Lok Sabha Question No. 4107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Closure of Technical and Management Institutes
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4107 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017

## Closure of Technical and Management Institutes

## †4107. SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU :

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

- (a) whether  due  to  shortage  of  students  a  large  number  of  technical  and management institutions are closing down in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Chhattisgarh; and whether  prior  approval  of  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education  is
- (c) mandatory for the closure of said institutions?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a)  to  (c):  During  the  year  2016-17,  (122)  technical  institutions  have  sought permission for closing down for various reasons, including shortage of students. The  State-wise  details,  including  that  of  Chhattisgarh,  of  the  institutions  closed down during the academic years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 is at annexure. Keeping  in  view  the  interests  of  students  already  studying  in  these  institutions, prior approval of the AICTE is made mandatory for closure.

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (A)  &  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  †4107  FOR  27.03.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI  TAMRADHWAJ  SAHU REGARDING CLOSURE OF TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTES

| Sl. No.     | State/ UT                   | Institutes closed down during Academic Year 2014-15   | Institutes closed down during Academic Year 2015-16   | Institutes closed down during Academic Year 2016-17   |
|-------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.          | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 2.          | Andhra Pradesh              | 10                                                    | 9                                                     | 1                                                     |
| 3.          | Arunachal Pradesh           | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 4.          | Assam                       | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 5.          | Bihar                       | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 6.          | Chandigarh                  | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 7.          | Chhattisgarh                | -                                                     | 1                                                     | 2                                                     |
| 8.          | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 9.          | Daman and Diu               | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 10.         | NCT of Delhi                | 1                                                     | -                                                     | 1                                                     |
| 11.         | Goa                         | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 12.         | Gujarat                     | 3                                                     | 11                                                    | 15                                                    |
| 13.         | Haryana                     | 3                                                     | 11                                                    | 13                                                    |
| 14.         | Himachal Pradesh            | -                                                     | 2                                                     | 2                                                     |
| 15.         | Jammu and Kashmir           | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 16.         | Jharkhand                   | -                                                     | -                                                     | 1                                                     |
| 17.         | Karnataka                   | 3                                                     | 5                                                     | 11                                                    |
| 18.         | Kerala                      | -                                                     | 1                                                     | 3                                                     |
| 19.         | Lakshadweep                 | -                                                     |                                                       |                                                       |
| 20.         | Madhya Pradesh              | 5                                                     | 5                                                     | 7                                                     |
| 21.         | Maharashtra                 | 9                                                     | 19                                                    | 23                                                    |
| 22.         | Manipur                     | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 23.         | Meghalaya                   | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 24.         | Mizoram                     | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 25.         | Nagaland                    | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 26.         | Odisha                      | -                                                     | 3                                                     | -                                                     |
| 27.         | Puducherry                  | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 28.         | Punjab                      | 4                                                     | 3                                                     | 6                                                     |
| 29.         | Rajasthan                   | 5                                                     | 3                                                     | 11                                                    |
| 30.         | Sikkim                      | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 31.         | Tamil Nadu                  | 12                                                    | 12                                                    | 3                                                     |
| 32.         | Telangana                   | 11                                                    | 18                                                    | 7                                                     |
| 33.         | Tripura                     | -                                                     | -                                                     | -                                                     |
| 34.         | Uttar Pradesh               | 10                                                    | 15                                                    | 12                                                    |
| 35.         | Uttarakhand                 | -                                                     | 4                                                     | 2                                                     |
| 36.         | West Bengal                 | 1                                                     | 3                                                     | 2                                                     |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                 | 77                                                    | 125                                                   | 122                                                   |