When asked about the role of the government and the University Grants Commission (UGC), Agnihotri dismissed the need for a full rollback of existing mechanisms. "There is no need for a full rollback.

Statewide protests against the UGC’s new equity regulations intensified on Wednesday, with students, lawyers and local leade ...

The Supreme Court stayed new UGC regulations on equity committees in higher education due to concerns over a narrow ...

The UGC's new 2026 Equity Regulations aim to combat caste discrimination in higher education, mandating compliance and ...

The new regulations mandating all higher education institutions to form "equity committees" to look into discrimination ...

The UGC's new regulations limit caste-based discrimination to SC, ST, and OBC categories, excluding individuals from ...

Chief minister MK Stalin said the regulations should be strengthened and revised to address structural gaps and enforced with real accountability| India News ...

A CJI Surya Kant led bench has kept the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 in abeyance.

Speaking to ANI, Agnihotri said that caste-based discrimination should never be used as an institutional tool and should remain confined to appropriate vocabulary and discourse. He alleged that the ...

New rules target caste-based and other discrimination in higher education, strengthening enforcement and governance ...

The timing - just months before national polls - has added to the controversy, with critics alleging that the Yunus administration is consolidating control over the bureaucracy.

What has changed is that the new regulations are backed by a clear enforcement framework. They have real consequences and, for the first time, make compliance unavoidable.' ...