Act Number: 3

Act Name: The University Grants Commission Act, 1956

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-03-03

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.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of Higher Education

Section 4: Establishment of the Commission.
    (1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established a Commission by the name of the University Grants Commission.
     (2) The said Commission shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
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