Lok Sabha Question No. 3198 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Number of Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MOHAMMAD SALIM, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3198 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st  DECEMBER, 2018

## Number of Colleges

3198 . SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

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

- (a) the details and the number of colleges and universities set up during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the funds spent for this purpose; and
- (c) the proposals pending in this regard from States and the action taken so far by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): Education being in the concurrent list, the creation of new institutions is the responsibility of both Central Government and the State Governments.

As per the data provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC), number of colleges and Universities included under the UGC Act 1956 is given as under:

| Year      |   No. of colleges included under Section 2(f) /12(B) of the UGC Act 1956 |   No. of Universities included under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act 1956 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-2015 |                                                                      580 |                                                                    48 |
| 2015-2016 |                                                                      511 |                                                                    43 |
| 2016-2017 |                                                                      515 |                                                                    43 |
| 2017-2018 |                                                                      549 |                                                                    46 |

Recognizing  the  need  for  strengthening  State  Higher  Education  System,  the Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)  is being implemented. Under the scheme, assistance is provided to States for creation of University either through upgradation of existing autonomous colleges or through clustering of colleges, creation of Model Degree Colleges (MDC) and New Colleges

(Professional  &  Technical).  The  state-wise  details  of  approvals  under  RUSA  are annexed .

Additionally, the Union Cabinet has accorded approval for setting up of a Central University  and  a  Central  Tribal  University  in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh.  The Central  University  (Amendment)  Bill  2018  has  been  introduced  in  the  Lok  Sabha. The  Central  University  of  Andhra  Pradesh  has  started  functioning  after  getting registered under Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act from the transit campus from the academic year 2018-19 and Rs. 5 crore has been released to University Grants Commission as first year transit campus grant for Central University, Andhra Pradesh.

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Annexure referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No. 3198 to be answered on 31 st December, 2018 regarding Number of Colleges asked by Shri. Mohd. Salim and Shri Md. Badaruddoza Khan, Hon'ble MPs

## State-wise details of approvals under RUSA

| Name of State/ UT   | Creation of Universities by way of Upgradation of Existing Autonomous   | Creation of Universities by way of Upgradation of Existing Autonomous   | Creation of Universities by Conversion of Colleges in a Cluster   | Creation of Universities by Conversion of Colleges in a Cluster   | New Model Degree Colleges (General)       | New Model Degree Colleges (General)   | New Colleges (Professional & Technical)   | New Colleges (Professional & Technical)   |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|                     | Total Units appro ved (2015- 16 onwar ds)                               | Total Amou nt Appro ved (in Cr.)                                        | Total Units appro ved (2015- 16 onwar ds)                         | Total Amou nt Appro ved (in Cr.)                                  | Total Units appro ved (2015- 16 onwar ds) | Total Amou nt Appro ved (in Cr.)      | Total Units appro ved (2015- 16 onwar ds) | Total Amou nt Appro ved (in Cr.)          |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 1                                                                 | 55                                                                | 2                                         | 24                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 2                                         | 24                                    | 1                                         | 26                                        |
| Assam               | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 5                                         | 60                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| Bihar               | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 4                                         | 48                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| Chhattisgarh        | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 7                                         | 84                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| Gujarat             | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                         | 0                                     | 1                                         | 26                                        |
| Haryana             | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 1                                         | 12                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 1                                                                 | 55                                                                | 1                                         | 12                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir     | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 3                                         | 36                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| Jharkhand           | 2                                                                       | 110                                                                     | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 10                                        | 120                                   | 5                                         | 130                                       |
| Karnataka           | 3                                                                       | 165                                                                     | 1                                                                 | 55                                                                | 2                                         | 24                                    | 1                                         | 26                                        |
| Kerala              | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 1                                         | 12                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 8                                         | 96                                    | 1                                         | 26                                        |
| Maharashtra         | 1                                                                       | 55                                                                      | 1                                                                 | 55                                                                | 2                                         | 24                                    | 0                                         | 0                                         |

| Meghalaya     |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   2 |   24 |   2 |   52 |
|---------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|------|
| Nagaland      |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   12 |   2 |   52 |
| Odisha        |   1 |  55 |   1 |  55 |   6 |   72 |   0 |    0 |
| Punjab        |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   12 |   0 |    0 |
| Rajasthan     |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   5 |   60 |   3 |   78 |
| Sikkim        |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   2 |   24 |   2 |   52 |
| Tamil Nadu    |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    0 |   2 |   52 |
| Telangana     |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   3 |   36 |   0 |    0 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   1 |  55 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |
| Uttarakhand   |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   2 |   24 |   1 |   26 |
| West Bengal   |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    0 |   1 |   26 |
| Puducherry    |   1 |  55 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    0 |   1 |   26 |
| Total         |   9 | 495 |   5 | 275 |  70 |  840 |  23 |  598 |