Lok Sabha Question No. 1858 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Gross Enrolment Ratio
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1858 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 th  JULY, 2018

## Gross Enrolment Ratio

†1858 . SHRI. LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

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

- (a) the names of the districts of Madhya Pradesh identified as educationally backward districts by University Grants Commission (UGC) where gross enrolment ratio in higher education is lower than the national average percentage;
- (b) the names of the districts which were identified during 2011 census; and
- (c) the efforts made/being made by the Governments to improve the level of higher education in the said districts?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) & (b): An Expert Committee constituted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) had  identified  374  Educationally  Backward  Districts  (EBDs)  where  Gross  Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education was less than the national average of 12.4% based on 2001 census data. Amongst the 374 EBDs, 39 such districts were identified in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The list of 374 EBDs is annexed .

(c): The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is being implemented by the Ministry of Human Resource Development with the aim of promoting access, equity and quality. Inter alia, the scheme provides central assistance to States for creation of Model Degree Colleges, Infrastructure Grants to Colleges and Universities, Creation of Universities either through upgradation of existing autonomous colleges or clustering of colleges etc.

The Project Approval Board (PAB) of RUSA has approved an amount of Rs. 273 crores, under various components, for 27 out of the 39 identified EBDs in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1858  to  be answered on 30 th July,  2018  regarding  Gross  Enrolment  Ratio  asked  by  Shri.  Laxmi  Narayan Yadav, Member of Parliament

## List of Educationally Backward Districts (EBDs) identified as per 2001 census data including in the State of Madhya Pradesh

| 1.A &NIslands         | Dantewada           | Giridih                | Shivpuri                 | Banswara                   | Banda                     |
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| Andamans              | Dhamtari            | Godda                  | Sidhi                    | Baran                      | Barabanki                 |
| Nicobars              | Durg                | Gumla                  | Tikamgarh                | Barmer                     | Bareilly                  |
| 2. Andhra Pr.         | Janjgir -champa     | Kodarma                | Ujjain                   | Bharatpur                  | Basti                     |
| Adilabad              | Jashpur             | Pakaur                 | Umaria                   | Bhilwara                   | Bijnor                    |
| Anantapur             | Kanker              | Palamu                 | Vidisha                  | Bikaner                    | Budaun                    |
| East Godavari         | Kawardha            | Paschim.Singhbhum      | West Nimar               | Bundi                      | Bulandshahr               |
| Kurnool               | Koriya              | Sahibganj              | 18. Maharashtra          | Chittaurgharh              | Chitrakoot                |
| Mahbubnagar           | Mahasamund          | 14. Karnataka          | Buldana                  | Churu                      | Etah                      |
| Medak                 | Raigarh             | Bagalkot Rural         | Gadchiroli               | Dausa                      | Farrukhabad               |
| Nizamabad             | Raipur              | Bangalore              | Hingoli                  | Dhaulpur                   | Fatehpur                  |
| Prakasam              | Rajnandgaon         | Belgaum                | Jalna                    | Dungarpur                  | Gonda                     |
| Srikakulam            | Surguja             | Bellary                | Raigarh                  | Ganganagar                 | Hamirpur                  |
| Vizianagaram          | 7.D &NHaveli        | Bijapur                | Ratnagiri                | Hanumangarh                | Hardoi                    |
| West Godavari         | D &NHavelli         | Chamarajanagar         | Sindhudurg               | Jaisalmer                  | Hathras                   |
| 3. Arunachal          | 8. Daman &Diu       | Chikmagalur            | 19. Meghalaya            | Jalor                      | Jyotiba P. Nagar          |
| Pr. Changlang         |                     |                        |                          | Jhalawar                   |                           |
| Valley                | Daman               | Chitradurga            | East Garo Hills          |                            | Kannauj                   |
| Dibang East Kameng    | Diu 9. Gujarat      | Dakshina Kannada Gadag | Jaintia Hills Ri Bhoi    | Jhunjhunun Jodhpur         | Kanpur Dehat Kaushambi    |
|                       |                     |                        | South Garo               | Karauli                    | Kheri                     |
| Lohit Lower Subansiri | Amreli Banas Kantha | Hassan Haveri          | Hills West Khasi Hills   | Nagaur                     | Kushinagar                |
| Tawang                | Bharuch             | Kodagu                 | 20. Mizoram              | Pali                       | Lalitpur                  |
| Tirap                 | Bhavnagar           | Kolar                  | Champhai                 | Rajsamand                  | Maharajganj               |
| Upper Siang           | Dohad               | Koppal                 | Kolasib                  | Sawai Madhopur             | Mahoba                    |
| Upper Subansiri       | Jamnagar            | Mandya                 | Lawngtlai                | Sikar                      | Mathura                   |
| West Kameng           | Junagad             | Raichur                | Lunglei                  | Sirohi                     | Moradabad                 |
| West Siang            | Kachchh             | Tumkur                 | Mamit                    | Tonk                       | Muzaffarnagar             |
| 4. Assam              | Kheda               | Udupi                  |                          |                            | Pilibhit                  |
| Bongaigaon            | Mahesana            | Uttara                 | Saiha                    | Udaipur                    | Rae Bareli                |
| Cachar                | Narmada             | Kannada 15. Kerala     | Serchhip 21. Nagaland    | 26. Sikkim East            | Rampur                    |
| Darrang               | Panch Mahals        | Kasaragod              | Mon                      | North                      | Saharanpur                |
| Dhubri                | Patan               | Malappuram             | 22. Orissa               |                            | Sant Kabir Nagar          |
| Goalpara              | Porbandar           | Palakkad               | Anugul                   | South                      | Shahjahanpur              |
| Hailakandi            | Rajkot              | Wayanad                | Balangir                 | West                       | Shrawasti                 |
| Karbi Anglong         | Sabar Kantha        | 16. Lakshdweep         | Bargarh                  | 27. Tamil Nadu Ariyalur    | Siddharthnagar            |
| Karimganj             | Surat               | Lakshadweep            | Baudh                    | Coimbatore                 | Sitapur                   |
| Marigaon              | Surendranagar       | 17. Madhya Pr.         | Debagarh                 | Cuddalore                  | Sonbhadra                 |
|                       |                     | Balaghat               | Dhenkanal                |                            | Sultanpur                 |
| Nagaon Sonitpur       | The Dangs           | Barwani                |                          | Dharmapuri                 |                           |
|                       | Valsad 10. Haryana  |                        | Gajapati                 | Dindigul                   | Unnao                     |
| Tinsukia 5. Bihar     | Fatehabad           | Betul Bhind            | Ganjam Kalahandi         | Erode Kancheepuram         | 30. Uttaranchal Bageshwar |
| Araria                | Gurgaon             | Chhatarpur             | Kandhamal                | Kanniyakumari              | Champawat                 |
| Aurangabad            | Jind                | Chhindwara             | Kendujhar                | Karur                      | 31. W. Bengal             |
| Banka                 | Kaithal             | Damoh                  | Koraput                  | Madurai                    | Bankura                   |
| Begusarai             | Karnal              | Datia                  | Malkangiri               | Nagapattinam               | Barddhaman                |
| Darbhanga             | Panipat             | Dewas                  | Nabarangapur             | Perambalur                 | Birbhum                   |
| Gopalganj             | Sirsa               | Dhar                   | Nayagarh                 | Pudukkottai Ramanathapuram | Dakshin Dinajpur          |
| Jamui                 | 11.Himachal Pr..    | Dindori Nimar          | Nuapada                  |                            | Darjiling                 |
| Kaimur                | Chamba              | East                   | Rayagada Sonapur         | Salem                      | Haora                     |
| Katihar               | Kinnaur             | Guna                   |                          | Sivaganga                  | Hugli                     |
| Khagaria              | Lahul &Spiti        | Harda                  | 23. Pondicherry          | Thanjavur                  | Jalpaiguri                |
| Kishanganj            | Sirmaur             | Jhabua                 | Yanam                    | The Nilgiris               | Koch Bihar                |
| Lakhisarai            | 12. J&K             | Katni                  | 24. Punjab Amritsar      | Theni                      | Maldah                    |
| Madhepura             | Anantnag            | Mandla                 |                          | Thiruvallur                | Medinipur                 |
| Madhubani             | Badgam              | Mandsaur               | Bathinda                 | Thiruvarur                 | Murshidabad               |
| Nawada                | Baramula            | Morena                 | Faridkot                 |                            | Nadia                     |
| W. Champaran          |                     | Narsimhapur            |                          | Thoothukkudi               | North 24                  |
| E. Champaran          | Doda                | Neemuch                | Fatehgarh Sahib Firozpur | Tirunelveli Tiruvannamalai | Parganas Puruliya         |
| Purnia                | Kargil Kathua       | Panna                  | Gurdaspur                | Vellore                    | South 24                  |
| Saharsa               | Kupwara             | Raisen                 | Kapurthala               | Viluppuram                 | Parganas Uttar Dinajpur   |
|                       |                     | Rajgarh                |                          |                            |                           |
|                       | Leh                 |                        | Mansa                    |                            |                           |
|                       |                     |                        |                          | Virudhunagar               |                           |
| Samastipur Sheohar    | Punch               | Ratlam                 | Moga                     | 28. Tripura                |                           |
| Sitamarhi             | Rajauri             | Sagar                  | Muktsar                  | North Tripura              |                           |
| Siwan                 | Udhampur Jharkhand  | Satna                  | Nawanshahr               | South Tripura West Tripura |                           |
| Supaul Vaishali       | 13 Chatra           | Sehore Seoni           | Patiala Sangrur          | Dhalai                     |                           |
| 6. Chhatisgarh        | Deoghar             | Shahdol                | 25. Rajasthan            | 29. Uttar Pr. Bahraich     |                           |
| Bastar                | Dumka Garhwa        | Shajapur Sheopur       | Ajmer Alwar              | Balrampur                  |                           |
| Bilaspur              |                     |                        |                          |                            |                           |