Lok Sabha Question No. 4 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-19
Subject: Model degree colleges
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO . 4 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 th  JULY, 2021

## Model Degree Colleges

- † 4. SHRI DEVJI M.PATEL:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR: SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) refer to the reply given to the unstarred question number 1629 dated 02.03.2020 and State whether central assistance  has  been  given  to  States  for  setting  up model  degree  colleges  to  improve  the  standard  of  higher  education  in  aspirational districts; (b) if so, the State-wise details thereof; (c)  the  details  of  the  budget  allocated  for  basic infrastructure  of  these  degree college  especially  from technology  point of view; district, Rajasthan/Satara and Solapur district, Maharashtra and Dahod district of Gujarat could not    be    commenced   in    the    absence    of    budgetary  allocations  due  to  the  lack  of budget and if so, the time by  which  these  Model  Degree  Colleges  are  likely  be
- (d) whether the construction work of Model  Degree  College in Sirohi ready in the said places and whether any time frame has been fixed for it?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) & (b): Under the erstwhile scheme of setting up of Model Degree College (MDC) in 374 Educationally   Backward   Districts   (EBDs),   University   Grants   Commission had   approved assistance to 64 Model Degree Colleges.  The  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA),  which  subsumed  the above  mentioned  erstwhile  scheme  has  further  approved  central  support  to  130 Model Degree Colleges in unserved and underserved areas such as EBDs, aspirational districts etc. The State-wise details are annexed.

(c) The  unit  cost  for  one  Model  Degree  College  approved  under  the  scheme  of RUSA is Rs. 12.00 crore. This includes both Central Share and State Share as per the funding pattern applicable to the State/UT under the scheme. The funds can be utilised for setting up of MDCs which includes construction of required infrastructural facilities such  as classrooms, hostels, laboratories etc and  also includes purchasing of necessary equipments such as computers, lab equipments, etc.

(d) An amount of Rs. 5.40 crores has been released by the Ministry as 1 st  and 2nd instalments  of  Central  Share  for  the  Government  College,  Reodar,  Sirohi,  Rajasthan under the scheme of RUSA. As per information received from the State, construction work  was  started  on  14.03.2019  and  the  construction  of  Academic  Block,  Library, Seminar Room etc are complete and the college is functional.

No  MDC  has  been  approved  under  RUSA  for  Satara  and  Solapur  districts  in Maharashtra.

Under the  erstwhile  scheme  of  UGC  for  setting  up  of  MDCs,  two  MDCs  were approved by UGC for the district of Dahod. Out of the Central share of Rs. 2.67 crores Government Science College, Zalod, Dahod has been released Rs. 2.39 crores. As per information received from the State, the construction of the college  building has been completed.  Government  Arts  College,  Dhanpur,  Dahod  has  been  released  Rs.  1.33 crores as Central Share. As per information received from the State, the tender process for the same is under process.

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Annexure referred to in parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4 to be answered on 19 th  July, 2021 regarding Model Degree Colleges asked by Shri Devji  M.Patel,  Shri  Ranjeetsingh  Hindurao  Naik  Nimbalkar,  Shri  Jaswant  Singh Bhabhor, Hon'ble MP

State-wise details of Model Degree Colleges approved under erstwhile scheme of setting up of Model Degree College (MDC) in 374 Educationally   Backward   Districts (EBDs)  by  University      Grants      Commission  and  under  the    Centrally    Sponsored Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)

| Name of State/ UT                    | Units approved by UGC under the erstwhile scheme of Model Degree Colleges   | Units approved under RUSA   |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                       | -                                                                           | 8                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                    | 6                                                                           | 2                           |
| Assam                                | 12                                                                          | 5                           |
| Bihar                                | -                                                                           | 4                           |
| Chhattisgarh                         | -                                                                           | 11                          |
| Gujarat                              | 19                                                                          | -                           |
| Haryana                              | -                                                                           | 1                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                     | -                                                                           | 2                           |
| Jammu & Kashmir                      | 8                                                                           | 3                           |
| Jharkhand                            | -                                                                           | 10                          |
| Karnataka                            | -                                                                           | 2                           |
| Kerala                               | -                                                                           | 1                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                       | -                                                                           | 10                          |
| Maharashtra                          | 7                                                                           | 2                           |
| Meghalaya                            | -                                                                           | 2                           |
| Nagaland                             | -                                                                           | 2                           |
| Odisha                               | -                                                                           | 14                          |
| Punjab                               | 11                                                                          | 3                           |
| Rajasthan                            | -                                                                           | 5                           |
| Sikkim                               | -                                                                           | 2                           |
| Telangana                            | -                                                                           | 7                           |
| Tripura                              | -                                                                           | 4                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                        | -                                                                           | 26                          |
| Uttarakhand                          | -                                                                           | 3                           |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands          | -                                                                           | 1                           |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | 1                                                                           | -                           |
| TOTAL                                | 64                                                                          | 130                         |