Which of the following agencies provides funding to the Indira Gandhi National Open University?

IGNOU is funded by the Ministry of Education of the union government.

The University Grants Commission funds conventional universities but is not the funding source named for IGNOU here.

A combination of both does not apply, as the ministry is the funding channel.

A blanket denial is unnecessary because a definite source is identified.

IGNOU is the national open university offering distance education.

It also functions as an apex body coordinating distance-education standards.