Lok Sabha Question No. 1889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Shortage of Hostels
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1889 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2016

## Shortage of Hostels

†1889. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that there is an acute shortage of hostels in proportion to the number of students in various Universities of the country; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the education of students is being hampered due to the shortage of the hostels in Universities; and (d) if so, whether the Government proposes to formulate any scheme to eliminate the shortage
- of hostels in cooperation with Universities and if so, the details thereof?

## 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 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 for

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), can inter-alia be utilized creation/upgradation  of  hostels  etc.  in  State  Universities  and  Colleges  to  address  their  selfassessed critical infrastructure needs.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1889  FOR  28.11.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  AJAY  MISRA  TENI,  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 |