Lok Sabha Question No. 5647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Projects run by NIOS
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5647 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  APRIL, 2018

## Projects run by NIOS

## 5647.  SHRI D.S. RATHOD:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  details  of  the  projects  run  by  the  National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has any data for the income and expenses of NIOS; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details thereof along with the details of profit from the projects run by NIOS during the last five years, State/ UT/year-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a): The details of projects run by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) are as under.

|   Sl. No. | Name of Project                                                                                            |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        01 | Adolescence Education Programme (AEP)                                                                      |
|        02 | ASHA(Accredited Social Health Activist) Project                                                            |
|        03 | PMG-DISHA - PradhanMantriGramin Digital SakshartaAbhiyan                                                   |
|        04 | National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA)                                                                 |
|        05 | Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)                                                                        |
|        06 | Rural Entrepreneurship Programme (REP)                                                                     |
|        07 | Ministry of Textiles - Providing Training & Education to Handicraft Workers and their families             |
|        08 | Research Study at Varanasi- Conducting of survey to develop course for weaver community and their families |
|        09 | National Council for promotion of Sindhi Language - Design and Development of Sindhi Language              |
|        10 | Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Nagaland)                                                       |
|        11 | Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Himachal Pradesh)                                               |

|   12 | Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Meghalaya)       |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|   13 | Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Jammu & Kashmir) |
|   14 | Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Jharkhand)       |

(b) and (c): The detail  of  Income  and  Expenditure  of  NIOS  accounts  during  the  last five years are as under:-

( Amount in Rupees )

| Financial Year   | Income        | Expenditure     | Surplus/deficit   |
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
| 2012-13          | 140,93,03,335 | 106, 94, 29,978 | 33,98,73,357      |
| 2013-14          | 135,66,54,436 | 125,31,17,482   | 10,35,36,954      |
| 2014-15          | 177,78,73,614 | 140,13,49,539   | 37,65,24,075      |
| 2015-16          | 205,45,63,589 | 156,17,37,563   | 49,28,26,026      |
| 2016-17          | 210,01,11,694 | 115,88,83,351   | 94,12,28,343      |

All  these  projects  are  ongoing,  hence,  no  profit/loss  is  worked  out  by  NIOS  at present.

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