Lok Sabha Question No. 410 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Educational Institutions
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 410 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## Educational Institutions

## 410. SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

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

- (a)  the  present  status  of  establishment  of  11  educational  institutions  mandated  to  set  up  under  13th Schedule (Section 93) of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014;
- (b) the details of funds required, sanctioned, released and spent since implementation of the said Act, year and institution-wise;
- (c) the reasons behind releasing just Rs. 746 crores against the required amount of Rs. 12,446 crores; and
- (d)  the  time  by  which  it  is  going  to  set  up  a  Central  University  and  a  Tribal  University  in  Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

- ( a) to (d) As  per the  provisions  of  Andhra  Pradesh  Re-organisation  Act,2014,  total  08    Central Educational Institutes are being established by this Ministry. The details are as below:

|   S.No | Name of Institute   | Status of Institution(admission of students/provision of infrastructure and buildings)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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|      1 | IIT                 | In pursuance of the Budget Announcement 2014-15, IIT Trupati has been established as a part of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisatin Act, 2014. The academic session of IIT-Tirupati started in 2015-16 from its temporary campus at Chandalwada Venkata Subaiah College of Engineering, Renigunta Road, Tirupati. Land measuring 589.55 acres at Merlapaka Village, Yerpedu (Mandal), Chittoor District (Near Tirupathi) has been approved for permanent campus. |

|    |                                    | The construction of Transit Campus is completed. The institute has a student strength of 631 and faculty strength of 55. As on date, an amount of Rs. 203.36 crore has been released to IIT-Tirupati.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|----|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  2 | NIT                                | NIT Andhra Pradesh has started functioning from its temporary campus located at Sri Vasavi Engineering College, Tadepalligudem since 2015. State Government of Andhra Pradesh has provided land at Tadepalligudem, West Godavari District for the construction of permanent campus. The entire construction work has been bifurcated into two segments '1A' and '1B' for smooth operations. . Rs 460.50 Cr has been approved for construction of permanent campus.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|  3 | IIM                                | The Institute started its operation from its temporary campus i.e. Andhra Pradesh University Vishakhapatnam. PGP course has started. Cabinet on 5 th September, 2018 approved an amount of Rs. 594.32 crore for establishment permanent campus. The State Government has allocated 230.25 acres of land in Village Gambheeram, District Vishakhapatnam for permanent campus of IIM Vishakhapatnam.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|  4 | IISER                              | The Cabinet has approved the setting up of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Tirupati with a capital cost of Rs. 1137.16 crore. IISER Tirupati has started functioning on temporary campus since 2016. Rs 525 Cr has been sanctioned under Higher Education Funding Agency.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|  5 | IIIT                               | IIITDM Kurnool has been established as per the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014. A site selection committee on 01.04.2015 ascertained the suitability of land identified by Government of Andhra Pradesh at Jagannathgattu Dinnedevara Padu (v), Kurnool(M), Kurnool District, for construction of permanent campus. Since 2015 lllTDM Kurnool is functioning from temporary campus of IIITDM Kancheepuram. A sum of Rs. 297.0 Cr have been allocated as financial assistance out of which Rs. 256.0 Cr is for construction of the institute and Rs. 41 Cr for recurring expenditure. In July 2018 the Institute has shifted to its permanent campus. The total student strength is of 328 students. |
|  6 | Central University, Andhra Pradesh | The Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 16 th May, 2018 has accorded in- principal approval for establishment a Central University by the name of Central University of Andhra Pradesh in village Janthaluru Anantapur District in the State of Andhra Pradesh with provision of funds of Rs.450 crore for meeting the first phase expenditure. University of Hyderabad is mentor of the Central University of Andhra Pradesh. An amount of Rs.800.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

|    |                                   | lakhs has been released to University of Hyderabad (Mentor University) for Central University of Andhra Pradesh during the financial year 2018-19. The Central University (Amendment) Bill 2018 was introduced in Lok Sabha on 14.12.2018. However, the Bill could not be passed in the 16 th Lok Sabha and it lapsed as the 16 th Lok Sabha dissolved.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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|  7 | Tribal University, Andhra Pradesh | Operationalisation of the Central Tribal University in the State of Andhra Pradesh from transit campus by a mentor University i.e. Andhra University has been announced on 24 th January 2019. An amount of Rs.50.00 lakhs has been released to Andhra University (Mentor University) for Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh, Vijayanagram during the financial year 2018-19. The Central University (Amendment) Bill 2018 was introduced in Lok Sabha on 14.12.2018. However, the Bill could not be passed in the 16 th Lok Sabha and it lapsed as the 16 th Lok Sabha dissolved. |
|  8 | Tribal University, Telangana      | A site at Mulugu (V), Mulugu (M), Bhupalpally District, Telangana measuring 512.47 acres has been finalized by Site Selection Committee for establishment of the Tribal University in Telangana. The Govt of Telangana has been requested to furnish the status of land area and removal of encumbrances and necessary clearance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

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