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Lok Sabha Question No. 2374 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Development of Tourism in Tripura
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2374 ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN TRIPURA

## 2374. SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a beautiful tourist spot has been discovered named "Chabimurra" in Tripura;
- (b) if  so,  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government to develop this place and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the funds allocated by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) to (c):   Yes,  Madam.  The  Ministry  of  Tourism  sanctioned  an amount of Rs.482.24 lakh for the project 'Destination Development of Chabimura in Tripura' in the year 2010-11 under the Product/Infrastructure  Development  for  Destination  and  Circuit (PIDDC) scheme.

An amount of   Rs.99.59 crore has also been sanctioned under North East Circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme  during 2015-16 for development of North East Circuit; Agartala - Sipahijala - Melaghar Udaipur  -  Amarpur  -  Tirthamukh  -  Mandirghat  -  Dumboor-  Narikel Kunja  -  Gandachara  -  Ambassa,  out  of  which  Rs.4.87  crore  is earmarked for development of Chhabimura.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2373 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Strengthening of ASI Offices
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RITA TARAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2373 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH  MAY, 2016 VAISAKHA 19, 1938 (SAKA)

## STRENGTHENING OF ASI OFFICES

## 2373: SHRIMATI RITA TARAI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  strengthen  Archaeological Survey of India Offices in the country particularly at Bhubaneswar with required laboratory facilities and technical manpower for issue of non-antiquity certificate in time in order to boost export oriented handicraft industries; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard along with the time by which the said process will be completed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) AND MINISTER OF STATE, CIVIL AVIATION

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) &(b)  Yes, Madam.  Requisite  laboratory facilities  and  technical  manpower  are provided in all laboratories, including Bhubaneswar, on need basis. There is an Expert Advisory Committee under the Chairmanship of Superintending Archaeologist  of  each  Circle  including  Bhubaneswar  Circle  for  issuing  nonantiquity certificate brought by handicraft exporter for the purpose of export. The Committee meets regularly in the Circle office as and when request for issuing of non-antiquity certificate is received from exporter. There is no report of delay in disposing of such request.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2370 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Central Training Institutes
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.P. CHAUDHARY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2370 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## Central Training Institutes

## †2370. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

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

(a)  whether the Government proposes to set up a Central Training institute in each State of the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  States  where  Central  Training  Institutions  have  already  been  set  up  including  the status of the remaining States;

(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (d):  No,  Madam. There is no such proposal to set up a Central Training institute in each State of the country. However, the Government has launched a Central Sector Scheme of Pandit Madan  Mohan  Malaviya  National  Mission  on  Teachers  &  Teaching  (PMMMNMTT)  with  all India  coverage  to  address  issues  related  to  teachers,  teaching,  teacher  preparation,  professional development, curriculum design, designing and developing assessment & evaluation methodology, research in pedagogy and developing effective pedagogy. The Mission is addressing the  current  issues  of  supply  of  qualified  teachers,  attracting  talent  into  teaching  profession  and raising the quality of teaching in schools and colleges and the long term goals of building a strong professional cadre of teachers and creating top class institutional facilities for innovative teaching and professional development of teachers.

Under  the  Mission,  30  Schools  of  Education  in  Central  Universities,  50  Centres  of Excellence for Curriculum and Pedagogy which include 5 Centres of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education, 25 Teaching Learning Centres, 20 Faculty Development Centres, 2 InterUniversity  Centres  for  Teachers  Education,  one  National  Resource  Centre  for  Education,  5 Centres of Academic Leadership and Education Management are being set up across the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Regulation of Fee in Private Technical Institutes
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA, JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2368 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## Regulation of Fee in Private Technical Institutes

## †2368 .  SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

SHRI JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  control  on  fee  structure  of  the  private technical institutions in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of provisions enacted in this regard;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of rules under which the Government takes action against the private technical institutes in case of violation of norms and the manner in which it is done?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (c) : The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) had constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Justice Srikrishna (former Judge of Hon'ble Supreme Court) on 07.05.2014 to recommend the fee to be charged by the private technical educational institutes in the country. The Committee submitted its report on 07.04.2015. The AICTE  Council approved the recommendations of the Committee  in  its  Meeting  held  on  11.12.2015  and  letters  were  sent  to  all  State Govts.  for  implementation  of  the  report  vide  AICTE  letter  No.3-16/PC  /  Fee Com./2014 dated 11.02.2016. The Committee recommended the maximum tuition and development fee to be charged by the institutions.

(d): Any technical institute reported to be violating the norms/rules as prescribed in  the  Approval Process Handbook of AICTE is liable for punitive action, which includes withdrawal of approval. The Approval Process Handbook is available on AICTE website http://www.aicte-india.org/ApprovalProcess16-17.php .

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: List of Pesticides used by Tea Industry
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: G. HARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2367 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH   MAY, 2016

## LIST OF PESTICIDES USED BY TEA INDUSTRY

## 2367. SHRI G. HARI:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Tea Board of India has expanded the list of pesticides and chemicals which the Indian tea industry is permitted to use;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Tea Board of India has two new additions in the list; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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(a) to (d): Tea Board of India implements a comprehensive guideline called 'Plant Protection Code' (PPC) for safe usage of Plant Protection Formulations (PPFs) in the tea plantations in India. The list of approved PPFs for use in Tea Plantations in the 4 th version of PPC had 35 number of PPFs. The Tea Board has recently added two more chemicals namely, Emamectin Benzoate 5 SG and Flubendiamide 20 WG, increasing the number of PPFs to 37 as reflected in the 5 th version of PPC notified on 18 th January, 2016.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Wellness Clubs in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. C. MOHAN, JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## Wellness Clubs in Schools

## 2366. SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

## SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up Health and Wellness clubs in all the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools across the country; (b) if so, the details thereof and features thereof; (c) the time by which the above Clubs are likely to be set up; and (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  include  fitness  test  for  admission  of students in the proposed New Education Policy and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (c): Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued instruction in May, 2006 to its affiliated schools  for setting up of Health and Wellness clubs with organization of health walks, health fairs and immunization programme, rendering services in an area affected by disaster or calamity, setting up of health help line within  the  school,  teaching  of  Yoga  and  meditation,  inculcation  of  healthy  and positive ways of living and awareness programme on World No Tobacco Day , World AIDS Day.

(d)   : Currently, there is no such proposal under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2365 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Increase in the number of IITs
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2365 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## Increase in the number of IITs

## 2365. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has decided to set up six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in various States of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken note of the view that the proposed increasing of IITs will not just dilute the premier brand but also compound problems for the existing IITs;
- (d) whether those IITs that were set up in 2008 have failed to impress; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasosn therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam. The Government has decided to set up six new IITs at Palakkad (Kerala), Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Khanpur Nagrota (Jammu & Kashmir), Goa, and  Dharwad  (Karnataka).  The  Cabinet,  in  its  meeting  held  on  02-12-2015,  has  approved operationalisation of these 6 new IITs as Registered Societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in order to give legal status to these IITs. Each new IIT will have an initial intake of 180 students in its first year, which would subsequently increase to 450 in the second year and to 928 in the third year. The total cost for running these IITs is Rs. 1,411.80 Cr to be incurred between  2015-16  and  2018-19.  Academic  Sessions  in  IIT  Tirupati  and  IIT  Palakkad  have commenced in 2015.
- (c) & (d): The setting up new IITs is with a view to expand the access of premier education to students  of  the  country  and  is  based  on  various  factors,  such  as,  the  existing  regional distribution of Central Education Institutions in the country. Most of the IITs set up in 2008-09 have  fared  well  in  the  rankings  released  under  National  Institutional  Ranking  Framework (NIRF)  on  4 th April,  2016,  which  were  based  on  various  parameters,  namely,  Teaching Learning  and  Resources,  Research  Professional  Practice  &  Collaborative  Performance, Graduation Outcome, Outreach & Inclusivity and Perception.
- (e): Does not arise.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 2364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: POSCO Steel Plant
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2364

FOR ANSWER ON 09/05/2016

## POSCO STEEL PLANT

2364.  SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

(a) whether  Korean  Steel  Giant  POSCO  has  shown  disinterest  in  pursuing  its proposed Steel plant in Odisha;

(b) if so, the details and current status thereof; and

- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to resolve the issue?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI) STEEL AND MINES

(a) Government has not received any communication from POSCO in this regard.

(b)&(c): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2362 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Financial Assistance to NGOs
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†2362

## LOK SABHA ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NGOS

## †2362. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  financial  assistance  has  been  provided  to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for schemes sponsored by the Ministry in Nasik district of Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof for the last three years;
- (c) the  names  of  the  NGOs  which  have  been  provided  the said  financial  assistance  along  with  the  details  of  work done by them;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any review of the said work; and
- (e) if so, the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) to (e):  No, Madam.  Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2361 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Forced Private Tuitions
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SAKUNTALA LAGURI, RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2361 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## FORCED PRIVATE TUITIONS † 2361. SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI:

## SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

- Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE  DEVELOPMENT  be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware that some Kendriya Vidyalaya teachers are forcing students to take tuitions and also to buy books of particular writers; (b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and (c) whether the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has taken any action in  this  regard  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  outcome
- thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (c):  Article  59  of  the  Education  Code  of  Kendriya  Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) strictly prohibits its teachers to take up private tuitions or  to  engage  themselves  as  selling  agents  or  canvassers  for  any publishing firm / trader. Whenever any such case is noticed, KVS takes suitable  disciplinary  action  against  such  teachers  under  the  relevant rules.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2358 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Engagement of Private Agencies
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2358 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## ENGAGEMENT OF PRIVATE AGENCIES

## 2358. SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether private agencies have been engaged for garbage disposal and cleaning works in big cities/Government offices etc. and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether  the  workers  staff  engaged  in  the  said  work  are  given prescribed salary and other facilities and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the number of cases of irregularities brought to light/reported in this regard along with the names of agencies found guilty during the last three years and the current year; State/UT-wise;
- (d)the  action  taken  by  the  Government  against  the  said  agencies during the said period along with the outcome thereof; and
- (e)the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  welfare  of  such
- workers in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a): Public  health  and  sanitation  falls  under  the  purview  of State  sphere.  Central  Ministries/  Departments  also  engage  private agencies for sanitation work depending on their needs. Data in this regard is not centrally maintained.
- (b) to (e): Under the provisions of the Minimum  Wages Act, 1948, both the Central and State Governments are appropriate Governments  to  fix,  review  and  revise  the  minimum  wages  of  the workers employed in the scheduled employment under their respective jurisdictions. Data in this regard is not centrally maintained.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Vacant posts of Non-teaching Staff
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2357 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9.5.2016

## Vacant posts of Non-teaching Staff

## 2357. SHRI PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

Will the Minister of Human Resource Development be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware that various posts of non teaching Staff are lying vacant in some Central Universities particularly School of Open Learning (SOL) under Delhi University despite the availability of eligible candidates; (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  and  the  steps  taken  by  the Government to fill these vacancies at the earliest; and

- (c) the time by which they are likely to filled up?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (c):  The  University  Grants  Commission(UGC)  has  informed  that  out  of  34272 sanctioned  non-teaching  posts  in  39  Central  Universities  under  the  purview  of  UGC, including School of Open Learning under University of Delhi, 10015 non-teaching posts are lying vacant as on 1.1.2016. Occurring of vacancies and filling them is a continuous process.  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  and  UGC  have  repeatedly  urged Central  Universities  to  fill  up  the  vacancies.  However,  the  onus  of  filling  up  the  nonteaching posts lies on Central Universities which are autonomous bodies created under the Acts of Parliament.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Three Language Policy in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2356

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## Three Language Policy in Schools

## 2356. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  make  Sanskrit  education  compulsory  in schools, if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;
- (b)whether the Government plans to modify the three-language policy, where students learn English, Hindi and their local language in schools;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;
- (d)  whether  the  three-language  policy  has  succeeded  in  creating  a  uniform  medium  of communication across the country; and
- (e) details of the percentage of students who learn English and Hindi in schools, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) & (b)  No such proposals is currently under consideration.
- (c) Does not arise.
- (d) The  major  objective  of  three  language  formula  is  to  promote  language harmony and equality among languages in school education by making provision for the study of three languages.
- (e) Such data is not centrally maintained in the Ministry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Backlog of Reserved Vacancies
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIRENDER KASHYAP

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2355 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9.5.2016

## Backlog of Reserved Vacancies

## 2355. SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of Human Resource Development be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  issued  directions  to  the  Central  Universities  and  Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Deemed Universities receiving aid from the public funds for filling up of the backlog reserved vacancies of Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe/Persons with Disability/Other Backward Class in teaching and non-teaching posts;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has also issued any directions to the Board of Governors of the Indian  Institutes  of  Management  (IIMs)  to  implement  reservation  policy  and  to  fill  up  the backlog of reserved vacancies of SC/ST/PWD/OBC in teaching and non- teaching posts; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d): University Grants Commission (UGC) issues instructions from time to time to all Central Universities (CUs) for (i) implementation of SC/ST/PwD/OBC reservation policy of the  Government  of  India/  UGC  (ii)  strict  compliance  of  reservation  policy,  (iii)  display  of reservation  roster  on  University  website  and  (iv)  filling  up  of  remaining  identified  backlog reserved vacancies of these categories in teaching and non- teaching posts. UGC has also issued guidelines for strict implementation of reservation policy in Universities, Deemed to be Universities, Colleges which are available on UGC website (www.ugc.ac.in).

While  releasing  the  grant  to  CUs,  it  is  mentioned  in  all  sanction  letters  that  Universities should  strictly  follow  all  instructions  issued  by  Govt.  of  India/UGC  from  time  to  time  with regard to reservation of SC/ST/PwD/OBC posts and fill up the backlog vacancies.

It is pertinent to mention here that the onus of filling up of posts, including those belonging to reserved category, lies on the Central Universities which are autonomous bodies created under the Acts of Parliament.

All Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs) including IITs and IIMs were requested to review the policy of reservation in admission and employment according to the instructions issued by DoPT and MHRD.

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