Lok Sabha Question No. 207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: RUSA
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni, Bache Gowda B.N.

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 207 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  NOVEMBER, 2019

## RUSA

207. SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS: SHRI B.N. BACHE GOWDA: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a)  the  salient  features,  aims  and  objectives  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RUSA) along with the status of the implementation of RUSA including funds allocated under the scheme, State-wise; (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 to Andhra Pradesh; (d) whether the Union and State Government have prepared any higher education plan on the scheme for upgradation of the universities in Andhra Pradesh 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 in Andhra Pradesh?

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

(a)  &  (b):  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,  being  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.

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 26.3 in 2018-19. 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. As on date, all the States/UTs except Lakshdweep are participating in RUSA.

The details of the scheme are at rusa.nic.in . The details of the funds released to the States/UTs under RUSA are at Annexure.

- (c): The details of funds released under this scheme to Andhra Pradesh during the last three years and the current year are as under:

(Rs. in Crores)

| Year           |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   Grand Total |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
| Total Releases |    7.4479 |     86.42 |     100.1 |      14.1 |        208.06 |

- (d):    To improve the overall infrastructure and promote research and innovation in the Universities of Andhra Pradesh under RUSA, central support for 9 universities under the component of Infrastructure Grants to Universities and 1 University under the component of  Research,  Innovation  &  Quality  Improvement  has  been  approved.  Further,  central support for 2 Universities under the component of Enhancing Quality and Excellence in Select Universities has also been approved.
- (e): Under  RUSA,  universities  can  be  created  by  way  of  either  upgradation  of autonomous colleges or by conversion of colleges in a cluster. However, no such unit has  been  approved  to  the    State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  due  to  non-receipt  of  eligible proposal.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 207  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  18 TH   NOVEMBER,  2019  REGARDING  RUSA  ASKED  BY  SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS & SHRI B.N. BACHE GOWDA

## Details of Funds released State-wise under RUSA

| Sl.No.   | State                    |   Funds Released ( Rs. in Crores) |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           |                            274.42 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                             72.39 |
| 3        | Andaman & Nicobar Island |                             13.36 |
| 4        | Assam                    |                            402.83 |
| 5        | Bihar                    |                            123.45 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh             |                            179.56 |
| 7        | Chandigarh               |                             29.77 |
| 8        | Delhi                    |                              1.52 |
| 9        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli     |                              4.78 |
| 10       | Daman & Diu              |                              3.94 |
| 11       | Gujarat                  |                            167.9  |
| 12       | Goa                      |                             47.27 |
| 13       | Haryana                  |                            148.96 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh         |                            183.68 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir          |                            293.39 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                |                            178.08 |
| 17       | Karnataka                |                            341.61 |
| 18       | Kerala                   |                            183.87 |
| 19       | Manipur                  |                            100.48 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh           |                            225.66 |
| 21       | Maharashtra              |                            198.91 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                |                             70.23 |
| 23       | Mizoram                  |                            101.67 |
| 24       | Nagaland                 |                             82.66 |
| 25       | Odisha                   |                            390.38 |
| 26       | Punjab                   |                            163.12 |
| 27       | Puducherry               |                             52.8  |
| 28       | Rajasthan                |                            261.27 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu               |                            293.56 |
| 30       | Telangana                |                            149.08 |
| 31       | Tripura                  |                             44.05 |
| 32       | Sikkim                   |                             72.69 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh            |                            473.07 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand              |                            166.55 |
| 35       | West Bengal              |                            332.1  |
|          | Total                    |                           5829.04 |

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