Lok Sabha Question No. 71 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-21
Subject: Draft UGC Regulations, 2025
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Rakesh Rathor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 71 ANSWERED ON- 21/07/2025

## DRAFT UGC REGULATIONS, 2025

## †71. SHRI RAKESH RATHOR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features and objectives of the Draft Regulation, 2025 proposed by the University Grants Commission (UGC);
- (b) the objective behind eliminating the role of State Governments in the appointment of  Vice-Chancellors  in  University  as  per  the  proposed  format  and  the  manner  in which this step is likely to improve the quality of higher education in the country;
- (c)  the  standard  of  approved  number  of  teachers  in  proportion  to  the  number  of students in every University and colleges of the country and the status of compliance thereof in Uttar Pradesh;
- (d)  whether  the  number  of  teachers  belonging  to  backward  classes  have  been appointed in Universities and colleges of Uttar Pradesh as per the norms prescribed by UGC; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and if not,  whether the Government is formulating any time-bound  action  plan  for  filling  up  the  vacant  posts  for  backward  classes  in  the near future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

- (a):  With  the  objective  to  infuse  innovation,  inclusivity,  flexibility  and  dynamism  in every  aspect  of  higher  education,  empowering  teachers  and  academic  staff, strengthen  academic  standards  and  to  pave  the  way  for  achieving  educational excellence  and to make it in sync with the ethos of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the University Grants Commission (UGC) drafted UGC (Minimum Qualifications  for  Appointment  &  Promotion  of  Teachers  and  Academic  Staff  in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education)  Regulations,  2025  for  wider  stakeholders  consultation.  It  strives  for driving transformations in the education system and propelling the country towards Viksit Bharat 2047 through quality education and research.
- (b): The UGC Draft Regulations 2025 strongly uphold and reinforce India's federal structure by balancing national standards and state autonomy in higher education. These  regulations  propose  a  three  member  Search-Cum-Selection  Committee  for appointment of Vice-Chancellor. These members are to be nominated by impartial

Statutory Bodies to ensure transparency in selection process as well as to ensure autonomy  of  the  University.  These  Regulations  are  designed  to  ensure  academic excellence while respecting the diverse educational frameworks of different states.

(c to e): As per UGC Regulations, 2010 on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for  the  maintenance  of  standards  in  Higher  Education,  one  post  of  Professor,  two Associate Professors and four Assistant Professors are required for starting a new department  and  this  provision  continues  in  UGC  Regulations  2018. The  Central Universities  follow  faculty  student  ratio  as  approved  by  their  respective  statutory bodies.

Occurring  of  vacancies  and  filling  thereof  is  a  continuous  process.  The vacancies  arise  due  to  promotion,  retirement,  resignation,  death,  opening  of  new institutions, schemes  or  projects, and  additional  requirements on  account of enhanced students' strength and expansion of capacity in existing institutions.

The  Government,  in  order  to  ensure  uniformity  in  adoption  of  reservation norms, and adequate representation of SC, ST and OBC category faculty positions in the Central Higher Educational Institutes (CHEIs), enacted the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019 to provide for the reservation of posts in appointments by direct recruitment of persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the socially and educationally backward classes and the  economically  weaker  sections,  to  teachers'  cadre  in  these  CHEIs.  This  Act removes the difficulty regarding the reservation of posts in appointment by treating University/Central  Educational  Institution  as  a  cadre  or  unit  for  the  purpose  of reservation instead of individual departments.

UGC has launched  a  common  portal  'CU-CHAYAN'  for  faculty  recruitment, making  provision  for  listing  of  vacancies/advertisements/  jobs  across  all  Central Universities,  thus  making  the  entire  recruitment  process  more  transparent  and accessible.

In  August,  2021, all  CHEIs  were  requested to  undertake special drive to fill backlog vacancies of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in their institutions in Mission Mode. The CHEIs undertook special  recruitment  drives  to  fill  such  vacancies.  In  September,  2022,  this  Ministry had also exhorted all the CHEIs to fill up all the vacancies in Mission Mode including those of SC, ST and OBC. From September 2022, CUs have undertaken Mission Mode recruitment drive to fill the vacancies including those of SC, ST and OBC.

Further, State Universities are established by an Act of the State Legislature or  provincial  Act and comes  under  purview  of  the  concerned  State  Government. Academic as well as administrative and financial matters of the state University are governed by the rules/regulations made under the provisions of the Act by which it has been established.

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