Lok Sabha Question No. 1982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Incidents of Ragging
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LALLU SINGH, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1982 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2016

## Incidents of Ragging

†1982. SHRI LALLU SINGH:

SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has received complaints from students regarding incidents of  suicides  and  ragging  in  educational  institutes  located  in  different  parts  of  the country including Delhi, NCR, and Jaipur;
- (b) if so, the State-wise and location wise details of complaints received in this regard;
- (c) the details of actions taken on the complaints received during the last three years and the current financial year;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to enact any stringent law to curb the incidents of ragging in future; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  this  scheme  is  likely  to  be implemented?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RSOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR.MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a)  to  (c):  Yes,  Madam.  The  details  of  incidents  of  suicides  and  ragging  in  educational institutes located in different parts of the country, including Delhi, NCR and Jaipur (Statewise and location-wise), during the last three years and action taken/punishment thereto are available at the website www.amanmovement.org.

(d)  &  (e):  The  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  has  brought  out  the  UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009 on 17.6.2009 .These UGC Regulations have further been amended and are applicable to all  Higher  Educational  Institutions  across  the  country.  They  provide  for  a  number  of punitive  and  prohibitive  measures,  including  stopping  of  grants  by  the  UGC  and  also withdrawal of affiliation/recognition or other privileges conferred, if Higher Educational

Institutions fail to comply with any of the provisions of regulations or fail to curb ragging effectively.

Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  had  appointed  Anti-  Ragging  Monitoring  Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. R. K. Raghavan, former CBI Director. The Committee is also monitoring cases of ragging regularly.

Further,  to  curb  the  menace  of  ragging,  the  UGC  has  issued  a  circular  on 23.2.2016 to  all  Universities  to  implement  the  Anti-Ragging  Regulations  and  take  strict action against those flouting the guidelines.  The UGC has also made it mandatory for all Educational Institutions to incorporate in their prospectus the directions of the Government regarding anti-ragging.  An  Anti-Ragging  toll  free  'helpline'  1800-180-5522 has been made operational by the UGC with Call Centre facilities for helping victims of ragging,  besides  facilitating  effective  coordinated  action  by  all  concerned.  A  mobile application has also been developed for Anti-Ragging. During the year 2015-16, MHRD had  released  an  amount  of  Rs.5  Crore  to  the  UGC  for  awareness  on  Anti-Ragging measures through the media. The necessary regulations to prevent ragging are already in place  and  it  is  felt  that  a  separate  Central  Law  on  this  subject,  which  is  a  mere reproduction of the existing Anti-Ragging Regulations, may be redundant.

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