Central Government, the Commission or any other organisation receiving any fund from the
Central Government unless the Commission is satisfied that the institution :
(i) Provides instruction upto a bachelor’s degree or upto a Post-graduate degree or for a Post-
graduate degree only or provides instruction for a diploma course of a duration of not less than
one academic year and for which the minimum qualification for admission is a Bachelor’s
degree.
(ii) Is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or is a body
corporate established or incorporated under the Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act
for the time being in force or is a trust with Trustees being appointed and vested with legal
powers and duties; and

(iii) Is permanently affiliated to University which has been declared fit under Section 12-B of the
University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956) for receiving grants.

Sd/-
(K.N. Channa)
Secretary to the Government of India

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