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4 /131/2021-22] : , III, 4 .. 1-1/2020 ( -I) 4 , 2020 UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st July, 2021 F. No. 1-10/2020 (DEB-I). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 26 read with clause (j) of section 12 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956) with the previous approval of Central Government, the University Grants Commission hereby makes the following Regulations to amend the University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020, namely: 1. Short title and commencement. (1) These regulations may be called the University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

5 (2) These shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020 (herein referred as Principal Regulations), in regulation 3 in clause (A) sub-clause (i), the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: Provided that the NAAC and NIRF Ranking requirements shall be valid for next three academic years 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024. Thereafter shall be reviewed by the Commission for the academic session 2024-2025(session beginning July 2024) and onwards. 3. In the said Principal Regulations, in regulation 3 in clause (B) sub-clause (a), the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: Provided further that the NAAC and NIRF Ranking requirements shall be valid for next three academic years 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024.

6 Thereafter shall be reviewed by the Commission for the academic session 2024-2025(session beginning July 2024) and onwards. [ III 4] : 3 4. In the said Principal Regulations, in regulation 3 in clause (B) sub-clause (b)(ii), the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:- Provided that the NAAC and NIRF Ranking requirements shall be valid for next three academic years 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024. Thereafter shall be reviewed by the Commission for the academic session 2024-2025 (session beginning July 2024) and onwards. RAJNISH JAIN, Secy. [ ] Note : The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part III, Section 4 vide F. No. 1-1/2020(DEB-I) dated 4th September, 2020.

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