Lok Sabha Question No. 1 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Budget Expenditure in Higher Education
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Rajesh Verma

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2024

## Budget Expenditure in Higher Education

## 1. Shri Rajesh Verma :

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the annual budget allocations and the actual expenditure during the last five years for specific higher education  schemes,  namely,  UGC  Major  Research  Projects,  UGC  Minor  Research  Projects,  RUSA, IMPRESS and IMPRINT;
- (b) the annual expenditure on higher education as a whole in each of the preceding five years and the percentages of the Central budget in terms of GDP; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  higher  education  in  the  country  particularly  in  the State of Bihar?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

- (a) The annual budget allocation and the actual expenditure during the last five years for specific higher education schemes, namely, University Grants Commission (UGC) Major Research Projects, UGC Minor Research  Projects,  Pradhan  Mantri  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (PM-USHA)  (erstwhile  known  as RUSA), Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS) and Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) is enclosed as Annexure I.
- (b): As per latest published data on analysis of budgeted expenditure on education, the annual expenditure on higher education as a whole in last five years is as below:

(Rs. in Crore)

| Item                                                 | 2016-17 (Actual)   | 2017-18 (Actual)   | 2018-19 (Actual)   | 2019-20 (RE)    | 2020-21 (BE)    |
|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Expenditure on Higher Education(Centre& States/UTs)  | 2,21,259.13        | 2,12,458.47        | 2,51,748.45        | 3,05,509.32     | 3,11,203.66     |
| Expenditure on Higher Education(Centre)              | 87,631.33          | 86,298.32          | 99,628.36          | 1,10,246.48     | 1,22,335.97     |
| GDP at Current prices(At factor Cost)                | 1,53,91,669.0 0    | 1,70,90,042.0 0    | 1,88,99,668.0 0    | 2,00,74,856.0 0 | 1,98,00,914.0 0 |
| Expenditure on Higher Education by Centre as% of GDP | 0.57%              | 0.50%              | 0.53%              | 0.55%           | 0.62%           |

- (c): Education falls under the concurrent list and thus, both Central and State Governments take various initiatives to ensure quality higher education in the country.  However, recognizing the need for central

assistance,  the  Central  Government  has  been  implementing  various  schemes including PM-USHA, PM Uchchatar  Shiksha  Protsahan  (PM-USP)  Yojana,  World  Class  Institutions,  PM  Research  Fellowship, National Mission in Education through ICT, Global Initiative for Academic Network (GIAN), Central for Nano-Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Establishment of 3 Centres of Excellence (CoES)in Artificial Intelligence  (AI),  Scheme  for  Transformational  and  Advanced  Research  in  Sciences  (STARS),  which promote  research  in  Higher  Education  Institutes  and  has  also  been  providing  financial  assistance  to various autonomous bodies such as IIMs, NITs, CUs, IITs, IIITs and other Institutions.

The financial allocation under different schemes of higher education in the state of Bihar is given below:

- The  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme,  RUSA  is  aimed  at  funding  the  specific  State  Government Universities and Colleges, so as to improve the overall quality of existing State higher educational institutions  by  ensuring  their  conformity  to  prescribed  norms  and  standards.  The  third  phase  of RUSA was launched in  June 2023 in  the  form of  Pradhan  Mantri  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan (PM-USHA) with an outlay of Rs. 12926.10 Crore for the period 2023-24 to 2025-26 to cater to needs of educationally unserved/underserved areas. Under the scheme RUSA, the State of Bihar has been approved total Central Share amounting to Rs. 202.44 Crore out of which Rs. 137.07 Crore has been released till date.
- Funds released to National Institutes of Technology (NITs) for the year 2022-2023 is Rs.4407.98 crore out of which Rs. 135.78 crore has been released to NIT Patna. Similarly, for the year 20232024 is Rs. 4753.35 crore were released to NITs, out of which Rs. 168.77 crore has been released to NIT Patna.
- Grants released to IIM, Bodhgaya for the year 2022-23 and 2023-24 were Rs. 65.42 Crore and Rs. 30.88 Cr, respectively.
- Grants released to IIT, Patna for the year 2023-24 were Rs. 175.53 Cr.
- One  IIIT  under  the  Public-Private  Partnership  mode  namely  Indian  Institute  of  Information Technology (IIIT) Bhagalpur was established in the year 2017 in the State of Bihar. A total of Rs. 38.11 crore has been released to IIIT (PPP) Bhagalpur, Bihar for the year 2022-23.
- Grants  are  released  to  individual  Central  Universities  (CUs),  including  2  CUs  namely  Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) and Mahatma Gandhi Central University (MGCU) established in Bihar. Grants released to Central University of South Bihar, Gaya and Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari in FY 2023-24 were Rs. 85.23 Cr and Rs. 42.42 Cr, respectively.

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