Lok Sabha Question No. 2445 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: New Colleges in rural areas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JYOTI DHURVE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2445 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST   AUGUST, 2016

## New Colleges in rural areas

† 2445 . SHRIMATI JYOTI DHURVE:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the department of higher education has set up new colleges in rural and far flung areas of the country ;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  more  colleges  to  promote  higher education in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) to (d): Education being in the concurrent list, the creation of new institutions is the responsibility of both Central Government and the State Governments. However, the Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)  is being  implemented  during  the  XIIth  Plan  by  the  Ministry  of  HRD  with  the  aim  of promoting  access,  equity  and  quality.  The  focus  of  the  scheme  is  on  serving  the unserved  and  underserved  areas.  Inter  alia,  assistance  is  provided  to  States  for creation of Model Degree Colleges (MDC) in Educationally Backward Districts and New  Colleges  (Professional  &  Technical).  The  proposals  for  construction  of  new colleges  have  to  be  included  in  the  State  Higher  Education  Plans  (SHEPs)  of  the States/UTs  and  appraised  and  approved  by  the  Project  Approval  Board  (PAB)  of RUSA  for  availing  the  Central  share.  A  total  of  72  MDCs  and  27  New  Colleges (Professional & Technical) have been approved under RUSA. The detail of MDCs and New Colleges (Professional & Technical) approved under RUSA is annexed.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2445 for 1 st August, 2016 asked by Shrimati Jyoti Dhurve, Hon'ble Member of Parliament regarding New Colleges in rural areas

## Approvals under RUSA

| State/UT                    | No. of Model Degree Colleges approved   | No. of New Colleges (Professional & Technical) approved.   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh              | 6                                       | -                                                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | -                                       | 1                                                          |
| Assam                       | -                                       | 3                                                          |
| Bihar                       | 7                                       | -                                                          |
| Chhattisgarh                | 5                                       | -                                                          |
| Gujarat                     | -                                       | 2                                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 2                                       | 1                                                          |
| Jammu & Kashmir             | -                                       | 2                                                          |
| Jharkhand                   | -                                       | 1                                                          |
| Karnataka                   | -                                       | 1                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 5                                       | 1                                                          |
| Manipur                     | -                                       | 1                                                          |
| Meghalaya                   | -                                       | 2                                                          |
| Mizoram                     | -                                       | 1                                                          |
| Nagaland                    | 1                                       | -                                                          |
| Odisha                      | 8                                       | -                                                          |
| Punjab                      | 2                                       | 2                                                          |
| Rajasthan                   | -                                       | 2                                                          |
| Sikkim                      | -                                       | 1                                                          |
| Tamil Nadu                  | -                                       | 2                                                          |
| Telangana                   | 4                                       | -                                                          |
| Tripura                     | 4                                       | -                                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 26                                      | 2                                                          |
| Uttarakhand                 | 1                                       | -                                                          |
| West Bengal                 | -                                       | 1                                                          |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1                                       | 1                                                          |
| Total                       | 72                                      | 27                                                         |