The attention of all the Universities are invited to the Third amendment to UGC Regulations dated 29th June, 2016 expanding the definition of ragging by including the following:
Any act of physical or mental abuse (including bullying and exclusion) targeted at another student (fresher or otherwise) on the ground of colour, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, gender (including transgender), sexual orientation, appearance, nationality, regional origins, linguistic, identity, place of birth, place of residence or economic background.