Lok Sabha Question No. 79 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Complaints regarding Ragging
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV, SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.79 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Complaints regarding Ragging

## †* 79.  SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

## SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

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

- a) whether  the  report  of  complaints  regarding  ragging  received  by  any  educational institution, their status and satisfaction level of complainant parents along with closure report is to be sent to the Government on monthly basis;
- b) if so, the details thereof;
- c) the details of the total number of complaints of ragging which have been received by the  Government  during  the  last  three  years,  State-wise  and  the  action  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- d) whether the Government is working on any action plan to deal with the problem of ragging; and
- e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 79 FOR REPLY ON 23.07.2018  REGARDING COPMLAINTS REGARDING RAGGING ASKED BY SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV AND SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE.

(a) & (b): On receipt of a ragging complaint, the concerned educational institution constitutes an Anti-Ragging Committee to examine and investigate the incident and to submit a report to the institution. On the basis of the report, the institution takes action against the culprits and if requested,  sends  an  Action  Taken  Report  to  the  Ministry/University  Grants  Commission (UGC)/Monitoring  Agency.  The  status  of  the  ragging  complaints  registered  through  the National Anti-Ragging Helpline is regularly updated on the website www.amanmovement.org.  The  UGC,  Monitoring  Agency  and  all  the  Regulatory  bodies regulating  the  higher  educational  institutions  close  the  ragging  complaints  after  clearly mentioning the reasons for closure along with the satisfaction level of the student/parent/guardian.

(c): The  details  of  complaints  of  ragging  received  in  University  Grants  Commission (UGC) during the last three years, State-wise are available at the website www.antiragging.in. Details  of  ragging  cases  reported  are  as  per  Annexure.  Out  of  a  total  of  1839  ragging complaints received by the UGC during the last three years, students have been punished in 812 cases including suspension in 309 cases.

(d)  &  (e):  To  curb  the  menace  of  ragging,  the  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  has framed  UGC  Regulations  on  Curbing  the  Menace  of  Ragging  in  Higher  Educational Institutions,  2009.  These  Regulations  have  come  into  force  with  effect  from  17.06.2009. These  regulations  are  to  be  followed  mandatorily  by  all  Higher  Educational  Institutions (HEIs). These Regulations have also been adopted and notified by other regulatory bodies like  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education (AICTE), Medical Council of India (MCI), Indian  Nursing  Council  (INC),  Pharmacy  Council  of  India  (PCI),  Indian  Council  of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Dental Council of India (DCI). An Anti-Ragging toll free 'helpline' 1800-180-5522 in 12 languages has been made operational by the UGC with Call Centre  facilities  for  helping  victims  of  ragging,  besides  facilitating  effective  coordinated action by all concerned. The UGC  has developed the Anti-Ragging Website i.e. www.antiragging.in. The Portal contains the record of registered complaints received and the status  of  the  action  taken  thereon.  An  Anti-Ragging  Mobile  Application  was  launched  on 29th May, 2017 for filing the complaint on ragging/ filing the anti-ragging undertaking/ for calling  the  Toll  Free  Anti-Ragging  Helpline  Number.  This  App  may  be  downloaded  from Google Play Store. The UGC has uploaded few videos on campaign against ragging, videos on  different  perspective  of  ragging  (of  offender,  of  parents  and  of  victim)  and  an  AntiRagging documentary. These videos are available at the UGC Webpage, http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/Videos-Regarding-Ragging.aspx.

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Annexure State/UT-wise and Year-wise details of ragging cases during the last three years

|   S.No | State                |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|--------|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|      1 | Andaman & Nicobar    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh       |     12 |     17 |     28 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |      0 |      0 |      1 |
|      4 | Assam                |      9 |     10 |     33 |
|      5 | Bihar                |     21 |     24 |     53 |
|      6 | Chandigarh           |      1 |      0 |      3 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh         |      9 |      4 |      9 |
|      8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      9 | Daman & Diu          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|     10 | Delhi                |      8 |      8 |     13 |
|     11 | Goa                  |      1 |      1 |      0 |
|     12 | Gujarat              |     11 |      5 |     16 |
|     13 | Haryana              |      4 |     11 |     16 |
|     14 | Himachal Pradesh     |      4 |      4 |      6 |
|     15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |      4 |      2 |      7 |
|     16 | Jharkhand            |     19 |     15 |     20 |
|     17 | Karnataka            |     23 |     24 |     49 |
|     18 | Kerala               |     29 |     35 |     45 |
|     19 | Lakshadweep          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|     20 | Madhya Pradesh       |     48 |     55 |    100 |
|     21 | Maharashtra          |     17 |     29 |     46 |
|     22 | Manipur              |      0 |      0 |      4 |
|     23 | Meghalaya            |      1 |      1 |      1 |
|     24 | Mizoram              |      1 |      1 |      3 |
|     25 | Nagaland             |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|     26 | Odisha               |     30 |     28 |     46 |
|     27 | Puducherry           |      3 |      0 |      8 |
|     28 | Punjab               |      9 |     15 |     16 |
|     29 | Rajasthan            |     16 |     20 |     40 |
|     30 | Sikkim               |      0 |      1 |      2 |
|     31 | Tamil Nadu           |     25 |     33 |     43 |
|     32 | Telangana            |      5 |     12 |     12 |
|     33 | Tripura              |      1 |      3 |      9 |
|     34 | Uttar Pradesh        |     51 |     93 |    143 |
|     35 | Uttarakhand          |      8 |     14 |     30 |
|     36 | West Bengal          |     53 |     50 |     99 |

| GRAND TOTAL   | 423   | 515   | 901   |
|---------------|-------|-------|-------|