Lok Sabha Question No. 3133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: A College in Each Block
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. †3133 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## A College in Each Block

†3133.  SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether the Ministry proposes to set up a degree college/technical college in every block headquarters of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be done; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) to (c): Education being in the concurrent list, the creation of new institutions is the responsibility  of  both  Central  Government  and  the  State  Governments.  However, recognizing the need for central support for achieving the objectives of access, equity, excellence  by  strategically  funding  the  State  Higher  Education  system,  a  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme,  the  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)  is  being implemented by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Under RUSA, inter alia, assistance is provided to States for creation of Model Degree Colleges  (MDC)  in  Educationally  Backward  Districts,  New  Colleges  (Professional  & Technical) and upgradation of existing degree colleges to Model Degree Colleges. Till date, a total of 72 MDCs, 27 New Colleges (Professional & Technical) and upgradation of  55  degree  colleges  to  Model  Degree colleges have been approved under RUSA. The State-wise details are annexed.

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Annexure Referred to in Reply To Part (a) To (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. † 3133  for  05-12-2016,  asked  by  Shri  Satish  Chandra  Dubey,  Hon'ble  M.P. regarding A College In Each Block

| State/UT                    | No. of Model Degree Colleges approved   | No. of New Colleges (Professional & Technical) approved.   | Upgradation of existing degree colleges to Model Degree Colleges   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh              | 6                                       | -                                                          | 2                                                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | -                                       | 1                                                          | 2                                                                  |
| Assam                       | -                                       | 3                                                          | 5                                                                  |
| Bihar                       | 7                                       | -                                                          | 12                                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh                | 5                                       | -                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Goa                         | -                                       | -                                                          | 1                                                                  |
| Gujarat                     | -                                       | 2                                                          | 3                                                                  |
| Haryana                     | -                                       | -                                                          | 1                                                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 2                                       | 1                                                          | 1                                                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir             | -                                       | 2                                                          | 3                                                                  |
| Jharkhand                   | -                                       | 1                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Karnataka                   | -                                       | 1                                                          | 1                                                                  |
| Kerala                      | -                                       | -                                                          | 2                                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 5                                       | 1                                                          | 2                                                                  |
| Manipur                     | -                                       | 1                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Meghalaya                   | -                                       | 2                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Mizoram                     | -                                       | 1                                                          | 2                                                                  |
| Nagaland                    | 1                                       | -                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Odisha                      | 8                                       | -                                                          | 3                                                                  |
| Punjab                      | 2                                       | 2                                                          | 4                                                                  |
| Rajasthan                   | -                                       | 2                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Sikkim                      | -                                       | 1                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Tamil Nadu                  | -                                       | 2                                                          | 2                                                                  |
| Telangana                   | 4                                       | -                                                          | 3                                                                  |
| Tripura                     | 4                                       | -                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 26                                      | 2                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Uttarakhand                 | 1                                       | -                                                          | 5                                                                  |
| West Bengal                 | -                                       | 1                                                          | -                                                                  |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1                                       | 1                                                          | 1                                                                  |
| Total                       | 72                                      | 27                                                         | 55                                                                 |

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