23 May 2022

The University Grants Commission has eased the norms for the setting up of open universities by amending the rules. As per the amendments, institutes will no longer need to set aside 40 to 60 acres of developed land; 5 acres will be enough.

The move is aimed at allowing more institutes to set up open universities.

The UGC (Fitness of Open Universities for Grants) Rules, 1988 were revised, and the University Grants Commission (Fitness of Open Universities for grants) (Amendment), Rules, 2022 were notified in the gazette on Friday.