Lok Sabha Question No. 5162 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Establishment of Institutes in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5162

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  MARCH, 2018/ CHAITRA 6, 1940 (SAKA)

ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

5162. SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the steps taken by the Government to establish institutions of  national  importance  like  IIT,  IIIT,  NIT,  IIM,  IISER,  Central  University, Petroleum University, Agricultural University, AIIMS, Tribal University, Horticulture  University  and  National  Institute  of  Disaster  Management  in Andhra Pradesh as per the 13th schedule of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014; and

- (b) the funds released so far for each item/educational institutions under the said Act?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b) : The  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  of  India  to establish educational institutions as mentioned in Schedule XIII of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act along with the funds released so far, are given in the Annexure.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5162 for answer on 27.03.2018.

|   S.No. | Name of the Institute              | Status/Action taken                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|---------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | IIT, Andhra Pradesh                | IIT Tirupati has started functioning from the temporary campus from 2015-16. Government on 24.10.2017, approved the proposal for establishment of permanent campuses of 6 new IITs including Tirupati at a total cost of Rs.7002.42 crores over a period of three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20 in Phase-A. Rs 90.93 crore has been released to the Institute, so far. |
|       2 | IIIT, Andhra Pradesh               | IIIT has started functioning from the temporary campus from 2015-16. The State Government of Andhra Pradesh has allotted 151.51 acres at Dinnedevarapadu, Kurnool and the construction of permanent campus including academic block and hostel is in advanced stage. An amount of Rs. 20.01 crore has been released to the Institute, so far.                          |
|       3 | NIT, Andhra Pradesh                | The academic session of the Institute has commenced from 2015-16. Land for permanent campus has been finalized at Air Field lands in Tadepalligudem, West Godavari District. An amount of Rs. 50 crore has been released to the Institute, so far.                                                                                                                     |
|       4 | IIM, Andhra Pradesh                | Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam has been established in 2015-16 and is functioning from a temporary campus in Andhra University. The State Govt. has allocated land for the Institute at Village Gambheeram, Visakhapatnam.                                                                                                                              |
|       5 | IISER, Andhra Pradesh              | IISER Tirupati has been established in 2015-16 and is functioning from temporary/transit campus at Sree Rama Engineering College, Tirupati. The State Government of Andhra Pradesh has allotted approx. 244.17 acres of land at Srinivasapuram, Pangur and Chindepalli Villages of Yerpedu Mandal, Tirupati, for construction of the Institute's permanent campus.     |
|       6 | Central University, Andhra Pradesh | The site for the University has already been finalized at Ananthapur District, Andhra Pradesh. The EFC for construction of the campus has been approved and the matter is placed before Cabinet for sanction. A token budget provision of Rs. 8.5 crore for Central University has been made in Budget of 2017-18.                                                     |

|   7. | Tribal University, Andhra Pradesh                               | The site for the University has already been finalized at Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh. The EFC for construction of the campus has been approved and the matter is placed before Cabinet for sanction. A token budget provision of Rs. 8.33 crore for Tribal University has been made in Budget of 2017-18.                                                                                              |
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|    8 | Indian Institute Of Petroleum And Energy (IIPE), Andhra Pradesh | Govt. of Andhra Pradesh has allocated 200 acres of land for the Institute at Sabbavaram Mandal at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. A temporary campus has been set up from academic session 2016-17 from the Andhra University Campus. During the year 2016-17, an amount of Rs. 32 crore has been released to IIPE from Gross Budgetary Support. Rs. 200 crore has been received by the Institute from Oil PSUs. |
|    9 | AIIMS, Andhra Pradesh                                           | Government has approved setting up of AIIMS at Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh. Rs.106.01 crore has been released for the project, so far.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|   10 | Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh                         | The Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) has released Rs. 135 crore so far towards establishment of State Agricultural University.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|   11 | National Institute of Disaster Management, Andhra Pradesh       | Government has approved the establishment of National Institute of Disaster Management (Southern Campus) in Andhra Pradesh at a total cost of Rs.50.12 crore (non-recurring) which became operational on 17 th August, 2016. The Cost of the project has been revised with the extension of timeline upto March, 2019.                                                                                            |