Lok Sabha Question No. 4215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: Incentives for Setting up Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4215 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2016

## Incentives for Setting up Universities

## †4215. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

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

(a)  the  total  number  of  Government  universities  functioning  in  the  country  at  present,  State/UTwise;

(b) the policy of the Government regarding the criteria and process of setting up of universities by the private sector to provide higher education in the country;

(c) whether the Government proposes to provide incentive to set up new universities, particularly private universities; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a):    As  per  the  report  of  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  2015-16,  the  total  number  of Government universities functioning in the country, State/UT-wise, is given in annexure.

(b) to (d):  Private Deemed to be Universities are regulated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) as per the provisions of UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2016. The  Regulations  contain  the  stringent  eligibility  criteria  and  procedure  for  setting  up  Private Deemed to be Universities. The Regulations also prescribe provisions to ensure quality and standard of education in Private Deemed to be Universities. Institutions desiring to be declared as Deemed to be  Universities  have  to  apply  to  the  Government  and  if  they  fulfil  all  the  eligibility  conditions mentioned in UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2016, they are declared as Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, after getting recommendations of UGC.

State  Private  Universities  are  established  by  the  Act  of  respective  State  Legislature.  They  are regulated  by  their  respective  State  Acts  and  the  UGC  (Establishment  of  and  Maintenance  of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003. There is no proposal under consideration of Government for providing financial incentives to Private Institutions.

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Annexure referred to in reply of parts (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4215 for 12.12.2016 by Shri Harish Chandra alias Harish Dwivedi  regarding " Incentives for Setting up Universities"

| State/UT          | Government University   |   Government University |
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                         |                      24 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                         |                       3 |
| Assam             |                         |                      17 |
| Bihar             |                         |                      22 |
| Chandigarh        |                         |                       3 |
| Chhatisgarh       |                         |                      15 |
| Delhi             |                         |                      25 |
| Goa               |                         |                       2 |
| Gujarat           |                         |                      34 |
| Haryana           |                         |                      19 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                         |                       8 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |                         |                      11 |
| Jharkhand         |                         |                      10 |
| Karnataka         |                         |                      33 |
| Kerala            |                         |                      20 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                         |                      29 |
| Maharashtra       |                         |                      33 |
| Manipur           |                         |                       4 |
| Meghalaya         |                         |                       2 |
| Mizoram           |                         |                       2 |
| Nagaland          |                         |                       2 |
| Odisha            |                         |                      16 |
| Puducherry        |                         |                       3 |
| Punjab            |                         |                      15 |
| Rajasthan         |                         |                      28 |
| Sikkim            |                         |                       2 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                         |                      32 |
| Telangana         |                         |                      19 |
| Tripura           |                         |                       2 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                         |                      40 |
| Uttrakhand        |                         |                      16 |
| West Bengal       |                         |                      31 |
| All India         |                         |                     522 |

Note: In UTs of , Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep, there are no Universities.

Source:

AISHE Report 2015 - 16