Lok Sabha Question No. 1295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Model colleges
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1295 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## Model colleges

1295. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY: 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, State-wise; (c) the number of such Model Colleges opened in Dumka, Godda and Deoghar districts of Jharkhand during each of the last four years; and

- (d) the number of Model Colleges proposed to be opened in the coming years, State-wise?

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

(a): 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).

(b): The state-wise details of the MDCs approved under RUSA are annexed.

(c): Under RUSA, central support for one MDC was approved for the district of Dumka in 2018-19. Although, no MDCs were specifically approved for the districts of Deogarh and Godda, 9 more MDCs, in addition to the one in Dumka, have been approved for the State of Jharkhand under RUSA.

(d): Under the scheme of RUSA, it was envisaged to provide 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 ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  No.  1295  FOR  19.09.2020  ASKED  BY  DR.  NISHIKANT  DUBEY,  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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