Lok Sabha Question No. 3438 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Centrally Sponsored Schemes for Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3438 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  August, 2021

## Centrally Sponsored Schemes for Higher Education

3438. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  centrally  sponsored  scheme(s)  for  the improvement of higher education in India; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c)  the  details  and  number  of  institutions  benefited  and  targets  set  and  achieved under the schemes for improvement of higher education in India during the last five

- years, State/Year-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)  &  (b):  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme (CSS) being implemented by the Ministry of Education.  It is an overarching scheme,  being  operated  in  mission  mode  for  funding  the  state  universities  and colleges in order to achieve the aims of equity, access and excellence. The Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)  is  aimed  at inter-alia correcting regional imbalances in access to higher education, especially in un-served and underserved areas by setting up quality higher educational institutions and upgrading the  existing  ones.  All  the  funding  under  RUSA  is  norm  based  and

future grants are performance based and outcome dependent.

- (c)  State/Year  wise  targets  are  not  fixed  under  the  Scheme.  However,  State-wise details of number of units approved and release made under the various components of RUSA Scheme are at Annexure -1 .  State/Year-wise details of the  total amount released during the last five years are at Annexure-II .

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Annexure-I referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3438 to be answered on 9 th August, 2021 regarding Centrally Sponsored Schemes for Higher Education by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy

State-wise Total number of Units Approved and Total Amount Approved

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/ UT           |   Units Approved |   Total Amount approved ( Rs in Cr) |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh              |              138 |                             854     |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh           |               51 |                             148.45  |
|         3 | Assam                       |              249 |                             767     |
|         4 | Bihar                       |               78 |                             372.4   |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh                |               89 |                             429     |
|         6 | Goa                         |               27 |                              97     |
|         7 | Gujarat                     |              100 |                             460     |
|         8 | Haryana                     |               67 |                             462.544 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh            |               84 |                             316     |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir              |               62 |                             594.98  |
|        11 | Jharkhand                   |               94 |                             624     |
|        12 | Karnataka                   |              144 |                             808     |
|        13 | Kerala                      |              163 |                             568     |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh              |              106 |                             564     |
|        15 | Maharashtra                 |               94 |                             856     |
|        16 | Manipur                     |              108 |                             193.99  |
|        17 | Meghalaya                   |               36 |                             153     |
|        18 | Mizoram                     |              117 |                             145.096 |
|        19 | Nagaland                    |               29 |                             149.273 |
|        20 | Odisha                      |              166 |                             920     |
|        21 | Punjab                      |               67 |                             438.345 |
|        22 | Rajasthan                   |              130 |                             611     |
|        23 | Sikkim                      |               64 |                             131.4   |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu                  |              110 |                             909.3   |
|        25 | Telangana                   |               75 |                             507     |
|        26 | Tripura                     |               28 |                             107.39  |
|        27 | Uttar Pradesh               |              138 |                             908     |
|        28 | Uttarakhand                 |               67 |                             303.46  |
|        29 | West Bengal                 |              207 |                             897     |
|        30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                7 |                              33     |
|        31 | Chandigarh                  |               18 |                              96     |
|        32 | Delhi                       |                1 |                               6     |
|        33 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli         |                3 |                              10.91  |
|        34 | Daman And Diu               |                4 |                              11.23  |
|        35 | Puducherry                  |               16 |                             119     |
|        36 | Ladakh                      |                5 |                              22.028 |

Annexure -II

Annexure referred to in part  (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3438 to be answered on 9 th August, 2021 regarding Centrally Sponsored Schemes for Higher Education by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy

Details of the releases State/Year-wise during the last five years

(Rs. in Crores)

|   S.No | Name of State/UT   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |    Total |
|--------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh     |      7.45 |     86.42 |    100.1  |     52.08 |   34.11   | 201.19   |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh  |      6.75 |     25.58 |     25.2  |      8.1  |    0      |  65.63   |
|      3 | Assam              |     54.78 |    122.17 |    161.18 |     14.4  |    0      | 352.53   |
|      4 | Bihar              |     22.72 |     11.1  |      1.5  |     70.5  |    0      | 105.82   |
|      5 | Chhattisgar h      |     16.77 |     39.72 |     30.3  |     66.45 |    0      | 153.24   |
|      6 | Goa                |      0    |     13.8  |     12.9  |      8.85 |    0      |  35.55   |
|      7 | Gujarat            |     40.12 |     27.55 |     40.26 |     30.24 |    5.66   | 143.83   |
|      8 | Haryana            |      3    |     17.74 |     70.72 |     25.24 |    0      | 116.7    |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh   |     50.4  |     40.88 |     29.55 |     34.34 |    0.9    | 156.07   |
|     10 | Jammu& Kashmir     |     92.92 |     72.22 |     59.25 |     88.45 |    4.92   | 317.76   |
|     11 | Jharkhand          |     58.81 |     28.5  |     47.4  |     67.95 |   12.42   | 215.08   |
|     12 | Karnataka          |     41.81 |     87.24 |     65.49 |     69.75 |    0      | 264.29   |
|     13 | Kerala             |     60.29 |     13.48 |     82.35 |     14.4  |    0      | 170.52   |
|     14 | Madhya Pradesh     |     57.77 |     33.39 |     85.65 |     38.7  |    0      | 215.51   |
|     15 | Maharasht ra       |      4.55 |     57    |     45.18 |     87.7  |    0      | 194.43   |
|     16 | Manipur            |     30.2  |     35.65 |     13.05 |     14.18 |   18.95   | 112.03   |
|     17 | Meghalaya          |     25.39 |      8.1  |     20.1  |     24.74 |    0      |  78.33   |
|     18 | Mizoram            |     11.48 |     27.06 |     21.07 |     13.41 |    5.2164 |  78.2364 |
|     19 | Nagaland           |     22.73 |     25.18 |      5.4  |     34.15 |    0      |  87.46   |
|     20 | Odisha             |     72.85 |     77.9  |     68.55 |     34.51 |    5.04   | 258.85   |
|     21 | Punjab             |     16.83 |     33.6  |     32.2  |     22.75 |    0      | 105.38   |
|     22 | Rajasthan          |     62.4  |     53.7  |     60.3  |     55.07 |   12.3    | 243.77   |
|     23 | Sikkim             |     11.32 |     11.04 |     22.5  |      8.33 |    0.44   |  53.63   |
|     24 | Tamil Nadu         |     84.81 |     35.75 |     44.8  |    135.57 |    0      | 300.93   |
|     25 | Telangana          |     10.79 |     32.49 |     41.71 |     55.08 |   14.47   | 154.54   |
|     26 | Tripura            |      0    |      0    |      8.51 |     11.72 |    0      |  20.23   |
|     27 | Uttar Pradesh      |    115.78 |    137.11 |      0    |     81.01 |   17.36   | 351.26   |
|     28 | Uttarakhan d       |     61.02 |     20.28 |     33.38 |     47.33 |    2.2    | 164.21   |
|     29 | West Bengal        |     72.23 |     48    |    124    |     47.07 |    8.28   | 299.58   |

| 30    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands   |    7.52 |    2.50 |    0.00 |    0.00 |    0.00 | 10.02   |
|-------|-------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 31    | Chandigarh                    |    0    |   10    |   11    |    6.8  |  11     | 38.8    |
| 32    | Delhi                         |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |   0     | 0       |
| 33    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli          |    0    |    0    |    4.33 |    0    |   0     | 4.33    |
| 34    | Daman and Diu                 |    0    |    0    |    3.94 |    0    |   0     | 3.94    |
| 35    | Puducherr y                   |    0    |    5.06 |    7.8  |    2.04 |   0     | 14.9    |
| 36    | Ladakh                        |    0    |    1.12 |    0    |    1.55 |   0     | 2.67    |
| Total | Total                         | 1133.46 | 1239.31 | 1378.66 | 1270.66 | 163.931 |         |