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 20: Directions by the Central Government.
    (1) In the discharge of its functions under this Act, the Commission shall be guided by such directions on questions of policy relating to national purposes as may be given to it by the Central Government.
     (2) If any dispute arises between the Central Government and the Commission as to whether a question is or is not a question of policy relating to national purposes, the decision of the Central Government shall be final.
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