Non-compliance can trigger loss of institutional standing with the UGC: The regulations allow penalties including debarring institutions from UGC schemes and programmes and removal from the UGC list of higher education institutions.

Monitoring and reporting are built into the compliance structure: Institutions must run EOCs and equity committees with scheduled meetings and bi-annual and annual reporting, and a national monitoring committee is tasked with oversight and review.

Scope of caste-based discrimination coverage explicitly includes OBCs: The final regulations define caste-based discrimination to cover SCs, STs, and OBCs and remove the draft proposal to fine false complaints.