Lok Sabha Question No. 5677 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Status of Minority Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, SUDHEER GUPTA, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, ANWHAR RAAJHAA, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., T. RADHAKRISHNAN

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5677 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## Status of Minority Universities

## 5677 .  SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI A. ANWHAR RAAJHAA:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

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

- (a) the details of the Central Universities that have been awarded the status of minority Universities in the country ;
- (b) the number of higher educational institutions granted minority status in each State, State/UTwise;
- (c)  the  number  of  applications  pending  for  minority  status  submitted  by  higher  educational institutions, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the details of financial allocation made for such higher institutions during the said period; and
- (e) the number of schools that have been granted minority status in each State, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a):  The minority status of two Central Universities, namely Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi are sub-judice before the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the High Court of Delhi respectively.
- (b)  to (e) : The data of  higher educational institutions and schools granted minority status  is not separately  maintained.  However,  a  total  number  of  13,331  Institutions,  which  includes  higher educational institutions as well as schools, have been granted minority status  as on 1.3.2018 and their  details,  State/UT-wise, are at Annexure-I. A total number of 2614 applications are pending with  the  National  Commission  for  Minority  Educational  Institutions  (NCMEI)  for  both  higher educational Institutions and schools and their details, State/UT-wise, are not maintained centrally.

The details of financial allocation made for such higher institutions that have been granted minority status are not maintained centrally.

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## Annexure as referred to in reply to part (b) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.5677 for 02.04.2018 regarding Status of Minority Universities.

## State-wise details of Minority Status Certificates issued

As on 01.03.2018

| S.No   | Name of State     |   Total No. of MSC |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------|
| 1      | Andaman           |                  9 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    |                435 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh |                 23 |
| 4      | Assam             |                218 |
| 5      | Bihar             |                145 |
| 6      | Chandigarh        |                 20 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh      |                232 |
| 8      | D&N Haveli        |                  4 |
| 9      | Daman             |                  1 |
| 10     | Delhi             |                249 |
| 11     | Goa               |                165 |
| 12     | Gujarat           |                 58 |
| 13     | Haryana           |                169 |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh  |                 27 |
| 15     | Jharkhand         |                104 |
| 16     | Karnataka         |                698 |
| 17     | Kerala            |               4657 |
| 18     | Lakshadweep       |                  0 |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh    |                498 |
| 20     | Maharashtra       |                199 |
| 21     | Manipur           |                 37 |
| 22     | Meghalaya         |                  7 |
| 23     | Mizoram           |                  0 |
| 24     | Nagaland          |                  0 |
| 25     | Orissa            |                121 |
| 26     | Pondicherry       |                 26 |
| 27     | Punjab            |                125 |
| 28     | Rajasthan         |                104 |
| 29     | Sikkim            |                 18 |
| 30     | Tamil Nadu        |                886 |
| 31     | Telangana         |                138 |
| 32     | Tripura           |                 13 |
| 33     | Uttar Pradesh     |               3129 |
| 34     | Uttarakhand       |                119 |
| 35     | West Bengal       |                697 |
| Total  | Total             |              13331 |