The University Grants Commission (UGC) covers which of the following?

The University Grants Commission covers universities, their teaching departments and affiliated colleges within its purview of higher education.

Statement 1 universities fall directly under UGC recognition and funding.

Statement 2 university teaching departments are part of these universities and thus covered.

Statement 3 affiliated colleges are also within the UGC's ambit through their parent universities.

Statement 4 teacher training institutions are regulated by the NCTE and Statement 5 nursing institutions by the Indian Nursing Council, outside the UGC.

The UGC both funds higher education and maintains its standards under the UGC Act of 1956.