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Statutory body
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Set up in 1956
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It is charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education.
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It provides recognition to universities in India, and disburses funds to such recognized universities and colleges.
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Previously, UGC was formed in 1946 to oversee the work of the three Central Universities of Aligarh, Banaras and, Delhi. In 1947, the Committee was entrusted with the responsibility of dealing with all the then existing Universities.
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After independence, the University Education Commission was set up in 1948 under the Chairmanship of S. Radhakrishnan and it recommended that the UGC be reconstituted on the general model of the University Grants Commission of the United Kingdom.
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The UGC was however, formally established in November 1956, by an Act of Parliament as a statutory body of the Government of India.