Lok Sabha Question No. 1280 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Subsidy to JNU
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1280 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## Subsidy to JNU

## 1280.  SHRI L.S.TEJASVI SURYA

Will the Minister of Human Resource Development be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Universities receiving grants from the Government State-wise and the funds disbursed and utilized by the universities year-wise from 2008;
- (b)    the list of subsidies granted to Jawaharlal Nehru University and the cost to the exchequer per year since 2008 to provide the subsidies;
- (c)  whether the Government feels that the tuition,  hostel  and  mess  fee paid  by students of Centrally Funded Universities has not kept up with times and if so, the action being considered by the Government:
- (d)  whether the Government has a mechanism to check the appropriate usage of the funds by the universities towards the education of its students and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  to  check  the  efficiency  and learning  outcomes of  students  in  Central  Universities  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Government provide grants to Central Universities through University Grants Commission  (UGC).  The  number  of  Central  Universities  receiving  grants  from  UGC alongwith fund disbursed to and utilized by them year-wise from 2008-09 to 2018-19 is annexed.

(b) & (c): All  Central Universities including JNU is fully funded by the Government. Central  Universities  are  autonomous  bodies  created  under  the  respective  Acts  of Parliament  and  they  are  competent  to  take  administrative  and  financial  decisions pertaining to their Universities.

(d) & (e): The accounts of Central Universities are mandatorily subjected to audit by the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG) of India every year and the Annual Accounts duly audited  are  required  to  be  tabled  in  both  Houses  of  the  Parliament.  Further,  the University Grants Commission (UGC) reviews the financial performance of each Central University under the purview of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on a periodical basis for ensuring proper utilization of funds and for providing further financial assistance  to  the  Universities.  All  Central  Universities  have  been  brought  under  EAT module  of  PFMS  and  their  grants  are  being  released  only  after  verification of expenditure incurred.

There is a mechanism of regular review of performance of Central Universities by Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development,  UGC  and  National  Assessment  and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure as referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1280 for answer on 10.02.2020 regarding Subsidy to JNU

(Rs. In crore)

| S.No.   | year    | Number of Universities   | Scheme' Grants to Central Universities'   | Scheme' Grants to Central Universities'   |
|---------|---------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | year    | Number of Universities   | Grants released                           | Utilized by Universities                  |
| 1       | 2008-09 | 37                       | 3266.24                                   | 2930.45                                   |
| 2       | 2009-10 | 37                       | 4363.71                                   | 4181.67                                   |
| 3       | 2010-11 | 38                       | 4535.19                                   | 4091.33                                   |
| 4       | 2011-12 | 37                       | 5040.26                                   | 4940.76                                   |
| 5       | 2012-13 | 39                       | 5166.42                                   | 4693.24                                   |
| 6       | 2013-14 | 38                       | 5603.80                                   | 5672.70                                   |
| 7       | 2014-15 | 38                       | 5653.95                                   | 5669.55                                   |
| 8       | 2015-16 | 39                       | 5621.38                                   | 6224.71                                   |
| 9       | 2016-17 | 39                       | 6355.93                                   | 6912.39                                   |
| 10      | 2017-18 | 40                       | 7239.65                                   | 6999.55                                   |
| 11      | 2018-19 | 42                       | 6433.60                                   | 8077.93                                   |

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