Lok Sabha Question No. 2029 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Educational Institutions
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY

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

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2029 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH   JULY,  2018

## Educational Institutions

2029 . SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

´ be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of educational institutions/colleges/universities opened by the Government post-bifurcation of State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the total funds released and spent for each institutes or Universities in Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that requests are pending from Andhra Pradesh in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the time by which action would be taken by the Government?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOUCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (d): In pursuance of the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act, 2014 seven Central Institutions i.e. One IIT, one NIT, one IIM, one IISER, one IIIT, one Central University and  one  Tribal  University  are  being  established  by  the  Ministry  of  Human  Resource Development in Andhra Pradesh. The details are as follows:

| Sl.   | Institutions   | Status/Amount Released                                                                                |
|-------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| No.   |                |                                                                                                       |
| 1.    | IIT, Tirupati  | IIT Tirupati has been established and its academic session has commenced from the year 2015-16. As on |

|    |                                          | date Rs. 110.04 crore has been released to the Institute.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|----|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  2 | NIT Andhra Pradesh                       | NIT Andhra Pradesh has been established as per schedule 13 (Education) of AP Reorganization Act, 2014. Till date an amount of Rs. 73.50 Crore has been released to NIT Andhra Pradesh.                                                           |
|  3 | IIM Vishakhapatnam                       | IIM Vishakhapatnam has started functioning from temporary campus from the year 2015-16. Till date an amount of Rs. 56.83 Crore has been released to the Institute.                                                                               |
|  4 | IISER Tirupati                           | IISER Tirupati has started functioning from temporary campus from 2015-16. Till date an Amount of Rs. 109.02 Crore has been released to the Institute.                                                                                           |
|  5 | IIITDM, Kurnool                          | IITDM Kurnool has been opened post bifurcation of State of Andhra Pradesh. The Institute has commenced its academic session from 2015-16. A total of Rs. 20.10 crore has been released to the Institute so far.                                  |
|  6 | Central University, Ananthapur District  | For establishment of Central University, the land has been identified at Ananthapur district. 1 st installment of Rs. 5.0 crores has been released to University Grants Commission for starting the academic session in transit campus (2018-19) |
|  7 | Tribal University, Vizianagaram District | The land for establishment of Tribal University, Andhra Pradesh has been identified at Vizianagaram District.                                                                                                                                    |

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