Lok Sabha Question No. 4304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Adequate Hostels for Students of the Universities
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## Adequate Hostels for Students of the Universities

4304. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether all the Central Universities in the country have adequate hostels for the students and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; (b) the details of number of students in each Central University and total number of hostel rooms; (c)  whether  it  is  true  that  there  have  been  demands  from  students  of  Central Universities for more hostel accommodation and if so, the details thereof; (d) the steps taken by the Government to provide adequate hostel rooms and hostel facilities for students of Central Universities and if so, the details thereof; (e)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  up  the  matter  of  inadequate  hostels  with Central Universities and if so, the details thereof; and (f) the steps taken by the Government to help and support the construction of new

- hostels by the Central Universities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a)  &  (b):  As  per  information  made  available  by  University  Grants  Commission (UGC), total  84,299  students  were  residing  in  555  hostel  campuses  in  42  Central Universities,  as  on  01.04.2020.  In  three  Sanskrit  Central  Universities,  total  4660 students  can  be  accommodated  in  32  hostel  campuses,  as  on  18.03.2021.  The Central University wise details of number of hostel campuses, enrolled students in the University and total number of students residing in hostels are given at annexure.

- (c) to (f): From the year 2017-2018, the Central Universities can avail funding from Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) for development of University infrastructure including construction of hostels as per their needs and demands.

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| Annexure Annexure as referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4304 for 22.03.2021 regarding Adequate Hostels for Students of the Universities asked by Shri Jagdambika Pal, Hon'ble Member of Parliament   | Annexure Annexure as referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4304 for 22.03.2021 regarding Adequate Hostels for Students of the Universities asked by Shri Jagdambika Pal, Hon'ble Member of Parliament   | Annexure Annexure as referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4304 for 22.03.2021 regarding Adequate Hostels for Students of the Universities asked by Shri Jagdambika Pal, Hon'ble Member of Parliament   | Annexure Annexure as referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4304 for 22.03.2021 regarding Adequate Hostels for Students of the Universities asked by Shri Jagdambika Pal, Hon'ble Member of Parliament   | Annexure Annexure as referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4304 for 22.03.2021 regarding Adequate Hostels for Students of the Universities asked by Shri Jagdambika Pal, Hon'ble Member of Parliament   | Annexure Annexure as referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4304 for 22.03.2021 regarding Adequate Hostels for Students of the Universities asked by Shri Jagdambika Pal, Hon'ble Member of Parliament   |
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| State-wise statement of Number of Hostels, Enrolled Students and Number of students residing in Hostel Campuses in Central Universities (as on 01.04.2020)                                                                                    | State-wise statement of Number of Hostels, Enrolled Students and Number of students residing in Hostel Campuses in Central Universities (as on 01.04.2020)                                                                                    | State-wise statement of Number of Hostels, Enrolled Students and Number of students residing in Hostel Campuses in Central Universities (as on 01.04.2020)                                                                                    | State-wise statement of Number of Hostels, Enrolled Students and Number of students residing in Hostel Campuses in Central Universities (as on 01.04.2020)                                                                                    | State-wise statement of Number of Hostels, Enrolled Students and Number of students residing in Hostel Campuses in Central Universities (as on 01.04.2020)                                                                                    | State-wise statement of Number of Hostels, Enrolled Students and Number of students residing in Hostel Campuses in Central Universities (as on 01.04.2020)                                                                                    |
| S.No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Name of the State                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Name of University                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Number of Hostels                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Total Number of Enrolled Students in University                                                                                                                                                                                               | Total Number of Students residing in Hostel Campuses                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 211                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | CENTRAL TRIBAL UNIVERSITY OF ANDHRA PRADEH                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 127                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | NATIONAL SANSKRIT UNIVERITY                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 8 (As on 18.03.2021)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1934 (As on 18.03.2021)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 1273 (As on 18.03.2021)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | BIHAR                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2046                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 823                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | BIHAR                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | MAHATMA GANDHI CENTRAL UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 808                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 42                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | GURU GHASIDAS VISHWAVIDYALAYA                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 7676                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 952                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | UNIVERSITY OF DELHI                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 19 (As on 01.04.2019)                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 27419 (As on 01.04.2019)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 2935 (As on 01.04.2019)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 13                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 19332                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 3138                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 19                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 8805                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 5652                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | DELHI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | SHRI LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL SANSKRIT UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                                                                                         | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 1978 (As on 18.03.2021)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | CENTRAL SANSKRIT UNIVERSITY (12 HOSTEL CAMPUSES IN DIFFERENCT STATES)                                                                                                                                                                         | 24 (As on 18.03.2021)                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 6639 (As on 18.03.2021)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 3387 (As on 18.03.2021)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | GUJARAT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF GUJARAT                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 894                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 562                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | HARYANA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HARYANA                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2607                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1088                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 2 (As on 01.04.2019)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1513                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 139 (As on 01.04.2019)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | JAMMU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 1861                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 229                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | KASHMIR                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2642                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 216                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | JHARKHAND                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF JHARKHAND                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 20                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2260                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 939                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | KARNATAKA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KARNATAKA                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 1980                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1428                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | KERALA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2052                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1101                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

504

14288

| 20   | MADHYA PRADESH    | DR. HARISINGH GOUR VISHWAVIDYALAYA                  | 6                     |   6880 | 1395                     |
|------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------|--------------------------|
| 21   | MADHYA PRADESH    | INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL TRIBAL UNIVERSITY            | 2                     |   3574 | 82                       |
| 22   | MAHARASHTRA       | MAHATMA GANDHI ANTARRASHTRIYA HINDI VISHWAVIDYALAYA | 7                     |   1924 | 958                      |
| 23   | ORISSA            | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ORISSA                        | 2 (As on 01.04.2019)  |    843 | 504 (As on 01.04.2019)   |
| 24   | PUNJAB            | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB                        | 12                    |   1458 | 1102                     |
| 25   | PONDICHERRY       | PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY                              | 22                    |   6275 | 3923                     |
| 26   | RAJASTHAN         | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN                     | 6                     |   1944 | 1771                     |
| 27   | TAMIL NADU        | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TAMIL NADU                    | 9                     |   1859 | 1620                     |
| 28   | TELANGANA         | MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL URDU UNIVERSITY               | 6                     |   2738 | 1615                     |
| 29   | TELANGANA         | UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD                             | 22                    |   4899 | 4691                     |
| 30   | TELANGANA         | THE ENGLISH & FOREIGN LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY.         | 5                     |   2379 | 1020                     |
| 31   | UTTARKHAND        | HEMWATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA GARHWAL UNIVERSITY          | 18                    |  12578 | 1388                     |
| 32   | UTTAR PRADESH     | ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY                           | 80                    |  23590 | 11390                    |
| 33   | UTTAR PRADESH     | BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY                            | 70 (As on 01.04.2019) |  32641 | 14288 (As on 01.04.2019) |
| 34   | UTTAR PRADESH     | BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY               | 9                     |   4560 | 1379                     |
| 35   | UTTAR PRADESH     | UNIVERSITY OFALLAHABAD                              | 15                    |  18442 | 2895                     |
| 36   | WEST BENGAL       | VISVA-BHARATI                                       | 24                    |   9465 | 2927                     |
| 37   | ASSAM             | ASSAM UNIVERSITY                                    | 9                     |   5697 | 692                      |
| 38   |                   | TEZPUR UNIVERSITY                                   | 15                    |   3942 | 3709                     |
| 39   | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY                             | 12                    |   2626 | 1204                     |
| 40   | MANIPUR           | MANIPUR UNIVERSITY                                  | 12                    |   5769 | 1044                     |
| 41   | MEGHALAYA         | NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY                       | 24                    |   4457 | 1715                     |
| 42   | MIZORAM           | MIZORAM UNIVERSITY                                  | 14                    |   3444 | 1542                     |
| 43   | NAGALAND          | NAGALAND UNIVERSITY                                 | 29                    |   2677 | 1579                     |
| 44   | SIKKIM            | SIKKIM UNIVERSITY                                   | 10                    |   2023 | 457                      |
| 45   | TRIPURA           | TRIPURA UNIVERSITY                                  | 4                     |   4203 | 165                      |
|      |                   | TOTAL                                               | 587                   | 263671 | 88959                    |