Lok Sabha Question No. 2715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Functioning of ICCR
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: George Baker, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, Richard Hay

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2715 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## FUNCTIONING OF ICCR

## 2715. SHRI GEORGE BAKER: SHRI PRABHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA: PROF. RICHARD HAY:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of Regional Offices running/functioning under ICCR across the country, State/UT-wise including West Bengal, Gujarat and Kerala;
- (b) the details of the number of foreign students studying in Indian Universities on Scholarship provided by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, at present, State/UT-wise during the last three years;
- (c) the details of the expenditure incurred on these students during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the details of the target set, if any, and the achievements made during the above period; and
- (e) whether the Government is planning to make some amendments in this Scholarship scheme and planning to open more regional offices and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI M. J. AKBAR)

- (a) The Council has 19 Regional Offices in India.  Student related activities in Delhi are supervised by ICCR Headquarters in Delhi.  There is no separate Regional Office in Delhi. List of Regional Offices at Annexure-I.
- (b) Details of the number of foreign students studying in Indian Universities under scholarship provided by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) are at Annexure-II.
- (c) Details of the expenditure incurred on the students during the last three years and the current year, State/UT wise are placed on Annexure-III.
- (d) Details of total number of scholarship slots offered and total numbers of scholarship slots utilized are placed at Annexure-IV.
- (e) No.

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## ANNEXURE-I

|   S.No. | Name of State/UT where ICCR office is located   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Ahmedabad (Gujarat)                             |
|       2 | Bengaluru (Karnataka)                           |
|       3 | Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)                         |
|       4 | Bhubaneswar (Orissa)                            |

|   5. | Chandigarh (UT)            |
|------|----------------------------|
|    6 | Chennai (Tamil Nadu)       |
|    7 | Goa (UT)                   |
|    8 | Guwahati (Assam)           |
|    9 | Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) |
|   10 | Jaipur (Rajasthan)         |
|   11 | Jammu (Jammu &Kashmir)     |
|   12 | Kolkata (West Bengal)      |
|   13 | Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)    |
|   14 | Mumbai (Maharashtra)       |
|   15 | Pune (Maharashtra)         |
|   16 | Patna (Bihar)              |
|   17 | Shillong (Meghalaya)       |
|   18 | Thiruvanathapuram (Kerala) |
|   19 | Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)   |

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## ANNEXURE-II

| Sl. No.   | Name of State, UT / Name of ICCR Regional Office                              |   Total foreign students studying |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Gujarat / Ahmedabad                                                           |                               756 |
| 2         | Karnataka / Bangalore                                                         |                              1217 |
| 3         | Madhya Pradesh / Bhopal                                                       |                               113 |
| 4         | Chandigarh                                                                    |                               466 |
| 5         | Tamil Nadu / Chennai                                                          |                               106 |
| 6         | Orissa / Bhubaneswar                                                          |                                79 |
| 7         | Assam / Guwahati                                                              |                                91 |
| 8         | Goa / Goa                                                                     |                               229 |
| 9         | Telangana / Hyderabad                                                         |                              1229 |
| 10        | Rajasthan / Jaipur                                                            |                                43 |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir / Jammu                                                        |                                 1 |
| 12        | West Bengal / Kolkata                                                         |                               259 |
| 13        | Uttar Pradesh / Lucknow                                                       |                               122 |
| 14        | Uttar Pradesh / Varanasi                                                      |                                75 |
| 15        | Maharashtra / Mumbai                                                          |                               106 |
| 16        | Maharashtra / Pune                                                            |                               722 |
| 17        | Bihar / Patna                                                                 |                                11 |
| 18        | Meghalaya / Shillong                                                          |                                98 |
| 19        | Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram                                                   |                               114 |
| 20        | New Delhi - No separate Regional Office managed by ICCR Headquarters in Delhi |                               514 |
|           | Grand Total                                                                   |                              6351 |

## ANNEXURE-III

| Sl. No.   | Name of State, UT / Name of ICCR Regional Office   | Financial Year   | Total Expenditure incurred   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|
| 1         |                                                    | 2014-15          | 95074896                     |
|           | Gujarat / Ahmedabad                                | 2015-16          | 2395311815                   |
|           |                                                    | 2016-17          | 177040431                    |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 61868563                     |
|           |                                                    | 2014-15          | 128162852                    |
| 2         | Karnataka / Bangalore                              | 2015-16          | 211613557                    |
|           |                                                    | 2016-17          | 281748128                    |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 178629786                    |
|           |                                                    | 2014-15          | 10010761                     |
| 3         | Madhya Pradesh / Bhopal                            | 2015-16          | 19569605                     |
|           |                                                    | 2016-17          | 6423819                      |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 6452861                      |
|           |                                                    | 2014-15          | 44816731                     |
| 4         | Chandigarh                                         | 2015-16          | 57644236                     |
|           |                                                    | 2016-17          | 75284858                     |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 42045033                     |
|           |                                                    | 2014-15          | 26728303                     |
| 5         | Tamil Nadu / Chennai                               | 2015-16          | 17509392                     |
|           |                                                    | 2016-17          | 19760834                     |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 10748631                     |
|           |                                                    | 2014-15          | 16723236                     |
| 6         | Orissa / Bhubaneswar                               | 2015-16          | 19647505                     |
|           |                                                    | 2016-17          | 15435534                     |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 3133519                      |
|           |                                                    | 2014-15          | 30142480                     |
| 7         | Assam / Guwahati                                   | 2015-16          | 24253268                     |
|           |                                                    | 2016-17          | 17971198                     |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 4848639                      |
|           |                                                    | 2014-15          | 13951013                     |
| 8         | Goa / Goa                                          | 2015-16 2016-17  | 19908378 19457177            |
|           |                                                    |                  | 275708017                    |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 16315090                     |
|           |                                                    | 2014-15          | 325172814                    |
| 9         | Telangana / Hyderabad                              | 2015-16          |                              |
|           |                                                    | 2016-17          | 323287752                    |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 145675807                    |
| 10        |                                                    | 2014-15          | 7613656                      |
|           | Rajasthan / Jaipur                                 | 2015-16          | 10690165                     |
|           |                                                    | 2016-17 2017-18  | 14934415 9357246             |
|           |                                                    | 2014-15          | 293885                       |
| 11        |                                                    |                  | 529340                       |
|           | Jammu &Kashmir / Jammu                             | 2015-16 2016-17  | 485740                       |
|           |                                                    | 2017-18          | 129250                       |
| 12        | West Bengal / Kolkata                              | 2014-15          | 50026158                     |
|           |                                                    | 2015-16          | 47881963                     |

|              | 2016-17   |   37731708 |
|--------------|-----------|------------|
|              | 2017-18   |   19137807 |
|              | 2014-15   |   20966822 |
|              | 2015-16   |  259422994 |
| 13           | 2016-17   |   20903669 |
|              | 2017-18   |   15171292 |
|              | 2014-15   |    9156948 |
|              | 2015-16   |   10353498 |
| 14 Uttar     | 2016-17   |   10312779 |
|              | 2017-18   |    5818642 |
|              | 2014-15   |   13128131 |
| 15           | 2015-16   |    8714168 |
| Maharashtra  | 2016-17   |   11077319 |
|              | 2017-18   |    8206570 |
|              | 2014-15   |  183301796 |
| 16           | 2015-16   |  145587665 |
| Maharashtra  | 2016-17   |  139061121 |
|              | 2017-18   |   56800910 |
|              | 2014-15   |     216170 |
| Bihar        | 2015-16   |     788070 |
| 17           | 2016-17   |     868785 |
|              | 2017-18   |     874808 |
|              | 2014-15   |    6643980 |
|              | 2015-16   |   95997742 |
| 18 Meghalaya | 2016-17   |   12295424 |
|              | 2017-18   |    7240950 |
|              | 2014-15   |   15786062 |
| Kerala       | 2015-16   |   18998115 |
| 19           | 2016-17   |   24697148 |
|              | 2017-18   |   13357572 |
|              | 2014-15   |  155591457 |
| New          | 2015-16   |   81151923 |
|              | 2016-17   |   94335268 |
| ICCR         | 2017-18   |   90299526 |

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Details of Scholarship Slots offered/utilized

| Year    |   Total number of Scholarship Slots Offered/target |   Total number of scholarship slots utilized/ target achieved |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16 |                                               3325 |                                                          2312 |
| 2016-17 |                                               3352 |                                                          2324 |
| 2017-18 |                                               3315 |                                                          1605 |

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ANNEXURE IV