{
  "id": 7476651,
  "title": "UGC Mandates RPwD Act Compliance In Higher Education; Universities Must Submit Disability Data By September 30",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ugc-mandates-rpwd-act-compliance-in-higher-education-universities",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T04:26:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/ugc-mandates-rpwd-act-compliance-in-higher-education-universities-must-submit-disability-data-by-september-30"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed universities and their constituent and affiliated colleges to ensure compliance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016, and implement measures aimed at making higher education institutions more inclusive and accessible for students with disabilities. In a notice, UGC Secretary Prof. Shyama Rath emphasised the need for…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}