Lok Sabha Question No. 140 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Vacant Posts in Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 140 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## Vacant Posts in Universities

## †140. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

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

- (a)    whether  the  studies  are  getting  adversely  affected  due  to  academic  and  other  staff posts lying vacant in the Universities of the country;
- (b)   if so, the details of the posts lying vacant, University-wise;
- (c)   the details of the budgetary allocations made to the Rajasthan, University-wise; and
- (d)   the time by which the professors and academic staff are likely to be appointed?

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

- (a)  to  (d):  Occurrence  and  filling  up  of  vacancies is  a  continuous  process.  The  onus  of filling up the posts lies on Central Universities which are autonomous bodies created under Acts  of  Parliament.  However,  the  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  continuously monitors it with Universities. UGC has prepared the Guidelines for Recruitment of Faculty in Universities, Colleges and Institutions Deemed to be Universities outlining the selection procedure and the time frame for recruitment which has been circulated to all Universities to  adhere  to  the  guidelines. The  universities  have  also  been requested  to  take  steps  to ensure that the vacancies in the university as well as in the colleges affiliated to university

are filled up at the earliest and also the status of the recruitment process is uploaded on the University Activity Monitoring Portal of UGC.

In order to ensure  that studies of students  are  not  affected, the Central Universities undertakes various temporary measures such as hiring ad-hoc faculty, Guest faculty,  Contract  Faculty  and  Re-employment  of  faculty.  At  present,  there  are  total 1,77,235  sanctioned  teaching  posts  and  3,69,587  sanctioned  non  teachings  posts  in various universities  across the  country  out of  which  32,581  teachings  posts  and 93,696 non  teaching  posts  are  lying  vacant.  A  detailed  statement  of  the  teaching  and  non teachings posts in the Universities is available at https://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/0053281\_LSPQ-No.-140,-Annexure-I.pdf and https://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/0567047\_LSPQ-No.-140,-Annexure-II.pdf respectively.

Further, a detailed statement of budgetary allocation, as provided by UGC, made to Universities of Rajasthan is as under:

| S.No.   | Name of the University                                                     | Allocation (in lakhs)                                                      |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | Central University (2019-20)                                               |                                                                            |
| 1.      | Central University of Rajasthan                                            | 4443.48                                                                    |
|         | State University (XII Plan Period (2012 - 2017) (extended upto 31.03.2020) | State University (XII Plan Period (2012 - 2017) (extended upto 31.03.2020) |
| 2.      | J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur                                              | 1720.00                                                                    |
| 3.      | M.D.S. University, Ajmer                                                   | 1161.00                                                                    |
| 4.      | M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur                                          | 1193.00                                                                    |
| 5.      | Rajasthan University, Jaipur                                               | 2611.00                                                                    |
| 6.      | National Law University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)                               | 800.00                                                                     |
| 7.      | University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan                                        | 700.00                                                                     |
| 8.      | Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner Rajasthan                         | 280.00                                                                     |
|         | Deemed to be Universities (2018-19)                                        |                                                                            |
| 9.      | Bansathali Vidyapith, Banasthali,                                          | No budget allocation has been made.                                        |
| 10.     | Jain VishwaBharti, Ladnun                                                  | No budget allocation has been made.                                        |
| Total   | Total                                                                      | 12908.48                                                                   |

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