Lok Sabha Question No. 4662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: New Degree Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4662 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  JULY, 2019

## New Degree Colleges

†4662. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the policy of the Government to set up new degree colleges; (b) whether the Government proposes to set up new degree college in various States including Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh; and

- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/being taken by the Government to establish new degree colleges in the country?

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

(a)  to  (c):  Education  being  in  the  Concurrent  List,  creation  of  new  institutions  is  the responsibility of both Central and State Government. However, recognising the need for central assistance, the Central Government  has  implemented  various  schemes supporting State Governments. In the 1st phase of RUSA i.e. RUSA 1.0, 60 Model Degree Colleges (MDCs) had been approved. In the ongoing 2nd phase of RUSA, 70 MDCs have been approved in Aspirational districts identified by NITI Aayog and in unserved and underserved areas in North-Eastern and Himalayan States. The  State-wise  list  of  MDCs  approved  including  for  the  States  of  Rajasthan,

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh is annexed.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  No.  4662  FOR  22.07.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  CHANDRA  PRAKASH  JOSHI,  HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING NEW DEGREE COLLEGES.

## State-wise list of Model Degree Colleges approved under RUSA

| Name of State/ UT           |   MDCs approved in RUSA 1.0 |   MDCs approved in ongoing 2 nd phase of RUSA |   Total MDCs approved |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh              |                           6 |                                             2 |                     8 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                           0 |                                             2 |                     2 |
| Assam                       |                           0 |                                             5 |                     5 |
| Bihar                       |                           0 |                                             4 |                     4 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                           4 |                                             7 |                    11 |
| Goa                         |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Gujarat                     |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Haryana                     |                           0 |                                             1 |                     1 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |                           1 |                                             1 |                     2 |
| Jammu & Kashmir             |                           0 |                                             3 |                     3 |
| Jharkhand                   |                           0 |                                            10 |                    10 |
| Karnataka                   |                           0 |                                             2 |                     2 |
| Kerala                      |                           0 |                                             1 |                     1 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                           2 |                                             8 |                    10 |
| Maharashtra                 |                           0 |                                             2 |                     2 |
| Manipur                     |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Meghalaya                   |                           0 |                                             2 |                     2 |
| Mizoram                     |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Nagaland                    |                           1 |                                             1 |                     2 |
| Odisha                      |                           8 |                                             6 |                    14 |
| Punjab                      |                           2 |                                             1 |                     3 |
| Rajasthan                   |                           0 |                                             5 |                     5 |
| Sikkim                      |                           0 |                                             2 |                     2 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Telangana                   |                           4 |                                             3 |                     7 |
| Tripura                     |                           4 |                                             0 |                     4 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                          26 |                                             0 |                    26 |
| Uttarakhand                 |                           1 |                                             2 |                     3 |
| West Bengal                 |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                           1 |                                             0 |                     1 |
| Chandigarh                  |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Delhi                       |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Daman and Diu               |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| Puducherry                  |                           0 |                                             0 |                     0 |
| TOTAL                       |                          60 |                                            70 |                   130 |

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