
 Union of India - Act
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 University Grants Commission (Fitness of Institutions for Grants) Rules, 1975
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 UNION OF INDIA
   
 India
 
 University Grants Commission (Fitness of Institutions for Grants) Rules, 1975
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 Rule UNIVERSITY-GRANTS-COMMISSION-FITNESS-OF-INSTITUTIONS-FOR-GRANTS-RULES-1975 of 1975
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* Published on 1 January 1975
* Commenced on 1 January 1975
 University Grants Commission (Fitness of Institutions for Grants) Rules, 1975
 
 To be published in the Gazette of India Part II-Section 3, Sub-Section (i) ### 1882. No. F. 959/74U2(B)
 
 New Delhi, June 24, 1975
 
 Notification. - In exercise of the power conferred by Section 25, read with Section 12B of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (
 3 of 1956 
 ), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules,namely :-
 
### 1. Short title, application and commencement.
(1) These rules may be called the University Grants Commission (Fitness of Institutions for Grants) 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 (33 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 postgraduate degree only or provides instructions for a diploma course of 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 a 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 a University which has been declared fit under section 12B of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (
 3 of 1956 
 ) for receiving grants.
 

