Lok Sabha Question No. 384 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Closure of Engineering Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRASUN BANERJEE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 384 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## Closure of Engineering Colleges

## 384. SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

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

- (a) whether a number of Engineering colleges have closed down in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year, State/ UTwise; and (c)  the  number  of  engineering  seats  that  have  decreased  as  a  result  of  closure  of
- colleges, State/UT-wise?

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

## (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a)  to  (c): Yes,  Madam.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  the  Engineering  Colleges  closed down during the last three academic years and consequent reduction in the intake are at annexure. These Colleges have been closed based on the requests received from them.

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  384  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  18.12.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRASUN BANERJEE REGARDING CLOSURE OF ENGINEERING COLLEGES

| State/UT         | 2016-17           | 2016-17          | 2015-16           | 2015-16          | 2014-15           | 2014-15          |
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| State/UT         | Closed Institutes | Decreased Intake | Closed Institutes | Decreased Intake | Closed Institutes | Decreased Intake |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 2                 | 258              | 5                 | 2490             | 4                 | 1488             |
| Chhattisgarh     | 2                 | 780              | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                |
| Delhi            | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                |
| Gujarat          | 3                 | 1020             | 2                 | 1320             | 0                 | 0                |
| Haryana          | 11                | 4122             | 11                | 2736             | 2                 | 540              |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1                 | 426              | 2                 | 600              | 0                 | 0                |
| Jharkhand        | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                |
| Karnataka        | 4                 | 2622             | 1                 | 1254             | 0                 | 0                |
| Kerala           | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 6                 | 1974             | 3                 | 540              | 0                 | 0                |
| Maharashtra      | 11                | 2760             | 6                 | 1102             | 1                 | 45               |
| Odisha           | 0                 | 0                | 1                 | 456              | 0                 | 0                |
| Punjab           | 3                 | 1128             | 1                 | 300              | 2                 | 600              |
| Rajasthan        | 7                 | 2796             | 1                 | 300              | 1                 | 612              |
| Tamil Nadu       | 1                 | 240              | 6                 | 2304             | 0                 | 0                |
| Telangana        | 4                 | 1506             | 7                 | 3222             | 5                 | 2388             |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 5                 | 1638             | 6                 | 2100             | 3                 | 900              |
| Uttarakhand      | 1                 | 360              | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                |
| West Bengal      | 1                 | 468              | 0                 | 0                | 0                 | 0                |
| Grand Total      | 62                | 22098            | 52                | 18724            | 18                | 6573             |