Lok Sabha Question No. 3521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Higher Education in Remote Areas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA

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

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3521 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## Higher Education in Remote Areas

†3521 .  SHRI JUGAL KISHORE: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has prepared any scheme to encourage higher education in hilly areas of the country including remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the programmes launched by the Government to promote higher education in border areas, rural and hilly areas; and (d)  the  details  of  funds  provided  for  the  purpose  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY) (a)  to  (d):  The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development    is  implementing  Rashtriya Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA)  during  the  XIIth  Plan  with  the  aim  of  promoting access,  equity  and  quality.  The  focus  of  the  scheme  is  on  serving  the  unserved  and underserved  areas  with  low  access  to  higher  education  by  setting  up  quality  higher educational institutions and upgrading existing ones. Under  RUSA,  Special  Category  States  such  as  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and North Eastern States are funded in the Central share:State Share ratio of 90:10%, other States at 60:40 and Union Territories at 100%.  Details of Central share released under RUSA are annexed.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  3521  for  08-08-2016  asked  by  Shri  Jugal  Kishore,  Hon'ble  M.P.  regarding Higher Education in Remote Areas.

| State/UT                    |   Central Share released under RUSA (rounded off in Rs. crores) till 23 rd July 2016 |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh              |                                                                                56.69 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                                                                                10.35 |
| Assam                       |                                                                               105.37 |
| Bihar                       |                                                                                31.43 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                                                                                34.11 |
| Goa                         |                                                                                13.37 |
| Gujarat                     |                                                                                74.29 |
| Haryana                     |                                                                                39.33 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |                                                                                80.69 |
| Jammu & Kashmir             |                                                                                77.56 |
| Jharkhand                   |                                                                                37.22 |
| Karnataka                   |                                                                               132.32 |
| Kerala                      |                                                                                57.05 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                                                                                18.88 |
| Maharashtra                 |                                                                                39.58 |
| Manipur                     |                                                                                 7.41 |
| Meghalaya                   |                                                                                16.63 |
| Mizoram                     |                                                                                37.66 |
| Nagaland                    |                                                                                32.33 |
| Odisha                      |                                                                               154.28 |
| Punjab                      |                                                                                47.8  |
| Rajasthan                   |                                                                                68.65 |
| Sikkim                      |                                                                                27.83 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |                                                                                59.72 |
| Telangana                   |                                                                                39.8  |
| Tripura                     |                                                                                33.14 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                                                                               139.17 |
| Uttarakhand                 |                                                                                73.42 |
| West Bengal                 |                                                                               131.09 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                                                                                 7.81 |
| Chandigarh                  |                                                                                 1.97 |
| Delhi                       |                                                                                 1.52 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |                                                                                 2.42 |
| Daman And Diu               |                                                                                 1.95 |
| Puducherry                  |                                                                                39.95 |
| Total                       |                                                                              1732.76 |

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