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Lok Sabha Question No. 103 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Accreditation System for Colleges/Universities
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Diya Kumari, Devji Mansingram Patel

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.103 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## Accreditation System for Colleges/Universities

*103. MS. DIYA KUMARI: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Parliamentary  Standing  Committee  on  Education  has  recently observed  that  only  30%  of  universities  and  20%  of  the  colleges  are  in  the accreditation system and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  set  up/proposes  to  set  up  a  comprehensive  and easy-to-access accreditation system for Colleges and Universities in a way that more higher education institutions can be included therein;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the alternative mechanism adopted by the Government for accredition of universities and colleges for higher education?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d)  OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 103 FOR 25.07.2022 ASKED BY MS. DIYA KUMARI

## AND SHRI  DEVJI  M.  PATEL,  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING

## ACCREDITATION SYSTEM FOR COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES.

(a):    The  Department-  related  Parliamentary  Standing  Committee  on  Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports has inter-alia observed that 'at present, barely 20% of the approximately 50,000 educational institutions go for formal accreditation'.

The  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  has  informed  that  so  far  408 Universities and 8713 Colleges have been accredited by the  National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an Inter-University Centre of the UGC.

(b)  to  (d):  The  UGC  has  further  informed  that  to  bring  the  Higher  Education Institutions (HEIs) under the ambit of accreditation,  NAAC  has  engaged  in handholding activities like conducting seminars, webinars and awareness programs for  HEIs and bilingual video tutorials have also been prepared to help the HEIs to understand the accreditation process in a simple and lucid manner.

Further, the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 envisions that accreditation  of  institutions  will  be  based  primarily  on  basic  norms,  public  selfdisclosure,  good  governance  and  outcomes  and  it  will  be  carried  out  by  an independent  ecosystem  of  accrediting  institutions  supervised  and  overseen  by  a 'meta-accrediting body', called the National Accreditation Council (NAC). NEP further envisions that in the long run, accreditation will become a binary process, as per the extant global practice.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 101 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Indian Institute of Heritage
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Riti Pathak, Locket Chatterjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.   *101 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HERITAGE

## *101. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE

## Will the Minister of CULTURE  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has established the Indian Institute of Heritage;
- (b) if so, the works and courses offered by the said Institute;
- (c) whether there is a shortage of human resources in the area of Museology  in the country; and
- (d) if  so,  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  at  the  senior  secondary  level curriculum to start introductory courses in Museology?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the table of the House

## STATEMENT REFRRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.101 FOR REPLY ON 25.07.2022

- (a) & (b): Government has decided to set up 'Indian Institute of Heritage' (IIH) as a Deemed to be University as per UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2019 at Noida,  Gautam  Budha  Nagar,  Uttar  Pradesh  with  the  purpose  of  providing    higher education and research in the fields related to Indian heritage and its conservation. IIH will  impart    post  graduate    and  research  degree    in  History  of  Arts,  Conservation, Museology, Archival Studies, Archaeology, Preventive Conservation,  among others
- (c)  &  (d):  Yes  Sir,  The  Indian  Institute  of  Heritage  is  being  established  to  meet  the  human resources requirement in the entire Cultural Sector including Museology. New Education Policy  endeavours  to  incorporate  culture  as  an  integral  part  of  educational  curriculum. This shall promote the study of Museology at higher level.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1379 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Development of Kalibangan as Tourist Spots
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†1379

## LOK SABHA ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## DEVELOPMENT OF KALIBANGAN AS TOURIST SPOTS †1379. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Kalibangan Civilization of Mohanjodaro has been declared as a tourist site in Rajasthan and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  any  steps  are  being  taken  by  the  Government  to develop Kalibangan and Laila-Majnu Mazar as tourist places to attract tourists; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  develop  more  tourist places  in  the  bordering  areas  in  India  in  future  so  that  the living standard of the people in these areas along with tourism can improve?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF TOURISM                       (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (c):  The  Ministry of Tourism as part of  its  ongoing activities promotes various tourist sites of the country including Kalibangan, Rajasthan. These  promotions  are undertaken through multiple platforms  including  the  Ministry  of  Tourism's  promotional  website www.incredibleindia.org.

In  addition,  the  Ministry  under  its  schemes  of  'Swadesh Darshan',  and  'National  Mission  on  Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation  and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD)' provides financial Assistance to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations/Central Agencies for developing tourism infrastructure  in  the  country  including  Rajasthan.  The  projects under the above schemes are identified for development in consultation  with  the  State  Governments/UT  Administrations  and are sanctioned  subject  to  availability  of  funds,  submission  of suitable  detailed  project  reports,  adherence  to  scheme  guidelines and utilization of funds released earlier etc. The Ministry of Tourism sanctioned a project 'Development of Rajsamand (Kumbhalgarh Fort)-  Jaipur (Nahargarh Fort and Facade Illumination of Major Arterial Roads of Walled City of Jaipur) - Alwar (Bala  Quila)  -  Sawai  Madhopur  (Ranthambore  Fort  and   Khandar Fort)  -  Jhalawar  (Gagron  Fort)  -  Chittorgarh  (Chittorgarh  Fort) Jaisalmer  (Jaisalmer  Fort)  -  Hanumangarh   (Kalibangan,   Bhatner Fort  and  Gogamedi  -   Jalore  (Jalore  Fort)-  Udaipur  (Pratap  Gaurav Kendra)-  Dholpur  (Bagh-i-Nilofar  and   Purani  Chawni)  -  Nagaur (Meera Bai Temple)'  in Rajasthan under Heritage Circuit theme of Swadesh  Darshan  Scheme  in  the  year  2017-18,  which  included developmental works at Kalibangan. The interventions at Kalibangan  were  however later dropped. The Ministry  of  Tourism  has  now  revamped  its   Swadesh Darshan scheme as Swadesh Darshan 2.0 (SD2.0) with the objective  to  develop  sustainable  and  responsible  destinations in the  country  following  a  tourist & destination  centric  approach.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Vedic Education Board
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## Vedic Education Board

## 1378. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the details of the policy under which the setting up of the country's first national school board on Vedic education and the Bharatiya Shiksha Board (BSB) has been approved by the Government; (b) whether the Government had earlier scripted plans to establish country's first Vedic School Board under  Maharshi  Sandipani  Rashtriya  Veda  Vidya  Pratishthan  (MSRVVP),  its  own  Ujjain-based autonomous Vedic organisation and if so, the details thereof; and the significant reasons for relaxing the reservations about the unrecognized private agencies and

(c) considering their proposals including that of BSB?

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

(a) to (c): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan (MSRVVP) has been established as an autonomous body by the Government of India for  promoting  Vedic  Education  in  the  country.  Its  Memorandum  of  Association  (MoA),  inter  alia, provides to undertake all such activities as may be necessary for the attainment of the objectives of the Pratishthan.  Accordingly,  it  has  been  decided  by  the  MSRVVP  to  establish  Maharshi  Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Sanskrit Shiksha Board (MSRVSSB) and Bhartiya Shiksha Board (BSB).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1374 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Framework for Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Brijendra Singh

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1374 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## Framework for Higher Education

## 1374. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH:

- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the new framework for higher education as envisaged by the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, has been formulated; (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which it is likely to be formulated; (c) whether the phased implementation of NEP in higher educational institutes has started in
- Haryana; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  &  (b):  The  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  has  informed  that  it  has  developed Multiple  Entry  and  Multiple  Exit  in  Academic  Programmes  and  Educational  Framework  for Global Citizenship in Higher Education and notifiedthe UGC (Establishment and Operation of Academic  Bank  ofCredits  in  Higher  Education)  Regulation,  2021.  The  UGC  has  also prepared the draft National Higher Education Qualifications Framework. (c)  &  (d):  As  per  National  Education  Policy  (NEP),  2020,  implementation  of  the  Policy requires multiple initiatives and actions, which will have to be taken by different bodies in a synchronized  and  systematic  manner.  The  policy  provides  different  timelines  as  well  as principles and methodology for its implementation. Accordingly, Ministry of Education, other Ministries/Departments,  State/UT  Governments  and  implementing  agencies  under  their

- purview have started taking initiatives towards implementation of NEP, 2020.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1373 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Opening of Five Star Hotel in Rajgir
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†1373 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## OPENING OF FIVE STAR HOTEL IN RAJGIR

## †1373. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to open a five star hotel in Rajgir  located  in  Nalanda  to  promote  tourism  and  provide facilities there;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

THE MINISTER OF TOURISM

- (a)  to  (c):  Construction  and  operation  of  hotels  is  primarily  a  State Government/private sector activity. At present, there is no proposal in the Ministry of Tourism to open a five star hotel in Rajgir, Nalanda. The Ministry only classifies operational hotels under various star categories under a voluntary scheme for classification/reclassification of operational hotels.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1372 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Massive Open Online Courses
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Behanan Benny

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1372 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## Massive Open Online Courses

## 1372.   SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the number of Universities which have started their Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) through SWAYAM Portal;
- (b)  the number of languages in which SWAYAM PRABHA TV channel is available;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  unique  content  for  hearing  impaired  learners  is  not available for primary school students, and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  intends  to  create  content  for  hearing  impaired  learners  in  primary schools; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)  One hundred twelve (112) universities have offered Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) through SWAYAM Portal till June, 2022.

(b) Educational contents are broadcasted in total 15 languages through 19 multilingual SWAYAM PRABHA TV channels.

(c)  to  (e)  NEP  2020  reiterates  the  need  for  standardization  of  Indian  Sign  Language  (ISL),  and development  of  National  and  State  Curriculum  materials  for  use  by  students  with  hearing impairment.  Various  initiatives  are  being  undertaken  towards  serving  such  students  by  creating quality  learning  resources.  A  Total  of  859  ISL  videos  for  primary  classes  have  already  been produced which regularly telecast on PM eVIDYA DTH TV channels on 24x7 basis. These are also uploaded and disseminated on DIKSHA portal and mobile apps. Over 12,500 words ISL Dictionary (including glossary for subjects like Economics, History & Geography) developed through an MoU between National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), an autonomous body under M/o Education and Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center (a National Institute under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) is also being disseminated to students.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1370 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Analysis of Unstructured Data
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1370

To be answered on the 25 th July 2022/ Sravana 3, 1944 (Saka)

## Analysis of Unstructured Data

## 1370. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Reserve Bank of India is using new software tools to help analyse unstructured data and forecast the immediate future;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the data to be collected through these new software tools is likely to be beneficial for the general public in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (DR. BHAGWAT KARAD)

(a) to (e): No Sir. Reserve Bank of India has informed that no new software tools are being used to analyse unstructured data and forecast the immediate future.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Religious Sites of Mithila under PRASAD Scheme
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Gopal Jee Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## †1369 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## RELIGIOUS SITES OF MITHILA UNDER PRASAD SCHEME

## †1369. SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Mithila region has been a centre of many historical and religious sites;
- (b) whether  due  to  lack  of  proper  development  of  these  historical and  religious  sites,  the  influx  of  pilgrims  and  tourists  has declined drastically;
- whether the Tourism Ministry proposes to renovate such sites by bringing  major  historical  and  religious  sites  of  Mithila  region under Swadesh Darshan and PRASAD scheme in order to develop
- (c) them as a tourist circuit;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)

THE MINISTER OF TOURISM

- if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (e): Ministry of Tourism under  its  PRASHAD  Scheme  has identified  development  of  Punaura  Dham  in  Sitamarhi  District  in Mithila  for  development.  As  of  now  no  other  proposal  has  been received  from  the  Government  of  Bihar  for  development  of  Mithila region  under  the  'PRASHAD'  and  revamped  scheme  2.0  of  Swadesh Darshan.  Under  'PRASHAD'    scheme  of  the  Ministry  of  Tourism, Central  Financial  Assistance  is  provided  to  the  respective  State Governments/Union  Territories  Administrations  for  development  of pilgrimage  and/or  heritage  tourism  infrastructure  at  such  places  on receipt of suitable proposals from the respective State Governments/Union Territory Administrations in line with the scheme guidelines and subject to availability of funds, submission of suitable detailed project reports and utilization of funds released earlier.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1365 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Ghani Khan Choudhury Insititute of Engineering and Technology
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1365

ANSWERED ON 25/07/2022

## Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology

1365. SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  guidelines  of  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education,  University  Grants Commission  and other regularity bodies for recruitment process, qualifications of teaching and other staffs have been followed in recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staffs in Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Yes Sir.   The recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff in Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology(GKCIET), during the last five years have been carried out as per Recruitment Rules and relevant guidelines issued by regulatory bodies like All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), University Grants Commission (UGC)  and Memorandum  of  Association  (MoA)  of  the  institute.  The  total  number  of  teaching  and  nonteaching  staff  recruited  during  the  last  five  years  i.e.  after  the  appointment  of  the  regular Director, GKCIET is as under:

|   Year |   Teaching Staff |   Non-Teaching Staff |
|--------|------------------|----------------------|
|   2019 |               12 |                    0 |
|   2021 |               20 |                   16 |
|   2022 |                0 |                   05 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Import of Cheetah
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1364

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 25.07.2022

## Import of Cheetah

## 1364.  SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY :

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Cheetah  population  has  become  extinct  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the details thereof with the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether efforts have been making for several years to transport Cheetahs from other countries and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  a  team  has  recently  visited  internationally  to  transport Cheetahs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has planned to rehabilitate and ensure sustainable growth of these newly introduced Cheetahs in Indian habitats and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) Yes  Sir.    The  Cheetah  got  extinct  from  India  in  the  year  1952  primarily  due  to hunting and habitat loss.
- (b) Yes Sir.  The Government of India has signed an MoU with Namibia and is in the advanced stage of consultation with South Africa for bringing Cheetah.
- (c) Yes  Sir.    Delegations  from  Government  of  India  have  visited  South  Africa  and Namibia for consultative and technical meetings to bring Cheetah in India.
- (d) Based  on  scientific  assessments  carried  out  in  Kuno  National  Park,  Nauradehi Wildlife  Sanctuary  and  Gandhisagar  Wildlife  Sanctuary  in  Madhya  Pradesh  and Bhainsorgarh Wildlife Complex and Shahgarh in Rajasthan, initially Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh has been considered for introduction of Cheetah.

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