Lok Sabha Question No. 1900 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Schemes for Girls for Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1900

ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2023

## Schemes for Girls for Higher Education

1900. SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the centrally sponsored schemes launched and implemented by the Government to encourage girl students particularly for higher education;
- (b) the  funds  allocated  and  utilized  under  these  schemes  during  the  last  three years;
- (c) the number of beneficiaries of the schemes, State/year-wise; and
- (d) the  impact  of  these  schemes  among  girl  students  comparatively  during  the above-said period?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme aimed at funding new institutions and specific State government universities and colleges, so as to improve their quality by ensuring their conformity to prescribed norms and standards.  Under the scheme, there is no specific component for girls. However, during the last three years, central support of Rs.144.04 Crores has been provided to 188 women institutions, under various components, of the scheme. The State/  year-wise  details  of  central  funds  released  to  these  women  institutions  are placed at Annexure .

Department of Higher Education has also been implementing various scholarship/fellowship schemes for women to pursue higher education by providing financial assistance viz.:-

1.  Post Doctoral Fellowship  for Women
2.  Swami  Vivekananda  Single  Girl  Child  Fellowship  for  Research  in  Social Sciences
3.  P.G. Indira Gandhi  Scholarship for Single Girl Child
4.  Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship for Single Girl Child.
5.  AICTE Pragati Scholarship Scheme for Girl Students

The female enrolment in higher education has, for the first time, crossed 2 crore mark in  2020-21.  A  significant  achievement  recorded  during  the  period  from  2014-15  to 2020-21 is that, for the first time, female Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) has overtaken male GER in 2017-18 and the trend is continuing. As per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) Report, the female GER has significantly increased from 22.9 in 2014-15 to 27.9 in 2020-21.

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Annexure referred to in parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1900 to  be  answered  on  13.03.2023  asked  by  Shri  M.  Badruddin  Ajmal,  Hon'ble  MP regarding Schemes for Girls for Higher Education.

## Details of central funds released to various women institutions in the last 3 years under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) Scheme

| S. No.   | States/ UTs     | Central funds released (Rs. In Crores)   | Central funds released (Rs. In Crores)   | Central funds released (Rs. In Crores)   |
|----------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/ UTs     | 2019-2020                                | 2020-2021                                | 2021-2022                                |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh  | 7.26                                     | 5.46                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 2        | Assam           | 1.80                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 3        | Bihar           | 3.30                                     | 0.00                                     | 1.95                                     |
| 4        | Chandigarh      | 2.00                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh    | 3.00                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 6        | Gujarat         | 0.60                                     | 0.90                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 7        | Haryana         | 5.46                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 8        | Jammu & Kashmir | 3.14                                     | 0.90                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 9        | Jharkhand       | 8.25                                     | 3.60                                     | 9.51                                     |
| 10       | Karnataka       | 6.53                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 11       | Kerala          | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.30                                     |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh  | 8.10                                     | 0.00                                     | 3.30                                     |
| 13       | Maharashtra     | 0.60                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 14       | Manipur         | 0.90                                     | 12.38                                    | 13.50                                    |
| 15       | Meghalaya       | 0.90                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 16       | Odisha          | 5.13                                     | 3.42                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 17       | Punjab          | 1.43                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.90                                     |
| 18       | Rajasthan       | 1.80                                     | 0.90                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu      | 6.30                                     | 0.00                                     | 1.50                                     |
| 20       | Telangana       | 4.20                                     | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh   | 5.66                                     | 4.26                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 22       | Uttarakhand     | 0.00                                     | 0.45                                     | 0.45                                     |
| 23       | West Bengal     | 1.62                                     | 2.22                                     | 0.18                                     |
|          | Total           | 77.97                                    | 34.48                                    | 31.59                                    |

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