Lok Sabha Question No. 3126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Hike in Fee
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR S.R., T. RADHAKRISHNAN, S. RAJENDRAN, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3126 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2018

## Hike in Fee

## 3126.   SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  education  grants  sanctioned/released  by  the  Government  to  various educational institutions for higher education during each of the last three years and the current year, institution- wise;
- (b)  whether the Government to channelise a portion of education infra grants as loans via the Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA);
- (c) if so, the details along with the aims and objectives thereof;
- (d) the details of the funds raised by the HEFA for this purpose; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to check hike in fee in higher education?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a): The details may be seen at Annexure.
- (b) to (d): The Government has approved 'Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education by  2022',  as  per  which  funding  of  educational  infrastructure  for  higher,  school  and  medical education  institutions  would  be  carried  out  through  Higher  Education  Financing  Agency (HEFA).  The total authorized equity capital of HEFA has been raised to Rs.10,000 crore from Rs.2000 crore to meet the enlarged scope of funding obligations, with the facility to leverage

additional resources from the market, based on requirement. An additional Government equity of Rs.5,000  crore,  apart  from  the  existing  Rs.  1,000  crore  has  been  approved.  All  funds  for educational infrastructure in centrally funded educational institutions will henceforth be in the form of ten year loans through HEFA to the institution, the interest liability of which would be borne by the Government. The principal repayment would be undertaken by the institutions in part or full depending on their age profile and financial capability. For new institutions and those which have limited fee revision  options,  the  entire  principal  and  interest  repayment  would  be undertaken  by  the  Government.  There  is  an  additional  window  of  financing  for  school  and medical education institutions where the sponsoring Department would undertake to repay the principal  and  interest  to  HEFA.  The  objective  of  RISE  by  2022  is  to  establish  high-end educational infrastructure in the country in a fast tracked manner so that students get access to quality  education,  the  process  of  brain  drain  is  reversed  and  the  demographic  dividend  of  the country is realized.

(e): The  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE)  had  constituted  a  Committee under the Chairmanship of Justice B.N. Srikrishna, former Judge of Hon'ble Supreme Court to recommend the fee to be charged by private technical institutes in the country. The committee has  recommended  maximum  limit  of  tuition  and  development  fee  to  be  charged  by  these institutions.  These  recommendations  have  been  incorporated  in  AICTE  Approval  Process Handbook 2018-19.  Further all the State/ UT Governments have been directed to comply with the  recommendations  of  the  Fee  Committee.  Accordingly,  State/  Fee  Regulatory  Committees have  been  constituted  to  fix  the  limit  of  tuition  and  development  fee  to  be  charged  by  these institutions. As of now there is no UGC regulation on fee structure.

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## Annexure

Annexure as referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3126 for 06.08.2018 regarding 'Hike in Fee' a T.RADHAKRISHNAN, SHRI S.RAJENDRAN, SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR, SH KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH.

| Name of Programme/ Scheme/PROGRAMME/ PROJECT                                                                  | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2       |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| Name of Programme/ Scheme/PROGRAMME/ PROJECT                                                                  | B.E.      | ACTUALS   | B.E.      | ACTUALS   | B.E.    |
| University Grants Commission (UGC)                                                                            | 3985.97   | 4185.97   | 4491.94   | 4471.92   | 4691.94 |
| Central Universities                                                                                          | 5959.48   | 5600.48   | 6355.93   | 6355.93   | 6485.93 |
| Deemed Universities                                                                                           | 55.00     | 55.00     | 55.00     | 54.32     | 60.00   |
| Association of Indian Universities                                                                            | 2.32      | 1.84      | 2.32      | 1.65      | 2.50    |
| National initative for quality higher education in Indian Languages                                           | 0.01      | --        | 0.50      | --        | 4.00    |
| Grants to Councils/Institutes for Excellence in Humanities and social Scinence                                | 256.10    | 233.78    | 269.81    | 259.22    | 285.00  |
| Central University, Andhra Pradesh                                                                            | 1.00      | --        | 1.00      | --        | 10.00   |
| Andhra Pradesh &Telangana Tribal Universities                                                                 | 2.00      | --        | 2.00      | 0.33      | 20.00   |
| Grants for promotion of Indian Languages                                                                      | 321.24    | 309.34    | 333.15    | 283.88    | 351.00  |
| Assistance to IGNOU and State Open University                                                                 | 126.00    | 107.33    | 101.00    | 100.00    | 100.00  |
| Grants to National Book Trust/ Institutions for Book Promotion                                                | 38.93     | 46.19     | 57.30     | 33.11     | 47.30   |
| National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)                                        | 31.18     | 31.95     | 33.70     | 28.27     | 36.00   |
| Auroville Management                                                                                          | 15.00     | 13.00     | 15.00     | 17.40     | 18.00   |
| National Commision for Minority Educational Institutions                                                      | 3.99      | 2.95      | 4.80      | 4.11      | 5.00    |
| Indian Institutes of Technology                                                                               | 3703.85   | 4072.85   | 4548.51   | 4973.98   | 7171.00 |
| National Institutes of Technology                                                                             | 2124.98   | 2447.65   | 2509.95   | 2751.30   | 3280.00 |
| Board of Apprenticeship Training, Bombay, Calcutta , Madras and Kanpur                                        | 15.51     | 16.13     | 17.14     | 17.14     | 19.00   |
| Indian Institute of Management                                                                                | 305.00    | 393.90    | 540.00    | 636.78    | 800.00  |
| National Institutes of Tech.Teachers Trg.& Research.                                                          | 100.55    | 110.55    | 119.75    | 119.75    | 130.00  |
| National Instt.of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai                                                              | 31.14     | 31.14     | 35.10     | 35.00     | 35.10   |
| All India Council for Technical Education                                                                     | 276.00    | 467.50    | 481.00    | 480.00    | 485.00  |
| Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad                                                                               | 174.50    | 174.50    | 185.20    | 185.20    | 210.00  |
| New School of Planning &Architecture (SPA)                                                                    | 96.00     | 86.00     | 89.74     | 88.31     | 100.00  |
| Upgradation of Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology (IIEST) (BESU &CUSAT)                  | 40.00     | 65.00     | 80.00     | 98.82     | 110.00  |
| Setting up IIITs in PPP Mode                                                                                  | 16.00     | 50.00     | 60.00     | 58.84     | 109.45  |
| Support to Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Indian Institute (s) of Science Education &Research (IISER) | 879.09    | 1034.09   | 1102.52   | 1162.52   | --      |
| Support to Indian Institute (s) of Science Education& Research (IISER)                                        | --        | --        | --        | --        | 600.00  |

| Support to Indian Institute of Science (IISc)                                                            | --       | --       | --       | --       | 450.00   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| Support to Indian Institute (s) of Information Technology (Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Kanchipuram) | 179.25   | 155.25   | 187.50   | 99.67    | 240.00   |
| Assistance to other Institutes including SLIET, NERIST, NIFFT Ranchi, CIT Kokrajhar                      | 191.68   | 234.04   | 244.58   | 157.91   | 264.58   |
| Setting up IITs/IIMs including upgrading 5 IITs/IIMs                                                     | 1000.00  | 101.85   | --       | --       | --       |
| Setting up New IITs                                                                                      | --       | --       | 190.00   | 171.53   | 350.00   |
| Setting up New IIMs                                                                                      | --       | --       | 160.00   | 67.80    | 190.00   |
| IITs, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                     | 40.00    | 18.00    | 40.00    | 28.99    | 50.00    |
| NITs, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                     | 40.00    | --       | 40.00    | 10.29    | 50.00    |
| IIMs, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                     | 40.00    | 13.00    | 30.00    | 17.97    | 40.00    |
| IISER , Andhra Pradesh                                                                                   | 40.00    | 5.00     | 40.00    | 36.00    | 50.00    |
| IIITs , Andhra Pradesh                                                                                   | 45.00    | 3.10     | 20.00    | 17.00    | 30.00    |
| IIT, Hyderabad (EAP)                                                                                     | 55.00    | 55.00    | 20.00    | 20.00    | 75.00    |
| National Testing Agency                                                                                  | --       | --       | --       | --       | --       |
| Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Science &Technology Consortium                            | 22.34    | --       | 22.34    | --       | --       |
| Total: Autonomous Bodies                                                                                 | 20214.11 | 20122.38 | 22486.78 | 22844.94 | 26955.80 |