Lok Sabha Question No. 1303 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: Setting up of Model Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SAKUNTALA LAGURI

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

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1303 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH   JULY, 2016

## Setting up of Model Colleges

†1303. SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT  be pleased to state: districts where literacy level is low in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(a) whether the Government has taken any Steps to set up Model colleges in such (c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a)  to  (c):  Under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha Abhiyan  (RUSA),  Central  share  is  provided  for  construction  of  new  Model  Degree Colleges (MDCs) in Educationally Backward Districts (EBDs), identified on the basis of 2001 Census, which had Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) less than the national average. The proposals for construction of new MDCs 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. The outlay for each MDC is Rs. 12 crores. The Centre:State share is 90:10 for special category States, 60:40 for other States and 100% Central share for Union Territories. For  the  XII th Plan  period,  the  Cabinet  had  approved  a  target  of  60  MDCs  for RUSA.  As  on  date,  the  target  number  of  MDCs  for  the  12 th Plan  period  have  been approved. The list of the MDCs approved are annexed . Funds are being released to the first 60 MDCs whose Detailed Project Reports, complete in all respects, are received by the National Mission Directorate of RUSA.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  1303  for  25-07-2016  asked  by  Shrimati  Sakuntala  Laguri,  Hon'ble  MP regarding Setting up of Model Colleges.

List of Model Degree Colleges (MDCs) approved by the RUSA Project Approval Board:

|   Sl. No | State/UT                  | District in which MDC approved   |
|----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | South Andaman                    |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh            | East Godavari                    |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh            | West Godavari                    |
|        4 | Andhra Pradesh            | Prakasam                         |
|        5 | Andhra Pradesh            | Kurnool                          |
|        6 | Andhra Pradesh            | Vizianagaram                     |
|        7 | Andhra Pradesh            | Srikakulam                       |
|        8 | Bihar                     | East Champaran                   |
|        9 | Bihar                     | West Champaran                   |
|       10 | Bihar                     | Begusarai                        |
|       11 | Bihar                     | Purnia                           |
|       12 | Bihar                     | Katihar                          |
|       13 | Bihar                     | Saharsa                          |
|       14 | Bihar                     | Darbhanga                        |
|       15 | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur                           |
|       16 | Chhattisgarh              | Durg                             |
|       17 | Chhattisgarh              | Rajandgaon                       |
|       18 | Chhattisgarh              | Kanker                           |
|       19 | Chhattisgarh              | Bastar                           |
|       20 | Himachal Pradesh          | Chamba                           |
|       21 | Himachal Pradesh          | Sirmour                          |
|       22 | Madhya Pradesh            | Harda                            |
|       23 | Madhya Pradesh            | Jhabua                           |
|       24 | Madhya Pradesh            | Sheopur                          |
|       25 | Madhya Pradesh            | Dindori                          |
|       26 | Madhya Pradesh            | Umaria                           |
|       27 | Nagaland                  | Mon                              |
|       28 | Odisha                    | Boudh                            |
|       29 | Odisha                    | Deogargh                         |
|       30 | Odisha                    | Malkangiri                       |
|       31 | Odisha                    | Nabarangpur                      |
|       32 | Odisha                    | Nayagarh                         |
|       33 | Odisha                    | Nuapada                          |
|       34 | Odisha                    | Raygada                          |
|       35 | Odisha                    | Sonepur                          |
|       36 | Punjab                    | Ferozpur                         |
|       37 | Punjab                    | Pathankot                        |
|       38 | Tripura                   | South Tripura                    |
|       39 | Tripura                   | North Tripura                    |

|   Sl. No | State/UT      | District in which MDC approved   |
|----------|---------------|----------------------------------|
|       40 | Tripura       | Dhalai                           |
|       41 | Tripura       | West Tripura                     |
|       42 | Telangana     | Adilabad                         |
|       43 | Telangana     | Medak                            |
|       44 | Telangana     | Nizamabad                        |
|       45 | Telangana     | Mahabubnagar                     |
|       46 | Uttarakhand   | Champawat                        |
|       47 | Uttar Pradesh | Kushinagar                       |
|       48 | Uttar Pradesh | Shravasti                        |
|       49 | Uttar Pradesh | Sant Kabir Nagar                 |
|       50 | Uttar Pradesh | Raebareli                        |
|       51 | Uttar Pradesh | Basti                            |
|       52 | Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad                        |
|       53 | Uttar Pradesh | Bulandshahar                     |
|       54 | Uttar Pradesh | Saharanpur                       |
|       55 | Uttar Pradesh | Rampur                           |
|       56 | Uttar Pradesh | Siddharthnagar                   |
|       57 | Uttar Pradesh | Sonbhadra                        |
|       58 | Uttar Pradesh | Hardoi                           |
|       59 | Uttar Pradesh | Sitapur                          |
|       60 | Uttar Pradesh | Hathras                          |
|       61 | Uttar Pradesh | Badayun                          |
|       62 | Uttar Pradesh | Unnao                            |
|       63 | Uttar Pradesh | Barabanki                        |
|       64 | Uttar Pradesh | Etah                             |
|       65 | Uttar Pradesh | Fatehpur                         |
|       66 | Uttar Pradesh | Banda                            |
|       67 | Uttar Pradesh | Shajananpur                      |
|       68 | Uttar Pradesh | Pilibhit                         |
|       69 | Uttar Pradesh | Mahoba                           |
|       70 | Uttar Pradesh | Lalitpur                         |
|       71 | Uttar Pradesh | Hamirpur                         |
|       72 | Uttar Pradesh | Balrampur                        |

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