Lok Sabha Question No. 44 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Higher Educational Institutions
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, SUDHEER GUPTA, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., NAGARAJAN P., JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 44 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2016

## Higher Educational Institutions

## 44.  SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  colleges,  universities  and  educational  institutions  set  up  in  the  country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT and institution-wise;
- (b) the funds spent on these institutions, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any decision to set up new higher educational institutions;
- (d) if so, the details of locations, budget provisions and other terms and conditions prescribed for establishing these institutions, State/UT-wise; and

(e)  the  details  of  funds  allocated/utilised  for  the  purpose  and  the  time  by  which  the  above institutions are likely to be made functional?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI  PRAKASH  JAVADEKAR )

(a): As  per  the  reports  of  the  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education,  state-wise  number  of Universities, Colleges and Standalone Institutions established in the country during 2013, 2014 & 2015 is at Annexure-I.

(b): The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) through the University Grants Commission  (UGC)  provides  adequate  infrastructure  support  to  various universities.  The University Grants Commission (UGC) is providing General Development Assistance (GDA) to Universities and Colleges declared fit to receive grants under section 12B of the UGC Act, 1956. The UGC has been providing development and maintenance assistance to eligible universities and colleges  for  upgrading  infrastructure  and  for  the  expansion  and  consolidation  of  facilities, improvement of standards through modernization etc.

The funds amounting to Rs. 2800, 2500, 2000, 1500 and 500 Lakhs have been released as on 15.07.2016 to 5 new IITs set up at Tirupati, Palakkad, Jammu, Bhilai and Dharwad in Andhra Pradesh,  Kerala,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Chattisgarh  and  Karnataka  respectively.  No  fund  has  yet been released to IIT Goa.

In pursuance to the 13 th Schedule of  A.P Reorganisation Act, 2014, a Centrally Funded IIIT  was set up in 2014-15 in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh,  which is presently functioning from its temporary campus at IIIT D &M, Kancheepuram.  An amount of Rs. 1,510 lakh has been released to the Institute as on date.

Indian Institutes  of  Information  Technology in Public -Private Partnership Mode set up under  the  scheme  of  'Setting  of  20  new  IIITs  in  PPP  Mode'  with  the  support  of  State Governments, during the last three years are as follows:-

| Year    | Name of the Institute   | State            | Date of conveying approval for setting up of IIIT   | Funds released by MHRD to the institution (Rs)   |
|---------|-------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14 | IIIT Una                | Himachal Pradesh | 27-02-2013                                          | 2,03,75,000/-                                    |
| 2013-14 | IIIT Chittoor           | Andhra Pradesh   | 24-06-2013                                          | 21,57,37,000/-                                   |
| 2013-14 | IIIT Sonepat            | Haryana          | 24-06-2013                                          | -                                                |
| 2013-14 | IIIT Vadodara           | Gujarat          | 24-06-2013                                          | 6,80,00,000/-                                    |
| 2013-14 | IIIT Dharwad            | Karnataka        | 23-08-2013                                          | -                                                |
| 2014-15 | IIIT Kalyani            | West Bengal      | 21-01-2014                                          | 7,00,00,000/-                                    |
| 2014-15 | IIIT Lucknow            | Uttar Pradesh    | 27-01-2014                                          | -                                                |
| 2014-15 | IIIT Pune               | Maharashtra      | 30-01-2014                                          | -                                                |
| 2014-15 | IIIT Kakinada           | Andhra Pradesh   | 17-01-2014                                          | -                                                |
| 2014-15 | IIIT Senapati           | Manipur          | 28-02-2014                                          | 9,93,69,000/-                                    |
| 2015-16 | IIIT Ranchi             | Jharkhand        | 22-04-2015                                          | 97,00,000/-                                      |
| 2015-16 | IIIT Surat              | Gujarat          | 07-05-2015                                          | -                                                |
| 2015-16 | IIIT Nagpur             | Maharashtra      | 01-05-2015                                          | 3,00,00,000/-                                    |

The  funds  released  by  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  to  the  following institutions set up during 2015-16 and 2016-17 are as under:

(Rs. in lakh)

|   S.No. | Name of the Institute              | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (Provisional)   |
|---------|------------------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
|       1 | IIM Amritsar, Punjab               | 1,300.00  | 500.00                  |
|       2 | IIM Bodhgaya, Bihar                | 1,000.00  | 500.00                  |
|       3 | IIM Nagpur, Maharashtra            | 1,400.00  | 500.00                  |
|       4 | IIM Sambalpur, Odisha              | 1,000.00  | 500.00                  |
|       5 | IIM Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh      | 1,000.00  | 500.00                  |
|       6 | IIM Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | 1,300.00  | 500.00                  |
|       7 | IISER Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh     | 2,300.00  | 650.00                  |
|       8 | NIT Andhra Pradesh                 | 1,000.00  | -                       |

No  fund  has  been  allocated  during  the  year  to  IIM  Jammu  in  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and IISER Berhampur in Odisha, which have started academic sessions during the year 2016-17.

(c) to (e): At  present  there  is  no  proposal  to  set  up  new  Central  Universities  in  the  country. However, the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act 2014 envisages establishment of one Central Tribal University each in State of Andhra Pradesh and in the State of Telangana and one Central University in the successor state of Andhra Pradesh in the 12th and 13th Plans. Further the Prime Minister has announced a package for Bihar on 18.8.2015. This package includes establishment of a Central University near Bhagalpur at the historic site of Vikramshila University.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha    Unstarred  Question  no.  44  for 18.07.2016 by Shri C.S.Putta Raju  regarding Higher Educational Institutions

U= University; C= College; S= Standalone Institution

|                          | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   |
|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| State                    | U      | C      | S      | U      | C      | S      | U      | C      | S      |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands |        |        |        |        | 1      |        |        |        |        |
| Andhra Pradesh           |        | 34     | 20     | 1      | 58     | 13     |        | 38     | 14     |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 1      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| Assam                    |        | 2      |        | 2      | 2      |        |        |        |        |
| Bihar                    |        | 13     | 3      |        | 9      | 1      |        | 2      | 3      |
| Chhatisgarh              |        | 48     | 3      | 1      | 20     | 2      |        | 8      | 1      |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |        | 1      |        |        | 1      |        |        |        |        |
| Daman &Diu               |        | 1      |        |        | 1      |        |        |        |        |
| Delhi                    | 1      | 2      | 1      |        |        | 1      |        |        |        |
| Goa                      |        | 2      |        |        | 1      |        |        |        |        |
| Gujarat                  | 4      | 62     | 6      | 3      | 90     | 13     | 6      | 105    | 4      |
| Haryana                  | 5      | 16     | 1      | 4      | 17     |        | 1      | 6      |        |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 1      | 2      | 5      | 1      | 17     |        |        | 13     |        |
| Jammu and Kashmir        |        | 2      |        |        | 7      |        |        | 1      |        |
| Jharkhand                |        | 14     | 3      |        | 10     | 3      |        | 5      | 1      |
| Karnataka                | 5      | 104    | 3      |        | 118    | 3      |        | 72     |        |
| Kerala                   | 1      | 91     | 2      | 1      | 81     | 2      | 1      | 39     | 2      |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 2      | 79     | 4      | 1      | 90     | 5      | 1      | 34     | 3      |
| Maharashtra              |        | 79     | 10     |        | 56     | 16     |        | 20     | 8      |
| Manipur                  |        | 1      |        | 1      |        |        |        |        |        |
| Nagaland                 |        | 1      |        |        | 3      |        |        | 2      |        |
| Odisha                   | 1      | 7      | 22     |        | 4      | 27     |        | 2      | 9      |
| Puducherry               |        |        |        |        | 1      | 1      |        |        |        |
| Punjab                   |        | 31     | 4      | 2      | 34     | 7      | 1      | 34     | 2      |
| Rajasthan                | 5      | 95     | 5      | 1      | 56     | 4      |        | 62     |        |
| Sikkim                   | 1      | 1      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| Tamil Nadu               | 1      | 48     | 10     |        | 32     | 4      |        | 26     |        |
| Telangana                |        | 126    | 6      | 1      | 125    |        |        | 13     | 1      |
| Tripura                  |        | 1      |        |        | 2      |        |        | 2      |        |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 1      | 302    | 46     | 3      | 549    | 29     | 1      | 327    | 15     |
| Uttrakhand               | 5      | 11     | 16     | 1      | 11     | 19     | 1      | 5      | 1      |
| West Bengal              |        | 37     | 9      | 2      | 60     | 12     | 2      | 39     | 11     |
| Grand Total              | 34     | 1213   | 179    | 25     | 1456   | 162    | 14     | 855    | 75     |