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UGC foreign-university approvals — CIC 2025

UGC [Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India] Regulations, 2023 approvals and rejections are disclosable.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(UGC foreign-university approvals — CIC 2025,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §4,RTI §8,UGC,foreign university,section 4(1)(b),2023 regulations,education)&metatag-description=(UGC [Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India] Regulations, 2023 approvals and rejections are disclosable.)}}
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 +====== UGC foreign-university approvals — CIC 2025 ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2025-01-15 · CIC/UGC/A/2025/00123
 +</WRAP>
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 +**UGC [Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India] Regulations, 2023 approvals and rejections are disclosable.**
 +
 +//Foreign-university India-campus approvals are §4(1)(b).//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2025-01-15 |
 +^ Citation | CIC/UGC/A/2025/00123 |
 +^ Bench | S, a, r, o, j,  , P, u, n, h, a, n, i,  , I, C |
 +^ Petitioner | Higher Education Watch |
 +^ Respondent | UGC |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §4(1)(b), §8(1)(d) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +UGC (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023 approvals and rejections are disclosable.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Approvals granted to foreign higher educational institutions to set up campuses in India under the 2023 UGC Regulations — including applicant-wise approval/rejection, course approvals, and fee commitments — are educational-policy records under §4(1)(b). Commercial sensitivity of applicant financials attracts limited §8(1)(d) redaction only.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +UGC, foreign university, section 4(1)(b), 2023 regulations, education
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-foreign-confidential-2019|Foreign-government confidential communications — §8(1)(f) — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-pmo-records-2019|PMO records scope — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-minister-foreign-travel-2013|Minister's foreign-travel records — CIC]] (CIC 2013)
 +  * [[/cases/dav-college-trust-v-director-2019-sc|D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society v. Director of Public Instructions]] (SC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-delhi-rti-ayush-approvals-2024|Ayush ministry drug approvals — Delhi HC 2024]] (HC-DEL 2024)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
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 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/placeholder-cic-ugc-foreign-2025/|External reported text →]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
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 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-4 section-8}}