Lok Sabha Question No. 3023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Model Colleges
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3023 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th MARCH, 2021

Model Colleges

†3023. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA: Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has set-up Model colleges in various parts of the country; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the total number of such model colleges set-up in Kalahandi and Nuapada districts of Odisha during the last four years; and (d) the details of the total number of such model colleges proposed to be set-up in the coming years state-wise?

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

(a) to (c): Education being in the Concurrent List, creation of new institutions and enhancing the quality of education are the responsibilities of both the Central and State Governments. However, recognizing the need for central assistance, the Central Government has implemented various schemes for supporting State Governments. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), inter alia, central support has been approved for setting up of 130 new Model Degree Colleges (MDCs) which include one MDC each in the districts of Nuapada and Kahalandi in Odisha which were approved in 2013-14 and 2018-19 respectively. The state-wise details of the new MDC approved under RUSA are annexed. (d): Under the scheme of RUSA, it was envisaged to approve central support for 130 units under the component of New Model Degree Colleges and this target has already been achieved.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3023 FOR 15.03.2021 ASKED BY SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING MODEL COLLEGES

## No. of New Model Degree Colleges for which central assistance approved under RUSA

| S.No   | States                      |   No. of Units approved under component of New Model Degree College |
|--------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                                                                   1 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh              |                                                                   8 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                                                   2 |
| 4.     | Assam                       |                                                                   5 |
| 5.     | Bihar                       |                                                                   4 |
| 6.     | Chhattisgarh                |                                                                  11 |
| 7.     | Haryana                     |                                                                   1 |
| 8.     | Himachal Pradesh            |                                                                   2 |
| 9.     | Jammu & Kashmir             |                                                                   3 |
| 10.    | Jharkhand                   |                                                                  10 |
| 11.    | Karnataka                   |                                                                   2 |
| 12.    | Kerala                      |                                                                   1 |
| 13.    | Madhya Pradesh              |                                                                  10 |
| 14.    | Maharashtra                 |                                                                   2 |
| 15.    | Meghalaya                   |                                                                   2 |
| 16.    | Nagaland                    |                                                                   2 |
| 17.    | Odisha                      |                                                                  14 |
| 18.    | Punjab                      |                                                                   3 |
| 19.    | Rajasthan                   |                                                                   5 |
| 20.    | Sikkim                      |                                                                   2 |
| 21.    | Telangana                   |                                                                   7 |
| 22.    | Tripura                     |                                                                   4 |
| 23.    | Uttar Pradesh               |                                                                  26 |
| 24.    | Uttarakhand                 |                                                                   3 |
|        | Total                       |                                                                 130 |

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