Lok Sabha Question No. 3570 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: RUSA
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Supriya Sadanand Sule

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3570 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th   JULY, 2019

## RUSA

3570. DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE: DR. HEENA GAVIT: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

- Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a)  the  salient  features  along  with  aims  and  objectives  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) and the status of the implementation of RUSA; (b)  whether the Government has achieved the objectives since its inception, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; (c)  the  details  of  financial  allocations  made  under this scheme by the Government during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; (d) whether the Union and State Government have prepared any higher education plan on the scheme for upgradation of the universities and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and (e)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  create  new  universities  through
- upgradation of existing autonomous colleges and conversion of colleges in a cluster?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a)  to  (c):  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA) is  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme (CSS) being implemented by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.  It is  an overarching scheme,  operated in  mission mode for funding the state universities and colleges in order to achieve the aims of equity, access and excellence. It seeks  to improve  the overall quality of existing State higher educational  institutions  by  ensuring  their  conformity  to  prescribed  norms  and standards and adoption of accreditation as a mandatory quality assurance framework;  correcting  regional  imbalances  by   facilitating  access  to  high  quality institutions  in  rural  &  semi -urban  areas;  and  providing  adequate  opportunities  of higher  education  to  socially  deprived  communities;  promoting  inclusion  of  women, minorities, SC/ST/OBCs and differently abled persons to ensure equity. Transformative reforms such as governance, academic, affiliation and accreditation reforms are pre-requisites in the implementation of the scheme in the States. All the funding under RUSA is norm based and future grants are performance based and outcome dependent.

As on date, all the States/UTs except Lakshdweep are participating in RUSA. The details of the scheme are at rusa.nic.in .

The  RUSA  Scheme  has  been  instrumental  in  improving  the  access  and equity  in  higher  education.  As  per  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  (AISHE) report, the overall Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education has improved from 21.5 in 2012-13 i.e. at time of inception of RUSA to 25.8 in 2017-18. Enrolment of  female  students  and  also  of  socially  backward  classes  have  considerably improved.  RUSA  mandates  the  rightsizing  of  State  public  universities  in  terms  of number of affiliated colleges to each university through affiliation reforms. Accordingly, States have bifurcated/trifurcated their existing universities.

The details of the funds released to the States/UTs under RUSA during the last three years and the current year are at Annexure.

(d): Under RUSA, universities are supported under the component of Infrastructure Grants to Universities and Research, Innovation & Quality Improvement to improve the overall infrastructure and to promote research and innovation in universities. In addition to this, under RUSA 2.0, 10 select State universities have been approved Rs.  100  core  each  under  the  component  of  Enhancing  Quality  and  Excellence  in Select Universities.

(e): Under  RUSA,  universities  can  be  created  by  way  of  either  upgradation  of autonomous colleges or by conversion of colleges in a cluster. Central support has been  approved  for  creation  of  21  universities,  out  of  which  11  are  by  way  of upgrading autonomous colleges and 10 are by way of clustering of colleges. Each of the University has been approved an amount of Rs. 55 Crores.

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Annexure referred to in parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3570 to be answered on 15 th  July, 2019 regarding RUSA asked by Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Shrimati Supriya Sadanand Sule, Dr. Heena Gavit, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe

Details of the funds released to the States/UTs under RUSA during the last three years and the current year

(Amount in Rs.crores)

| Sr. No.   | Name of State               |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh              |      7.45 |     86.42 |    100.1  |     14.1  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh           |      6.75 |     25.58 |     25.2  |      2.25 |
| 3         | Assam                       |     54.78 |    122.17 |    161.18 |      0    |
| 4         | Bihar                       |     22.72 |     11.1  |      1.5  |     33.9  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                |     16.77 |     39.72 |     30.3  |     31.65 |
| 6         | Goa                         |      0    |     13.8  |     12.9  |      1.2  |
| 7         | Gujarat                     |     40.12 |     27.55 |     40.26 |      1.8  |
| 8         | Haryana                     |      3    |     17.74 |     70.72 |     15.71 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh            |     50.4  |     40.88 |     29.55 |      0    |
| 10        | Jammu& Kashmir              |     92.92 |     73.33 |     59.25 |     21.92 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                   |     58.81 |     28.5  |     47.4  |     16.88 |
| 12        | Karnataka                   |     41.81 |     87.24 |     65.49 |     54.45 |
| 13        | Kerala                      |     60.29 |     13.48 |     82.35 |     11.4  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh              |     57.77 |     33.39 |     85.65 |      0    |
| 15        | Maharashtra                 |      4.55 |     57    |     45.18 |     22.6  |
| 16        | Manipur                     |     30.2  |     35.65 |     13.05 |      0    |
| 17        | Meghalaya                   |     25.39 |      8.1  |     20.1  |      0    |
| 18        | Mizoram                     |     11.48 |     27.06 |     21.07 |      0    |
| 19        | Nagaland                    |     22.73 |     25.18 |      5.4  |      0    |
| 20        | Odisha                      |     72.85 |     77.9  |     68.55 |     21.38 |
| 21        | Punjab                      |     16.83 |     33.6  |     32.2  |      8.4  |
| 22        | Rajasthan                   |     62.4  |     53.7  |     60.3  |      2.72 |
| 23        | Sikkim                      |     11.57 |     11.04 |     22.5  |      3.83 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                  |     84.81 |     35.75 |     44.8  |     71.97 |
| 25        | Telangana                   |     10.79 |     32.49 |     41.71 |      0    |
| 26        | Tripura                     |      0    |      0    |      8.51 |      0    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh               |    115.78 |    137.11 |      0    |     57.13 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                 |     61.02 |     20.28 |     33.38 |      6.3  |
| 29        | West Bengal                 |     72.23 |     48    |    124    |     10.2  |
| 30        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |      7.5  |      2.5  |      0    |      0    |
| 31        | Chandigarh                  |     10    |      8.03 |     11    |      0    |
| 32        | Delhi                       |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |      0    |      0    |      4.33 |      0    |
| 34        | Daman And Diu               |      0    |      0    |      3.94 |      0    |
| 35        | Puducherry                  |      0    |      5.06 |      7.8  |      0    |
| Total     | Total                       |   1133.7  |   1239.31 |   1379.66 |    409.79 |