Lok Sabha Question No. 1691 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Universities of Rajasthan
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1691 ANSWERED ON 13.2.2023

## †1691.  SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL

## Universities of Rajasthan

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has provided benefits including monetary grant to all the Universities of Rajasthan during the last four years, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  commence  new  department  and curriculum in the Central University located at Ajmer District of Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  teaching  and  non-teaching  posts  are  vacant  in  the  Central University of Rajasthan, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to fill these vacant posts at the earliest along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a) Details of grants provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to the Universities of Rajasthan during the last four years is annexed.
- (b) There is no such proposal at present.
- (c) Presently, 70 teaching posts and 25 non-teaching posts are vacant in Central University of Rajasthan.
- (d) Central Universities are statutory autonomous organizations established under respective Central University Acts by Parliament and governed by provisions of the Act/Statutes/Ordinances made thereunder.  However, Central University of Rajasthan  has  informed  that  they  have  already  started  the  recruitment  of teaching  and  non-teaching  positions  under  Mission  Mode  and  filled  up  48 teaching positions and 25 non-teaching positions till 2 nd  February, 2023.

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## ANNEXURE

## Statement showing the grants paid by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to Universities of Rajasthan for the last four years i.e.  2018-19 to 2021-22

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   | Name of the University                                      |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.      | Central Univ. of Rajasthan                                  |   4969.58 |   4785.9  |   4957.8  |   4737.68 |
| 2.      | J.N. Vyas Univ., Jodhpur                                    |    616.96 |    196.69 |    190.53 |    264.67 |
| 3.      | M.D.S. Univ., Ajmer                                         |     24.87 |     88.7  |      0.5  |      0    |
| 4.      | M.L. Sukhadia V. Vidyalaya, Udaipur                         |     22.83 |   2163.43 |      0    |      1.44 |
| 5.      | Rajasthan Univ., Jaipur                                     |    191.16 |   1677.18 |    110.98 |     88.22 |
| 6.      | Maharaj Ganga Singh Univ., Bikaner                          |      4.19 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 7.      | National Law Univ., Jodhpur                                 |      0    |      0    |      0    |     19.1  |
| 8.      | Kota Univ., Kota and their affiliated                       |     18.74 |    601.72 |    300    |      6.27 |
| 9.      | Maharana Pratap Univ. of Agriculture & Tech., Udaipur       |      0.4  |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 10.     | Vardhaman Mahaveer Open Univ.                               |      0    |      0    |    116.67 |      0    |
| 11.     | Rajasthan Univ. of Health Sc.,                              |      0    |      0    |      1.25 |      0    |
| 12.     | Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner |      0    |      0    |      0.53 |      0    |
| 13.     | Pacific Academy of Hr. Edu. & Res. Univ.                    |      0    |     11.91 |      0    |      0    |
| 14.     | Mewar University                                            |      0    |      2.55 |      0    |      0    |
| 15.     | IIS University, Jaipur                                      |      0.84 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         | TOTAL:                                                      |   5849.57 |   9528.08 |   5678.26 |   5117.38 |