The earlier rules struggled to confront entrenched biases, especially those faced by marginalized communities. The new ...

The top court further noted that the new regulations had the potential to divide society and have "dangerous impacts" if ...

Explore the UGC's 2026 anti-discrimination regulations, highlighting progress, concerns, and expert critiques on caste-based ...

Disha Wadekar says existing regulations already address complaints of victimisation and harassment from any student, ...

Seeking a reply from the Centre, the Supreme Court also told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the government must ...

These regulations — a fresh version of the “equity” regulations the UGC first issued in 2012 — are now in the eye of a storm, ...

The BJP, despite its umbrella Hindutva assertion, has been more successful than other parties in cobbling coalitions with ...

Gazette notifications issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the statutory body that oversees higher education in India, usually don’t attract much p ...

The UGC introduced new rules earlier this year to stop caste discrimination on campuses. It also set up a national monitoring ...

Explained: New UGC rules mandate Equal Opportunity Centres in colleges to address caste-based discrimination, but protests ...

The UGC guidelines to tackle caste-based discrimination at universities have resulted in widespread backlash from general ...

The refusal to acknowledge casteism is a structural response to Dalit assertion, an indignation sparked by outspoken Dalit, Adivasi and OBC students. Students who file caste discrimination complaints ...