The UGC has provided grants under its College Development Scheme, during 2013-14, to 4071 colleges declared eligible, under Section 12B of the UGC, Act, 1956, to receive grants. The UGC has reported that it does not provide development grants to any self-financing, purely private funded colleges.
The UGC provided grants to self-financing colleges only under its student and teacher centric schemes; these colleges are not eligible to receive development grants from the UGC.
The UGC under its various schemes releases grants to colleges to improve access and quality of higher education.
The UGC has reported that it implements various schemes for improving the quality of higher education, such as Colleges with Potential for Excellence (CPE), Autonomous College Scheme, etc.
