Lok Sabha Question No. 1184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: Mission on Education
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. 1184 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016

## Mission on Education

1184.  SHRI OM BIRLA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the  details  of  funds  spent  for  National  Mission  on  Education  through  Information  and Communication Technology (NMEICT) during the last three years, State-wise; (b) the  details  of  institutes  including  colleges,  polytechnics  and  universities  provided  with connectivity  in  Rajasthan  under  NMEICT  during  the  said  period  along  with  the  number  of connections and their speed of internet, State-wise and location-wise; (c) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  the  campus  connect  programme,  Statewise; and (d) the  details  of  the  colleges  covered  under  the  campus  connect  programme  in  the  State  of

- Rajasthan?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMIRTI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  The details of the funds spent for the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) in the past three years is at Annexure - I . (b)  to  (d)  So  far,  (438)  universities,  IITs,  IIITs,  NITs,  IIMs  &  SPAs  have  been  provided  1  GB Connectivity under the National Knowledge  Network  (NKN)  and  22,029 Colleges and Polytechnics have been provided 10 Mbps Connectivity under NMEICT. In Rajasthan, 37 universities and one IIT have been provided 1 GB NKN connectivity and 1,356 Colleges  and  Polytechnics  have  been  provided  10  Mbps  Connectivity  under  NMEICT.  The details  of  Institutions,  State-wise,  in  which  internet  connectivity  has  been  provided  is  given  in Annexure - II .  The details of funds released to BSNL & MTNL for connectivity during the last three years under NMEICT is in Annexure - III .

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## Annexure - I

## Annexure referred to in reply of Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Ouestion No. 1184 for 02.05.2016 regarding 'Mission on Education'

## Details of funds spent under the NMEICT Programme in the last three years

|   S. No. | Financial Year   |   Amount Released (Rs. in Crores) |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | 2013-2014        |                            120.55 |
|        2 | 2014-2015        |                             81.69 |
|        3 | 2015-2016        |                             74.64 |

## Annexure - II

## Annexure referred to in reply of Part (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Ouestion No. 1184 for 02.05.2016 regarding 'Mission on Education'

| STATE / UT        |   Numbers of Universities, IIT, IIIT, NIT, IIM and SPA |   Numbers of Colleges/Polytechnics Connected |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar |                                                      0 |                                            6 |
| Andhra Pradesh    |                                                     19 |                                         2723 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                                      2 |                                            8 |
| Assam             |                                                      8 |                                          360 |
| Bihar             |                                                     17 |                                          552 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                                                     10 |                                          266 |
| Delhi             |                                                      8 |                                           74 |
| Goa               |                                                      2 |                                           38 |
| Gujarat           |                                                     25 |                                         1210 |
| Haryana           |                                                     13 |                                          766 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                                                      4 |                                          128 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                      8 |                                          186 |
| Jharkhand         |                                                      9 |                                          236 |
| Karnataka         |                                                     31 |                                         3149 |
| Kerala            |                                                     16 |                                         1064 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                                                     20 |                                          865 |
| Maharashtra       |                                                     29 |                                         2239 |
| Manipur           |                                                      3 |                                           59 |
| Meghalaya         |                                                      3 |                                           44 |
| Mizoram           |                                                      1 |                                           24 |
| Nagaland          |                                                      1 |                                           37 |
| Orissa            |                                                     15 |                                          932 |
| Pondicherry       |                                                      2 |                                            0 |
| Punjab            |                                                      7 |                                          628 |
| Rajasthan         |                                                     38 |                                         1356 |
| Sikkim            |                                                      3 |                                            4 |
| Tamilnadu         |                                                     51 |                                         1561 |
| Telangana         |                                                     14 |                                            0 |
| Tripura           |                                                      2 |                                           34 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                                                     44 |                                         2636 |
| Uttarakhand       |                                                     13 |                                          232 |
| West Bengal       |                                                     20 |                                          612 |
| Grand Total       |                                                    438 |                                        22029 |

## Annexure - III

## Annexure referred to in reply of Part (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Ouestion No. 1184 for 02.05.2016 regarding 'Mission on Education'

## Funds released for campus connectivity to BSNL / MTNL

|   S. No. | Financial Year   |   Amount Released (Rs. in Crores) |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | 2013-14          |                             44.21 |
|        2 | 2014-15          |                              0    |
|        3 | 2015-16          |                             47.34 |