Lok Sabha Question No. 1368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-24
Subject: Backward Districts
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1368 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2017

## Backward Districts

## 1368. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- a)  the  criterion  laid  down  by  the  Government  to  identify  educationally  backward  districts  in  the country;
2. (b) the number of districts identified as educationally backward in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
3. (c) the details of the schemes/ programmes being implemented by the Government in the country to eradicate educational backwardness and to improve the standard of education in the said districts;
4. (d) whether the Government has provided adequate funds under the said schemes/programmes during the said period;`
5. (e) if so, the details thereof, Scheme/ Programme-wise and State/UT-wise; and
6. (f) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government in this direction?

## A N S W E R

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

## (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a) & (b) An Expert Committee constituted by the University Grant Commission (UGC) had identified 374  Districts  in  the  country  as  Educationally  Backward  Districts  (EBDs)  where  Gross  Enrolment  Ratio (GER) in higher education was less than the national average of 12.4% based on 2001 census data.  Statewise list of these EBDs is at Annexure-I.
- (c) In the year 2010, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) was launched to set up one Model Degree College (MDC) in each of the identified 374 EBDs to increase access to higher education.  The scheme was later subsumed under the new CSS of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) which is aimed at  inter-alia  correcting  regional  imbalances  in  access  to  higher  education,  especially  in  unserved  and underserved areas by setting up quality higher educational institutions and upgrading existing ones.
- (d) &  (e)  State/UT-wise  funds  released  under  the  Scheme  -  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RUSA)  to set up  Model Degree College (MDC) in Educationally Backward Districts (EBDs) during the years 2013-14 to 2016-17 is at Annexure-II.
- (f) In  order  to  focus  on  the  areas  where  the  literacy  levels  are  low,  the  Department  of  School Education  &  Literacy  (SE&L)  has  identified  Educationally  Backward  Blocks  (EBBs).  The  Kasturba Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalaya  scheme  is  being  implemented  under  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  for  girl students  of  classes  VI-VIII  in  the  EBBs  across  the  country.  The  Girls  Hostel  scheme  under  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for students of classes IX-XII is also being implemented in EBBs.

Mid  Day  Meal  (MDM)  Scheme  for  children  studying  in  Classes  I-VIII  and  Saakshar  Bharat Programme are also being implemented throughout the country to improve literacy.

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1368 for 24.07.2017 by SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB regarding Backward Districts

## State-wise list of Educationally Backward Districts (EBDs)

| 1.A&N Islands      | Dantewada             | Giridih                    | Shivpuri                 | Banswara                   | Banda                     |
|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| Andamans           | Dhamtari              | Godda                      | Sidhi                    | Baran                      | Barabanki                 |
| Nicobars           | Durg                  | Gumla                      | Tikamgarh                | Barmer                     | Bareilly                  |
| 2. Andhra Pr.      | Janjgir - champa      | Kodarma                    | Ujjain                   | Bharatpur                  | Basti                     |
| Adilabad           | Jashpur               | Pakaur                     | Umaria                   | Bhilwara                   | Bijnor                    |
| Anantapur          | Kanker                | Palamu                     | Vidisha                  | Bikaner                    | Budaun                    |
| East Godavari      | Kawardha              | Paschim.Singhbhum          | West Nimar               | Bundi                      | Bulandshahr               |
| Kurnool            | Koriya                | Sahibganj                  | 18. Maharashtra          | Chittorgarh                | Chitrakoot                |
| Mahbubnagar        | Mahasamund            | 14. Karnataka              | Buldana                  | Churu                      | Etah                      |
| Medak              | Raigarh               | Bagalkot                   | Gadchiroli               | Dausa                      | Farrukhabad               |
| Nizamabad          | Raipur                | Bangalore Rural            | Hingoli                  | Dhaulpur                   | Fatehpur                  |
| Prakasam           | Rajnandgaon           | Belgaum                    | Jalna                    | Dungarpur                  | Gonda                     |
| Srikakulam         | Surguja               | Bellary                    | Raigarh                  | Ganganagar                 | Hamirpur                  |
| Vizianagaram       | 7.D& N Haveli         | Bijapur                    | Ratnagiri                | Hanumangarh                | Hardoi                    |
| West Godavari      | D &NHavelli           | Chamarajanagar             | Sindhudurg               | Jaisalmer                  | Hathras                   |
| 3. Arunachal Pr.   | 8. Daman &Diu         | Chikmagalur                | 19. Meghalaya            | Jalor                      | Jyotiba P. Nagar          |
| Changlang          | Daman                 | Chitradurga                | East Garo Hills          | Jhalawar                   | Kannauj                   |
| Dibang Valley      | Diu                   | Dakshina Kannada           | Jaintia Hills            | Jhunjhunun                 | Kanpur Dehat              |
| East Kameng        | 9. Gujarat            | Gadag                      | Ri Bhoi                  | Jodhpur                    | Kaushambi                 |
| Lohit              | Amreli                | Hassan                     | South Garo Hills         | Karauli                    | Kheri                     |
| Lower Subansiri    | Banas Kantha          | Haveri                     | West Khasi               | Nagaur                     | Kushinagar                |
| Tawang             | Bharuch               | Kodagu                     | Hills 20. Mizoram        | Pali                       | Lalitpur                  |
| Tirap              | Bhavnagar             | Kolar                      | Champhai                 | Rajsamand                  | Maharajganj               |
| Upper Siang        | Dohad                 | Koppal                     | Kolasib                  | Sawai Madhopur             | Mahoba                    |
| Upper Subansiri    | Jamnagar              | Mandya                     | Lawngtlai                | Sikar                      | Mathura                   |
| West Kameng        | Junagad               | Raichur                    | Lunglei                  | Sirohi                     | Moradabad                 |
| West Siang         | Kachchh               | Tumkur                     | Mamit                    | Tonk                       | Muzaffarnagar             |
| 4. Assam           | Kheda                 | Udupi                      | Saiha                    | Udaipur                    | Pilibhit                  |
| Bongaigaon         | Mahesana              | Uttara Kannada             | Serchhip                 | 26. Sikkim                 | Rae Bareli                |
| Cachar             | Narmada               | 15. Kerala                 | 21. Nagaland             | East                       | Rampur                    |
| Darrang            | Panch Mahals          | Kasaragod                  | Mon                      | North                      | Saharanpur Sant Kabir     |
| Dhubri             | Patan                 | Malappuram                 | 22. Orissa               | South                      | Nagar                     |
| Goalpara           | Porbandar             | Palakkad                   | Anugul                   | West                       | Shahjahanpur              |
| Hailakandi         | Rajkot                | Wayanad                    | Balangir                 | 27. Tamil                  | Shrawasti                 |
| Karbi Anglong      | Sabar Kantha          | 16. Lakshadweep            | Bargarh                  | Nadu Ariyalur              | Siddharthnagar            |
| Karimganj Marigaon | Surat Surendranagar   | Lakshadweep 17. Madhya Pr. | Baudh Debagarh           | Coimbatore Cuddalore       | Sitapur Sonbhadra         |
|                    | The Dangs             |                            |                          |                            | Sultanpur                 |
| Nagaon             |                       | Balaghat                   | Dhenkanal                | Dharmapuri                 |                           |
| Sonitpur           | Valsad                | Barwani                    | Gajapati                 | Dindigul                   | Unnao                     |
| Tinsukia           | 10. Haryana Fatehabad | Betul                      | Ganjam                   | Erode                      | Bageshwar                 |
| 5. Bihar Araria    | Gurgaon               | Bhind Chhatarpur           | Kalahandi Kandhamal      | Kancheepuram Kanniyakumari | 30. Uttaranchal Champawat |
| Aurangabad         | Jind                  | Chhindwara                 | Kendujhar                | Karur Madurai              | 31. W. Bengal             |
| Banka              | Kaithal               | Damoh                      | Koraput                  |                            | Bankura                   |
| Begusarai          | Karnal                | Datia                      | Malkangiri               | Nagapattinam               | Barddhaman                |
| Darbhanga          | Panipat               | Dewas                      | Nabarangapur             | Perambalur                 | Birbhum                   |
| Gopalganj          | Sirsa Pr..            | Dhar                       | Nayagarh                 | Pudukkottai                | Dakshin Dinajpur          |
| Jamui              | 11.Himachal           | Dindori                    | Nuapada                  | Ramanathapuram             | Darjiling                 |
| Kaimur             | Chamba                | East Nimar                 | Rayagada                 | Salem                      | Haora                     |
| Katihar            | Kinnaur               | Guna                       | Sonapur                  | Sivaganga                  | Hugli                     |
| Khagaria           | Lahul &Spiti          | Harda                      | 23.                      | Thanjavur                  |                           |
| Kishanganj         | Sirmaur               |                            | Puducherry Yanam         | The Nilgiris               | Jalpaiguri Koch Bihar     |
| Lakhisarai         | 12. J&K               | Jhabua Katni               | 24. Punjab               | Theni                      | Maldah                    |
| Madhepura          | Anantnag              | Mandla                     | Amritsar                 | Thiruvallur                | Medinipur                 |
| Madhubani          | Badgam                | Mandsaur                   | Bathinda                 | Thiruvarur                 | Murshidabad               |
| Nawada             | Baramula              | Morena                     | Faridkot                 | Thoothukkudi               | Nadia                     |
| W. Champaran       | Doda                  | Narsimhapur                |                          | Tirunelveli                | North 24                  |
| E. Champaran       |                       | Neemuch                    | Fatehgarh Sahib Firozpur | Tiruvannamalai             | Parganas Puruliya         |
| Purnia             | Kargil Kathua         | Panna                      | Gurdaspur                | Vellore                    | South 24 Parganas         |
| Saharsa            | Kupwara               | Raisen                     | Kapurthala               | Viluppuram                 | Uttar Dinajpur            |
|                    | Leh                   | Rajgarh                    | Mansa                    | Virudhunagar               | TOTAL DISTRICTS           |
| Samastipur Sheohar | Punch                 | Ratlam                     | Moga                     | 28. Tripura                |                           |
|                    |                       |                            |                          |                            | =374                      |
| Sitamarhi          | Rajauri               |                            |                          | North Tripura              |                           |
| Siwan              | Udhampur              | Sagar Satna                | Muktsar                  | South Tripura              |                           |
| Supaul             | 13 Jharkhand          | Sehore                     | Nawanshahr Patiala       | West Tripura               |                           |
| Vaishali 6.        | Chatra Deoghar        | Seoni                      | Sangrur 25.              | Dhalai 29. Uttar Pr.       |                           |
| Chhatisgarh Bastar | Dumka                 | Shahdol Shajapur           | Rajasthan Ajmer          | Bahraich                   |                           |
| laspur             |                       |                            |                          |                            |                           |
|                    |                       | Sheopur                    |                          | Balrampur                  |                           |
|                    | Garhwa                |                            | Alwar                    |                            |                           |

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (d) & (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1368 for 24.07.2017 by SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB regarding Backward Districts

State/UT-wise Funds Released (Rs. In crore)  during years 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17

| S. No   | Name of State/ UT        |   2013 - 14 |   2014 - 15 |   2015 - 16 |   2016 - 17 |
|---------|--------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |         0   |         5.9 |         0   |         0   |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           |        14.7 |         0   |         7.2 |         0   |
| 3       | Assam                    |         6   |         0   |         0   |         0   |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh             |         0   |         0   |         0   |        14.4 |
| 5       | Himachal Pradesh         |         0   |         0   |         0   |         5.4 |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh           |         0   |         0   |         0   |         7.2 |
| 7       | Nagaland                 |         0   |         1.4 |         0   |         4.7 |
| 8       | Odisha                   |        31.2 |         0   |         0   |         7.5 |
| 9       | Punjab                   |         0   |         0   |         2.9 |         7.9 |
| 10      | Telangana                |        10.8 |         0   |         0   |         9   |
| 11      | Tripura                  |        15   |         0   |         4.2 |         0   |
| 12      | Uttar Pradesh            |       101.4 |         0   |         0   |        39   |
| 13      | Uttarakhand              |         0   |         0   |         1.1 |         4.1 |
| Total   | Total                    |       179.2 |         7.2 |        15.4 |        99.2 |