Lok Sabha Question No. 3662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Financial Assistance to IITs
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR, DHARMENDRA YADAV, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, Shrirang Appa Barne, SUDHEER GUPTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3662 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2016

## Financial Assistance to IITs

## †3662. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  provided  financial  assistance  to  different  Indian  Institute  of Technology (IITs) and if so, the details of the financial assistance provided to each IIT during the last three years and the current year;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  fund  the  research  initiative  for  IITs/IISc,  called IMPRINT and the setting up of startups and incubation corpus and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  prepare  a  roadmap  for  enabling  the  IITs  to  become  selfsufficient  by  the  year  2030  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  measures  taken  by  the Government as well as the IITs towards this end; and
- (d) the details of the measures taken by the Government to prevent brain drain as a result of graduates of  these  premier  institutes  of  the  country  going  abroad  after  completing  Government  funded education?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a) Yes, Madam.  The details of financial assistance provided to each IIT during the last three years and the current year is given at annexure.
- (b) Yes, Madam. The Government has approved Rs. 487.00 crore for implementation of IMPRINT Initiative over a period of 3 years.
- (c) Government is taking many steps for making IITs financially self-reliant robust entities, such as setting  up  the  Higher  Education  Funding  Agency  (HEFA),  revising  the  fee  to  cover  costs  of maintenance, increasing institutional revenues through consulting/research projects etc.  However, no final date has been fixed for achieving the financial self-reliance.
- (d) The  Government  has  brought  out  several  schemes  for  attracting  highly  skilled  researchers  of Indian  origin  working  overseas,  back  to  the  country  by  providing  them  attractive  avenues  to pursue their R&D interests in Indian Institutions.

Annexure

| Funds Released to IITs under Plan Grant   | Funds Released to IITs under Plan Grant   | Funds Released to IITs under Plan Grant   | Funds Released to IITs under Plan Grant   | (Amount in Crores)   | (Amount in Crores)         |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
| S.No.                                     | Name of the Institute                     | 2013-14                                   | 2014-15                                   | 2015-16              | 2016-17 (as on 03.08.2016) |
| 1                                         | IIT-Bombay                                | 264.09                                    | 200.00                                    | 186.83               | 86.00                      |
| 2                                         | IIT-Delhi                                 | 184.75                                    | 160.00                                    | 155.01               | 75.00                      |
| 3                                         | IIT-Kanpur                                | 260.00                                    | 205.00                                    | 197.50               | 73.33                      |
| 4                                         | IIT-Kharagpur                             | 260.00                                    | 220.00                                    | 230.13               | 73.33                      |
| 5                                         | IIT-Madras                                | 195.71                                    | 123.87                                    | 177.50               | 71.67                      |
| 6                                         | IIT-Guwahati                              | 174.00                                    | 176.73                                    | 165.00               | 33.33                      |
| 7                                         | IIT-Roorkee                               | 150.00                                    | 103.12                                    | 110.00               | 57.50                      |
| 8                                         | IIT-BHU                                   | 5.45                                      | 80.00                                     | 100.66               | 18.33                      |
| 9                                         | IIT- Gandhinagar                          | 200.00                                    | 185.00                                    | 173.73               | 88.00                      |
| 10                                        | IIT-Ropar                                 | 50.00                                     | 113.84                                    | 165.66               | 56.67                      |
| 11                                        | IIT-Jodhpur                               | 26.02                                     | 99.00                                     | 146.25               | 93.00                      |
| 12                                        | IIT- Bhubaneswar                          | 90.00                                     | 170.00                                    | 81.14                | 97.50                      |
| 13                                        | IIT-Hyderabad                             | 178.49                                    | 141.16                                    | 82.80                | 51.50                      |
| 14                                        | IIT-Mandi                                 | 107.97                                    | 51.00                                     | 153.68               | 26.67                      |
| 15                                        | IIT-Patna                                 | 154.25                                    | 206.97                                    | 100.31               | 47.50                      |
| 16                                        | IIT-Indore                                | 62.00                                     | 113.45                                    | 142.80               | 75.00                      |
| 17                                        | IIT-Palakkad                              | 0                                         | 0                                         | 25.00                | 0                          |
| 18                                        | IIT-Jammu                                 | 0                                         | 0                                         | 10.00                | 10.00                      |
| 19                                        | IIT-Goa                                   | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                    | 0                          |
| 20                                        | IIT-Dharwad                               | 0                                         | 0                                         | 5.00                 | 10.00                      |
| 21                                        | IIT-Bhilai                                | 0                                         | 0                                         | 5.00                 | 10.00                      |
| 22                                        | IIT-Tirupati                              | 0                                         | 0                                         | 18.00                | 10.00                      |
| Total                                     | Total                                     | 2362.73                                   | 2349.14                                   | 2432.00              | 1064.33                    |

| Funds Released to IITs under Non-Plan Grant   | Funds Released to IITs under Non-Plan Grant   | Funds Released to IITs under Non-Plan Grant   | Funds Released to IITs under Non-Plan Grant   | (Amount in Crores)   | (Amount in Crores)         |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
| S.No.                                         | Name of the Institute                         | 2013-14                                       | 2014-15                                       | 2015-16              | 2016-17 (as on 03.08.2016) |
| 1                                             | IIT-Bombay                                    | 211.58                                        | 269.22                                        | 322.35               | 95.00                      |
| 2                                             | IIT-Delhi                                     | 193.00                                        | 236.22                                        | 242.00               | 137.50                     |
| 3                                             | IIT-Kanpur                                    | 145.86                                        | 192.70                                        | 199.85               | 40.00                      |
| 4                                             | IIT-Kharagpur                                 | 211.08                                        | 260.27                                        | 280.00               | 130.00                     |
| 5                                             | IIT-Madras                                    | 194.40                                        | 215.75                                        | 240.00               | 135.00                     |
| 6                                             | IIT-Guwahati                                  | 111.11                                        | 120.10                                        | 117.15               | 24.00                      |
| 7                                             | IIT-Roorkee                                   | 194.29                                        | 212.20                                        | 202.50               | 119.00                     |
| 8                                             | IIT-BHU                                       | 72.42                                         | 80.00                                         | 100.00               | 20.00                      |
| Total                                         | Total                                         | 1333.74                                       | 1586.46                                       | 1703.85              | 700.50                     |