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Lok Sabha Question No. 3517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Non-Teaching Staff
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NABA KUMAR SARANIA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.3517 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2015

## Non-Teaching Staff

3517. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has noticed that Non-Teaching staff working in institutions  of  Higher  Education  lack  legal  provision  for  a  uniform  staff pattern; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  Non-Teaching  Staff  are  not brought within the purview of the UGC and other regulatory bodies and if so, the details thereof; and (d) the steps taken by the Government for coverage of Non-Teaching staff in institutions  of  Higher  Education  for  revision  of  pay  scale  to  ensure  parity

- with similar scientific institutions, Research Organisations in the country?

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

(a) to (c) On the advice of MHRD, University Grants Commission (UGC) Joint Cadre Review Committee (JCRC) has reviewed the pay scales and designations of the non-teaching staff of Central Universities, UGC maintained Deemed to be Universities and Delhi Colleges. (d) UGC extends the Central Pay Commission recommendations as approved by Government of India to the non-teaching staff of the Central Universities, UGC maintained deemed to be Universities and Colleges affiliated to University of  Delhi.  It  is  also  applicable  to  other  Quasi  Govt.  Organization  /  Statutory Bodies etc. set up by and funded / controlled by Central Government. The State government  /  Management  of  the  Institutions  concerned  other  than  those mentioned  above  have  to  take  a  decision  to  adopt  the  pay  scales  as recommended  by  the  Central  Pay  Commission(s)  for  which,  no  financial

- assistance can be expected from UGC / Central Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3516 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: PTA with Iran
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3516 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST     DECEMBER, 2015

## PTA WITH IRAN

## 3516(H). SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

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

- a) whether India is considering to sign a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Iran;
- b) if so, the details thereof;
- c) whether any talks have been held between the two countries in this regard;
- d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- e) the details of benefits likely to accrue to India as a result thereof?

## ANSWER

वाणिज्् य एवं उद्योग राज्् य मंत्री ( सीतारमि निममला श्रीमती ) ( स्वतंत्र प्रभार ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) to (d): In  the  17 th   Session  of  the  Joint  Commission between India and Iran held in  May, 2013, it was agreed to commence preliminary  consultation between the concerned  Ministries of both sides for a Preferential Trade Agreement(PTA).

In the first meeting of Joint Working Group on Trade and Commerce held in April, 2015 in Tehran, both sides agreed to examine the scope and the feasibility of entering into a PTA.  In the second meeting of the Joint Working Group held on 1819 November, 2015 in New Delhi both sides agreed, inter-alia, to open up a channel for exchange of information, etc for this purpose.

- (e) Bilateral trade agreements are aimed at boosting trade for mutual benefit.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 3515 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Multi Speciality Hospital of ONGC
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3515 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Multi Speciality Hospital of ONGC

## 3515.                   SHRI KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA :

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

## Will the Minister of PETRLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- a)  whether the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has proposed to set up Multispeciality Hospital in Sivasagar district;
2. (b) if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated for the purpose and the status of the project at present; and
3. (c) the time by which the said project is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

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- (a)  to  (c)  Yes  sir,  the  ONGC  Board  has  accorded-in-principal  approval  to  set  up  a  MultiSpecialty Hospital in Sivasagar District of Assam in a phased manner, at an estimated Outlay of Rs. 100 crore. For execution of the project ONGC has invited Expression of Interest. The first phase  of  the  project  is  expected  to  be  completed  in  24  months  from  the  date  of  signing  of Memorandum Understanding with the successful bidder.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Development of Twin National Heritage Cities
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3514 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015 AGRAHAYANA 30, 1937 (SAKA)

## DEVELOPMENT OF TWIN NATIONAL HERITAGE CITIES

## 3514, SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry # thinking in the lines of conferring the title of Twin National Heritage Cities, to the temple towns of Rishikesh and Haridwar;
- if so, the details thereof; and (0 whether the Government has any proposal to connect these cities by Metro Rail and if SO, the details thereof?
- if so, the details thereof; (6) whether there is a proposal to develop said cities into a world class yoga and spirituality centre;

## ANSWER

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

## (DR: MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a): There is no such proposal under consideration:

- (b) : Question does not arise.

- (c) to (e): Information is being collected.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Exclusion of Areca Nut from Negative List of Items
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3513 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST     DECEMBER, 2015

## EXCLUSION OF ARECA NUT FROM NEGATIVE LIST OF ITEMS 3513. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- a) the details of the commodities included in the negative list of items in various bilateral trade agreements signed by India with other countries;
- b) whether the Government has received any representation seeking exclusion of Areca nut in the future bilateral trade agreements of the country; and
- c) if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्् य एवं उद्योग राज्् य मंत्री ( ीीमीी ालमर्िा णीीारमि ) ( स्वींत्र प्रभार )

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) The  list  of  all  items,  including  commodities  in  the  negative  list  of bilateral trade agreements is available in public domain at http://commerce.nic.in/MOC/international\_trade\_agreements.asp

(b)&(c)  The  government  has  received  representations  from  stakeholders  such  as  ' The Totgars' Co-operative Sale Society Limited ' and ' The Campco Limited ' to place areca nut under the negative list of bilateral and regional trade agreements such as India-Sri Lanka Free Trade  Agreement  (ISLFTA),  South  Asian  Free  Trade  Area  (SAFTA),  India-ASEAN  and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) treaty renewals in 2015. The representations have been duly considered with the government taking up the issue of stricter enforcement of rules of origin under these agreements. The Minimum Import Price of Areca nut  has  also  been  enhanced  from  Rs.110  per  kilogram  to  Rs.162  per  kilogram  through  the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) Notification No. 10 dated 8.6.2015.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3512 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Changes in Higher Education System
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3512 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Changes in Higher Education System

## 3512. SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  from  the  State  Government  of Andhra Pradesh with regard to the changes to be brought in the Higher Education system in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

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

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (c):  The  Government  has  undertaken  a  collaborative,  multi-stakeholder  and  multipronged consultation process for formulating the New Education Policy (NEP), which included online,  grassroots  and  national  level  thematic  deliberations  on  the  33  identified  themes.  A meeting was held by the Minister of Human Resource Development on 21 st March, 2015 with Education Ministers, Secretaries and other senior officials of the State Governments, including State Information Officers (SIOs), in which the consultation process, including the process of uploading the resolutions on https://survey.mygov.in., was explained in detail and suggestions of States on the process as well as themes were invited. Six Zonal Meetings were held by the Minister  of  Human  Resource  Development  in  Eastern,  Central,  North-Eastern,  Western, Southern  and  Northern  Zones  covering  all  States  and  UTs  during  September-October  2015, which were attended by Education Ministers and officials of the respective States/UTs.

The State Governments are uploading the consultation reports of Village, Block, District and State level on the above mentioned portal. As on date, the State Government of Andhra Pradesh has uploaded their consultation report of School Education and Higher Education is in the final stages for uploading. Further, the Govt. of India has constituted a Committee for Evolution of the New Education Policy and the suggestions received on the theme have been forwarded to the  Committee. The Committee will examine the outcome documents, recommendations and suggestions received and formulate a Draft National Education Policy as well as a Framework for Action (FFA).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Computerized Monitoring of MDMS
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHAGWANTH KHUBA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3511 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Computerized Monitoring of MDMS

## 3511. SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any decision to fully computerize the monitoring of Mid-Day-Meal Scheme in schools in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  for  registering  the  complaints  of  mid  day  meal programme through Interactive  Voice Response System (IVRS); and
- (d) if so, the steps taken/proposed to be taken in this regard?

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

(a) to (d): Management Information System (MIS) for Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is in existence since June, 2012 and all the States / UTs are making annual and monthly data entry into  the  portal  on  key  indicators  of  the  Scheme  for  online  monitoring.  An  Interactive  Voice Response System (IVRS) for near real time monitoring of the Scheme is under consideration in the Ministry.  In addition, the States / UTs have established Grievance Redressal Mechanism at various  levels  in  their  States  with  a  toll  free  number  for  addressing  the  grievances  of stakeholders.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: GIs for Teacher Educational Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.R. SUNDARAM

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3510 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## GIs for Teacher Educational Colleges

## 3510. SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

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

- (a) whether  the  National  Council  for  Teacher  Education  (NCTE)  has  come  across  cases where many colleges that had obtained recognition on one address have been running from some other campuses;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  NCTE  has  asked  all  teacher  education  colleges  to  submit  Geographic Information  System  (GIS)  to  identify  such  colleges  which  had  obtained  recognition  on  one address and have been running from some other campuses;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the action taken by the Government against such colleges which have not submitted GIS?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) & (b)     The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has informed that no such case has come to its notice.
- (c)    to  (e)      After    notification  of  the  NCTE  Regulations,  2014,  NCTE  has  developed  a transparent  database  of  Teacher  Education  Institutions  (TEIs),  and  has  launched  its  dynamic website on 28.05.2015.  Further, NCTE Geographic Information System (GIS) Platform has been launched on 26.06.2015.  Till date, 11,789 TEIs have filed their profile on the GIS platform and 1025 of those have been uploaded on the NCTE GIS website.  The applications with inaccuracies have been returned to the respective TEIs for rectification.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3507 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Eligibility Test
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3507 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Eligibility Test

3507.DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  structure  curricula  for  girls education to generate more employment; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether despite qualifying exams like "National Eligibility Test and State Level Eligibility Test" the candidates are required to appear in State level test organized by the Public Service Commission of the State; and

- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  &  (b):  The  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  reviews  and  prescribes minimum curriculum for core subjects, Universities have autonomy in designing the curriculum  for  elective  and  foundational  courses.  Such  revision  is  undertaken  to make the curriculum upto date with present day requirements and needs, including employment. (c) & (d): The UGC has prescribed qualifying National Eligibility Test (NET)/ State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) as one of the minimum qualifications for recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor in Universities and Colleges. The complete set of minimum  qualifications  for  such  appointments  have  been  prescribed  in  the  UGC (Minimum  qualifications  for  appointment  of  teachers  and  other  academic  staff  in universities and colleges and measures for the maintenance of standards in higher http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/regulations/ englishgazette.pdf.  The  competent  recruitment  authority  for  the  post  of  Assistant Professors  in  State  Public  Universities  can  devise  their  own  selection  methods, including conducting competitive examination, for selecting candidates possessing

- education) Regulations, 2010 at such minimum qualifications.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Kasturba Gandhi Balika Awaasiya Vidhyalaya in Dahod, Gujarat
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3506 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA AWAASIYA VIDHYALAYA IN DAHOD, GUJARAT

## †3506.   SHRI JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has accorded approval for setting up of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Awaasiya Vidyalaya in Dahod district in Gujarat;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of such schools which have started functioning, location-wise?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a): Yes, Madam.
- (b): Seven  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  in  the  educationally  backward blocks of Dahod District of Gujarat have been sanctioned by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
- (c): All the seven KGBVs in Dahod district are functional. Location wise details are as under:

| District   |   S. No. | Block         | Location      |
|------------|----------|---------------|---------------|
| Dahod      |        1 | Dahod         | Khangela      |
| Dahod      |        2 | Devgadh baria | Moti khajoori |
| Dahod      |        3 | Dhanpur       | Pav           |
| Dahod      |        4 | Fatepura      | Dablara       |
| Dahod      |        5 | Garbada       | Gangarada     |
| Dahod      |        6 | Limkheda      | Agara (u)     |
| Dahod      |        7 | Zalod         | Rupakheda     |
Lok Sabha Question No. 3501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Aakash Tablet-LCAD
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: OM BIRLA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3501 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Aakash Tablet-LCAD

3501. SHRI OM BIRLA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  continue  the  project  to  provide  Aakash Tablet-Low Cost Access Device (LCAD) to students in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  status  of  number  of  LCAD  procured  by  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IIT) Mumbai in the year 2010 and the details thereof?

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

- (a)  &  (b)  The  Aakash  Tablet-Low  Cost  Access  Device  (LCAD)  project  has  been completed and closed in March, 2015.
- (c)  No  LCADs  were  procured  in  2010  by  IIT  Bombay.  However,  they  have  procured 1,00,000 LCADs in April, 2012 after fine-tuning the specifications, which were distributed to students and teachers of 300 engineering colleges.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3499 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Posts of Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: G. HARI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3499 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Posts of Teachers

## 3499.  SHRI G. HARI:

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

- (a)   whether it is a fact that the Government has asked all the State Governments to ensure rationalisation of teaching posts and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether it is also true that some segments in the schools are heavily loaded and some sparsely; and
- (c)   if so, the response received by the Government from the State Governments in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): Yes,  Madam.  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE) Act,  2009,  which  became  operative  with  effect  from  1st  April,  2010,  provides  for  rational deployment  of  teachers  by  ensuring  that  the  specified  Pupil-Teacher  Ratio  (PTR)  is maintained for each school rather than just as an average for the State or District or Block thus ensuring that there is no urban rural imbalance in teacher postings. The RTE Act, 2009 prescribes the optimum PTR to be maintained at each of the schools for different classes.

The PTR for Government elementary schools is 1:26 and there are 37.35% of schools with  adverse  PTR  in  the  country  as  per  Unified  District  Information  System  of  Education (UDISE) 2013-14. Education being a concurrent subject, a majority of schools come under the  purview  of  the  State  Governments/Union  Territory  (UT)  Administrations.  Central Government regularly takes up the issue of recruitment to vacant teacher posts with the State Government/UTs, which have the primary responsibility to fill up these posts.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Violation of Rule
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.3498 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Violation of Rule

3498. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the rules regarding elections to student bodies in Universities and educational institutions under the Ministry are being violated;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the remedial measures to be undertaken/being undertaken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether there is any provision that candidates who violate such rules would be barred from  contesting  elections  or  disqualified  from  their  posts  in  the  light  of  the  Lyngdoh Committee recommendations;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a) & (b): According to the University Grants Commission (UGC), no instance of violation of the recommendations  of the Lyngdoh  Committee  regarding elections to student bodies in Universities and Educational Institutions has come to their notice.
- (c) & (d):  As per Clause 6.6.3 of  the Lyngdoh Committee report 'the election of the candidate will  be  nullified  in  the  event  of  any  non-compliance  or  in  the  event  of  any  excessive expenditure.'
- (e):                  UGC  circulated  the  recommendations  of  the  Lyngdoh  Committee  among  all Universities/Colleges requesting them to ensure strict compliance of the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. The recommendations of the Committee are also available in UGC's Website (www.ugc.ac.in).

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