https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=University_Grants_Commission_Act%2C_1956University Grants Commission Act, 1956 - Revision history2026-11-04T23:38:03ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_Grants_Commission_Act,_1956&diff=542668&oldid=prevJames: Made new post2026-03-23T06:30:27Z<p>Made new post</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of India}}<br />
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{{Infobox legislation<br />
| imagesize = 150<br />
| short_title = University Grants Commission Act, 1956<br />
| legislature = [[Parliament of India]]<br />
| long_title = An Act to make provision for the co-ordination and determination of standards in Universities and for that purpose, to establish a University Grants Commission.<br />
| citation = [https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/1627?locale=en Act No. 3 of 1956]<br />
| territorial_extent = [[India]]<br />
| enacted_by = [[Parliament of India]]<br />
| assented_by = [[President of India]] [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| date_assented = 3 March 1956<br />
| date_commenced = 5 November 1956<br />
| status = in force amended<br />
}}<br />
The '''University Grants Commission Act, 1956'''<ref>{{cite web|title=UGC Act-1956|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/upload_document/ugc_act.pdf|website=mhrd.gov.in|publisher=Secretary, University Grants Commission|access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of India]].<ref name="University Grants Commission (India) -">{{cite web|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/ugc_act.pdf|title=The University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (As modified up to the 20th December, 1985) and Rules & Regulations under the Act|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)]]|access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref> The Act is sometimes referred to as "the UGC Act" and, among other things, regulates central assistance for public universities.<ref name="The Hindu - 3 June 2012 - UGC defers plan to allow entry of foreign varsities">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ugc-defers-plan-to-allow-entry-of-foreign-varsities/article3483922.ece|title=UGC defers plan to allow entry of foreign varsities|last=Dhar|first=Aarti|date=3 June 2012|work=[[The Hindu]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]|access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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