Lok Sabha Question No. 47 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Grants from UGC for Private Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 47 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015

## Grants from UGC for Private Colleges

## 47. SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

- Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE  DEVELOPMENT  be  pleased  to state: (a)  the  total  number  of  private  colleges  getting  grants  from  the  University  Grants Commission (UGC) at present, State/UTwise; (b)  whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  criteria  for  giving  grants  to  private colleges in the country; (c) if so, the details thereof; and (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to deliver the quality education
- in private colleges?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (c): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that it does not give  General  Development  Grants  to  private  colleges.  Teachers  and  students  in these  colleges  are  eligible  to  receive  grants  under  teacher  and  student  centric schemes if the college is included under sections 2(f) & 12B of UGC Act 1956 and is  charging  fees  from  students  as Universities. Apart from these conditions, each scheme operated by the UGC has its own eligibility conditions laid down in its guidelines. The  State/  UT  wise  number  of  private  colleges  to  which  UGC  grants  are  being released under teacher and student centric schemes is given in Annexure.

- (d): The UGC has further informed that it is insisting on National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation of all colleges, which would encourage them to deliver quality education.
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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  of  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 47 DUE FOR REPLY ON 30-11-2015 ASKED BY SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING  GRANTS  FROM UGC FOR PRIVATE COLLEGES.

| S. No.   | State            |   No. of Private Colleges receiving salary grant from State Govts. | No. of Private Self-financed Colleges   |   TOTAL |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------|
| 1        | Karnataka        |                                                                321 | 4                                       |     325 |
| 2        | Kerala           |                                                                180 | NIL                                     |     180 |
| 3        | Bihar            |                                                                372 | 7                                       |     379 |
| 4        | Jharkhand        |                                                                106 | -                                       |     106 |
| 5        | Odisha           |                                                                385 | 10                                      |     395 |
| 7        | West Bengal      |                                                                365 | 07                                      |     372 |
| 8        | Maharashtra      |                                                                881 | 15                                      |     896 |
| 9        | Gujarat          |                                                                340 | 02                                      |     342 |
| 10       | Goa              |                                                                 18 | -                                       |      18 |
| 11       | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                                176 | 83                                      |     259 |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu       |                                                                185 | 56                                      |     241 |
| 13       | Puducherry       |                                                                  4 | 01                                      |      05 |
| 14       | Haryana          |                                                                 93 | -                                       |      93 |
| 15       | Himachal Pradesh |                                                                  9 | -                                       |       9 |
| 16       | Jammu & Kashmir  |                                                                  5 | -                                       |       5 |
| 17       | Punjab           |                                                                154 | -                                       |     154 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                                364 | -                                       |     364 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand      |                                                                 14 | -                                       |      14 |
| 20       | Chandigarh       |                                                                  7 | -                                       |       7 |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                                 58 | 62                                      |     120 |
| 22       | Chattisgarh      |                                                                 18 | 15                                      |      33 |
| 23       | Rajasthan        |                                                                101 | 01                                      |     102 |
|          | TOTAL            |                                                               4156 | 263                                     |    4419 |