Lok Sabha Question No. 74 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-17
Subject: Brain Drain
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 74 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.07.2017

## Brain Drain

## 74. SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a)  the details of present policy on education;
- (b) whether the Government is taking initiatives  to  stop  brain-drain,  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to make it mandatory that students leaving the  country after  getting  education  in premier  Government  run  institutions should have invariably served in India at least for the immediate ten years; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a):   The extant National Policy on Education (NPE) provides for a National System of Education which implies that, up to a given level, all students, irrespective of caste, creed, location or sex, have access to education of a comparable quality. It includes a common educational structure, a national curriculum framework and minimum levels of learning for each stage of education. Several schemes are being implemented by the Ministry so as to enhance access to public funded education across all levels ranging from elementary, secondary, higher and technical education. These include implementing  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  which  makes  it incumbent on Government to provide free and compulsory education to all children of 6-14 years of age and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for universalizing elementary education. The Mid Day Meal Scheme is also being implemented in order to enhance enrolment and attendance to children studying in  elementary  classes  which  supplements  the  efforts  of  SSA. The  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme aims at making good quality education available, accessible and affordable to  all  young  persons  in  the  age  group  of  14  to  18  years.  In  higher  Education,  under  the  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA),  state  higher  educational institutions are being strengthened.

(b) to (d): There is no proposal to make it mandatory that students leaving the  country  after  getting education  in premier  Government  run  institutions should have invariably served in India at least for the immediate ten years. However, the Government is committed  not only to retain the students passing out  of  the  premier  educational  institutions  in  the  country,  but  also  attract  the  non-resident Indians back to the Country. For attracting highly skilled researchers to pursue their R&D interests in Indian Institutions, several initiatives have been launched such as: Faculty Recharge Programme, CV Raman  Post-Doctoral  Fellowship  Scheme  by  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC),  Ramanujan Fellowship, JC Bose Fellowship, Swarnjayanti Fellowship, Young Scientist Project Award, Women Scientist Scheme by Department of Science & Technology (DST), and Ramalinga Swami Re-entry Fellowship  by  Department  of  Biotechnology.  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  have launched  Global  Initiative  for  Academic  Network  (GIAN)  which  seeks  to  tap  the  talent  pool  of scientists and entrepreneurs from abroad, including those of Indian origin to augment the country's existing academic resources.

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