In June 2013, the Distance Education Council was taken over by the newly established Distance Education Bureau to govern distance-education programmes in India. The Distance Education Bureau was established by

The Distance Education Bureau was established by the UGC to govern distance-education programmes.

The Ministry of Education did not directly create this bureau.

AICTE regulates technical education, not this distance-education bureau.

IGNOU had housed the earlier Distance Education Council but did not set up the Bureau.

The Bureau took over from the Distance Education Council in June 2013.

It frames norms for open and distance learning by universities.