Lok Sabha Question No. 555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Agricultural Universities
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 555

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES

555.   SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

## Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of colleges in the country that offer Agriculture courses and the number of public/the Government colleges among them, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has looked into the increasing demand for agriculture studies, especially in the areas of mechanisation and modernisation, including the invention of highyield hybrid seeds, etc.;

(c) if so, the steps the Government has taken to increase the Government-owned agricultural universities;

- (d) whether the Government plans to set up a Central Agricultural University that was to be established in Andhra Pradesh as per Schedule XIII of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

- (a): There are 583 Colleges/Faculty/University that offer courses related to Agriculture & Allied subjects in the country as per following details:
1.  Public/Government Agricultural Colleges/Universities :   404
2.  UGC-Private Universities offering courses related to agriculture & allied subjects: 165
3.  UGC Deemed-to-be Universities (Private) offering courses related to agriculture & allied subjects:  14

State-wise list of No. of Public/ Government Colleges is attached in annexure-I

- (b) & (c): Yes, Sir. To encourage the agricultural studies in the area of mechanization and modernization, Government has taken the following initiative:
- The outreach centre of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Indian Agriculture Research  Institute  (IARI),  New  Delhi  has  been  opened  at  ICAR-Central  Institute  of

Agricultural Engineering (CIAE), Bhopal for Masters and Ph.D. programme  in Agricultural  Engineering.  The  Ph.D.  programme  at  ICAR-CIAE  started  in  2014  and Masters programme in 2023.

- ICAR-IARI, New Delhi which was earlier conducting Post graduate studies in different disciplines of Agriculture has also started under graduate program recently (since year 2022-23) in the discipline of
- i) B. Tech.  Agricultural Engineering;
- ii) B. Tech. Bio Technology;
- iii) B. Sc. Agriculture;
- iv) B.Sc. Community Science.

So  far,  77  Agricultural  Universities  (AUs)  have  been  established  to  address  the educational and research needs of agriculture & allied subjects including invention of high-yield hybrid seeds.  Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) provides support for capacity building and strengthening of infrastructures in the Agricultural Universities (AUs).

(d) & (e): At present, there is no such proposal.

To  cater  the  need  of  agricultural  education  &  research,  one  well  established  State Agricultural University, namely Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University is already there in the state.

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## List of Public/Government Owned Agricultural Universities and their Constituent Colleges

| S.No.                                            | State/UT   |   No. of Colleges/Faculty |
|--------------------------------------------------|------------|---------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                                   | 19         |                         1 |
| Assam                                            | 9          |                         2 |
| Bihar                                            | 18         |                         3 |
| Chattisgarh                                      | 28         |                         4 |
| Gujarat                                          | 32         |                         5 |
| Jharkhand                                        | 4          |                         6 |
| Haryana                                          | 9          |                         7 |
| Himachal Pradesh                                 | 7          |                         8 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                  | 6          |                         9 |
| Karnataka                                        | 32         |                        10 |
| Kerala                                           | 12         |                        11 |
| Madhya Pradesh                                   | 16         |                        12 |
| Maharashtra                                      | 43         |                        13 |
| North Eastern States (excluding Assam & Manipur) | 13         |                        14 |
| Odisha                                           | 9          |                        15 |
| Punjab                                           | 7          |                        16 |
| Rajasthan                                        | 45         |                        17 |
| Tamil Nadu                                       | 22         |                        18 |
| Telangana                                        | 11         |                        19 |
| Uttarakhand                                      | 11         |                        20 |
| Uttar Pradesh                                    | 40         |                        21 |
| West Bengal                                      | 10         |                        22 |
| Delhi                                            | 1          |                        23 |
| Total                                            | Total      |                       404 |

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