Lok Sabha Question No. 791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Number of Hostels
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 791 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2016

## Number of Hostels

†  791. SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY:

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

- ( a) the number of hostels in the Universities across the country, State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (b) whether the number of available hostels is adequate in proportion to the student population in various universities in the country, and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether inadequate number of hostels in universities is causing hindrance to the students' education and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government is formulating a scheme in collaboration with the universities to make up the shortage of hostels and if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has intimated that it has, so far, approved 3,920 hostels to Universities and Colleges in various States/Union Territories (UTs) in the country. State/UT-wise list of hostels approved by UGC in Universities and Colleges including Bihar is at Annexure.
- (b)  to  (d):  As  per  the  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  (AISHE),  2014-15  Report,  34.2 million students were enrolled in 760 universities in the country. Thus, the number of hostels approved by UGC is not adequate in proportion to the number of students enrolled in these Universities which may lead to some inconvenience to the students.

UGC provides block grants to Universities and Colleges under its General Development Assistance  Scheme  to  carry  out  various  activities  including  construction  of  hostels.  The Universities  and  Colleges  are  free  to  prioritise  execution  of  activities  under  this  scheme.  To ensure  adequate  hostels  for  women  students,  UGC  also  assists  eligible  colleges  for construction of hostels under its construction of women's hostels scheme on the basis of the proposals received from them.

Further,  infrastructure  grants  released  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), can inter-alia be utilized for creation/upgradation  of  hostels  etc.  in  State  Universities  and  Colleges  to  address  their  selfassessed critical infrastructure needs.

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Annexure

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.791  FOR  21.11.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  SATISH  CHANDRA  DUBEY,  M.P.  REGARDING Number of Hostels.

| SI.No.   | Name of the State/Union Territory   |   No. of Hostels approved by UGC |
|----------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                      |                              224 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh                   |                               15 |
| 3.       | Assam                               |                              272 |
| 4.       | Bihar                               |                              323 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh                        |                               47 |
| 6.       | Goa                                 |                                3 |
| 7.       | Gujarat                             |                               86 |
| 8.       | Haryana                             |                               29 |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh                    |                                3 |
| 10.      | Jammu & Kashmir                     |                               13 |
| 11.      | Jharkhand                           |                               42 |
| 12.      | Karnataka                           |                              234 |
| 13.      | Kerala                              |                              159 |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh                      |                              163 |
| 15.      | Maharashtra                         |                              599 |
| 16.      | Manipur                             |                               78 |
| 17.      | Meghalaya                           |                               54 |
| 18.      | Mizoram                             |                               41 |
| 19.      | Nagaland                            |                               70 |
| 20.      | Odisha                              |                              420 |
| 21.      | Puducherry                          |                               22 |
| 22.      | Punjab/Chandigarh                   |                               77 |
| 23.      | Rajasthan                           |                              105 |
| 24.      | Sikkim                              |                                9 |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu                          |                              222 |
| 26.      | Telangana                           |                               68 |
| 27.      | Tripura                             |                                6 |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh                       |                              169 |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand                         |                               25 |
| 30.      | West Bengal                         |                              270 |
|          | Total                               |                             3920 |