Lok Sabha Question No. 142 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Educationally Backward Districts
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *142

ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## EDUCATIONALLY BACKWARD DISTRICTS

## *142.   DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  educationally  backward  districts  especially  in  Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes dominated areas of the country; (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and district-wise especially in Jharkhand; (c) if not, the reasons therefor; (d) the steps taken by the Government for the development of educationally backward districts during the last three years; and (e) the details of targets fixed and achieved in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (E)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 142 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023 ASKED BY DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY AND SHRI N. REDDEPPA, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING EDUCATIONALLY BACKWARD DISTRICTS

(a)  to  (e):  In  the  past,  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  had  identified  374  Educationally Backward Districts (EBDs) on the basis of low Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education in 2008. The State-wise details of EBDs including in Jharkhand is at Annexure-I.

In the intervening period, a centrally sponsored scheme namely Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) has been implemented with the objective of improving access, equity and excellence in higher education in unserved and underserved areas. Till date under RUSA, 2972 projects have been approved, for which Central Share of Rs. 7085.40 crores have been released to States/UTs, including Jharkhand. The details of State-wise releases is at Annexure-II.

The  government  has  approved  the  next  phase  of  RUSA  in  the  form  of  Pradhan  Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-UShA) with an outlay of Rs. 12926.10 crore for the FY 2023-24 to 2025-26  under  which  priority  would  be  given  to  Aspirational  districts,  LWE  affected  districts  and focus districts on the basis of low GER, gender parity, population proportion of SC/STs etc.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023 ASKED BY DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY; SHRI N. REDDEPPA,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING  EDUCATIONALLY BACKWARD DISTRICTS

State-wise and district-wise details of educationally backward districts identified by University Grants Commission (UGC)

|   Sl. No | State                       |   No. of EBDs identified | Name of Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands   |                        2 | Andamans, Nicobars                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile)  |                       11 | Adilabad, Anantapur, East Godavari, Kurnool, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, West Godavari                                                                                                                             |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh           |                       11 | Changlang, Dibang Valley, East Kameng, Lohit, Lower Subansiri, Tawang, Tirap, Upper Siang, Upper Subansiri, West Kameng, West Siang                                                                                                                       |
|        4 | Assam                       |                       12 | Bongaigaon, Cachar Darrang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Hailakandi, KarbiAnglong, Karimganj Marigaon , Nagaon, Sonitpur, Tinsukia                                                                                                                                   |
|        5 | Bihar                       |                       25 | Araria, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Darbhanga, Gopalganj, Jamui, Kaimur, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Lakhisarai, Madhepura, Madhubani, Nawada, W. Champaran, E. Champaran , Purnia, Saharsa, Samastipur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul, Vaishali |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh                |                       15 | Bastar, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Janjgir - champa, Jashpur, Kanker, Kawardha, Koriya, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja                                                                                                       |
|        7 | Dadar& Nagar Havelli        |                        1 | D &NHavelli                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|        8 | Daman &Diu                  |                        2 | Daman, Diu                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|        9 | Gujarat                     |                       20 | Amreli, BanasKantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dohad, Jamnagar, Junagad, Kachchh, Kheda, Mahesana, Narmada, PanchMahals, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, SabarKantha , Surat, Surendranagar, The Dangs, Valsad                                                        |
|       10 | Haryana                     |                        7 | Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Panipat, Sirsa                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh            |                        4 | Chamba, Kinnaur, Lahul&Spiti, Sirmaur                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|       12 | Jammu & Kashmir (erstwhile) |                       11 | Anantnag, Badgam, Baramula, Doda, Kargil, Kathua, Kupwara, Leh, Punch, Rajauri, Udhampur                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       13 | Jharkhand                   |                       12 | Chatra, Deoghar, Dumka, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda, Gumla, Kodarma, Pakaur, Palamu Paschim Singhbhum, Sahibganj                                                                                                                                               |
|       14 | Karnataka                   |                       20 | Bagalkot, Bangalore Rural, Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Chamarajanagar, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Gadag , Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Raichur, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada                                           |
|       15 | Kerala                      |                        4 | Kasaragod, Malappuram, Palakkad, Wayanad                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

|   16. | Lakshadweep    |   1 | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|-------|----------------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    17 | Madhya Pradesh |  39 | Balaghat , Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, East Nimar, Guna, Harda, Jhabua, Katni, Mandla , Mandsaur, Morena, Narsimhapur, Neemuch, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur,Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha, West Nimar                                                                                                       |
|    18 | Maharashtra    |   7 | Buldana, Gadchiroli, Hingoli, Jalna, Raigarh, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|    19 | Meghalaya      |   5 | East Garo Hills, Jaintia Hills, RiBhoi, South Garo Hills, West Khasi Hills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|    20 | Mizoram        |   7 | Champhai, Kolasib, Lawngtlai, Lunglei, Mamit, Saiha, Serchhip                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|    21 | Nagaland       |   1 | Mon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|    22 | Odisha         |  18 | Anugul, Balangir, Bargarh, Baudh, Debagarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendujhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangapur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Rayagada, Sonapur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|    23 | Puducherry     |   1 | Yanam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    24 | Punjab         |  13 | Amritsar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Kapurthala, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Nawanshahr, Patiala, Sangrur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|    25 | Rajasthan      |  30 | Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittaurgharh, Churu, Dausa, Dhaulpur, Dungarpur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalor, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunun, Jodhpur, Karauli, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, SawaiMadhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Tonk, Udaipur                                                                                                                                                                |
|    26 | Sikikim        |   4 | East, North, South, West                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    27 | Tamil Nadu     |  27 | Ariyalur, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga, Thanjavur, The Nilgiris, Theni, Thiruvallur, Thiruvarur, Thoothukkudi, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar                                                                                                                            |
|    28 | Tripura        |   4 | North Tripura, South Tripura, West Tripura, Dhalai                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|    29 | Uttar Pradesh  |  41 | Bahraich, Balrampur, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Bijnor, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Chitrakoot, Etah, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Gonda, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Hathras, Jyotiba P. Nagar, Kannauj , Kanpur Dehat , Kaushambi, Kheri, Kushinagar, Lalitpur, Maharajganj, Mahoba, Mathura, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Rae Bareli, Rampur, Saharanpur, SantKabir Nagar, Shahjahanpur, Shrawasti, Siddharthnagar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra , Sultanpur, Unnao |
|    30 | Uttarakhand    |   2 | Bageshwar , Champawat                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    31 | West Bengal    |  17 | Bankura, Barddhaman, Birbhum, DakshinDinajpur, Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Puruliya, South 24 Parganas, Uttar Dinajpur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023 ASKED BY DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY; SHRI N. REDDEPPA,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING  EDUCATIONALLY BACKWARD DISTRICTS

## Central Releases under RUSA to States/UTs as on 28.07.2023

| S. No.   | States/ Uts               |   Grand Total(Rs. In crores) |
|----------|---------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                        13.36 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            |                       349.04 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                       103.7  |
| 4        | Assam                     |                       487.45 |
| 5        | Bihar                     |                       137.1  |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |                        40.77 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              |                       220.13 |
| 8        | Dadar & Nagar Haveli      |                         4.78 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               |                         3.94 |
| 10       | Delhi                     |                         1.52 |
| 11       | Goa                       |                        53.57 |
| 12       | Gujarat                   |                       184.04 |
| 13       | Haryana                   |                       156.08 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          |                       226.73 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                       353.97 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 |                       259.28 |
| 17       | Karnataka                 |                       359.3  |
| 18       | Kerala                    |                       259.97 |
| 19       | Ladakh                    |                         1.55 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            |                       273.06 |
| 21       | Maharashtra               |                       302.93 |
| 22       | Manipur                   |                       139.51 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 |                       127.15 |
| 24       | Mizoram                   |                       126.23 |
| 25       | Nagaland                  |                        97.05 |
| 26       | Odisha                    |                       416.32 |
| 27       | Puducherry                |                        54.84 |
| 28       | Punjab                    |                       182.51 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 |                       313.17 |
| 30       | Sikkim                    |                        74.04 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                |                       414.97 |
| 32       | Telangana                 |                       172.81 |
| 33       | Tripura                   |                        65.72 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             |                       496.59 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand               |                       234.96 |
| 36       | West Bengal               |                       377.25 |
|          | Total                     |                      7085.4  |