Lok Sabha Question No. 2392 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Funds for Higher Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. KARUNAKARAN

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2392 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2016

## Funds for Higher Education

2392. SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

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

- (a) the funds allocated for higher education in the country during the last three years and the current year;

- (b) the break-up  of  allocation of funds  for Central Universities, Indian  Institutes of Technology  (IITs)  and  Indian  Institutes  of  Management  (IIMs)  and  other  centres  of higher learning during the said period;

- (c) the details of subsidy provided per student for each category along with the number and amount of scholarships in these institutions during the same period;

- (d) the total number of additional seats created in each category of these institutions   during the last three years and the current year; and

- (e) the  comparison  of  allocations  to  higher  education  and  per  student  subsidy  with  the international  average  and  Brazil,  Russia,  India,  China  and  South  Africa  (BRICS) countries?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a): The funds allocated to Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development during the last three years and the current year is as follows:-
- (b):  The break-up of allocation of funds for Central Universities, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other centres of higher learning during the said period is at Annexure.
- (c) to (e): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

| Year    | Fund Allocated ( ` in crore)   |
|---------|--------------------------------|
| 2013-14 | 26,750                         |
| 2014-15 | 27,656                         |
| 2015-16 | 26,855                         |
| 2016-17 | 28,840                         |

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## Annexure as referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2392 for 01.08.2016 asked by Shri P. Karunakaran regarding Funds for Higher Education

## Plan & Non-Plan

(` in crore )

|   S.No. | Neme of the Schemes                                                                                                                                                                         | BE 2013- 14   | BE 2014- 15   | BE 2015- 16   | BE 2016- 17   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|       1 | U G C including CUs & Deemed University                                                                                                                                                     | 10783.74      | 9362.71       | 10000.45      |               |
|       2 | University Grants Commission (UGC)                                                                                                                                                          |               |               |               | 4491.94       |
|       3 | Central Universities                                                                                                                                                                        |               |               |               | 6355.93       |
|       4 | Deemed Universities                                                                                                                                                                         |               |               |               | 55.00         |
|       5 | Assistance to State Governments of Degree College                                                                                                                                           | 52.00         |               |               |               |
|       6 | Association of Indian Universities                                                                                                                                                          | 1.07          | 2.32          | 2.32          | 2.32          |
|       7 | Establishment of Tribunals, Accrediation Authority, NCHER and National Finance Corporation                                                                                                  | 1.00          | 0.01          | 0.01          | 0.10          |
|       8 | National Mission on Teachers and Teaching                                                                                                                                                   | 100.00        | 100.00        | 100.00        | 120.00        |
|       9 | National initative for quality higher education in Indian Languages                                                                                                                         | 1.00          | 0.01          | 0.01          | 0.50          |
|      10 | National Initiative for Excellance in humanities and social sciences                                                                                                                        | 210.95        | 263.48        | 256.10        | 269.81        |
|      11 | National initative on sports and wellness                                                                                                                                                   | 1.00          | 1.00          | 1.00          | 1.00          |
|      12 | National initative on inclusion of persons with disabilities in higher Education                                                                                                            | 1.00          | 1.00          | 1.00          | 2.00          |
|      13 | National initative to foster social responsibility                                                                                                                                          | 1.00          | 1.01          | 1.01          | 1.00          |
|      14 | Central University, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                          |               | 1.00          | 1.00          | 1.00          |
|      15 | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Tribal Universities                                                                                                                                              |               | 2.00          | 2.00          | 2.00          |
|      16 | Establishment of multi-disciplinary research universities and creation of Centres of Excellence and creating a system for research evaluation and setting up Centre for Research Evaluation | 1.00          | 110.00        | 110.00        | 10.00         |
|      17 | Support for skill -based higher education including community Colleges                                                                                                                      | 30.00         | 1.00          | 216.97        | 50.00         |
|      18 | Directorate of Hindi                                                                                                                                                                        | 28.48         | 29.21         | 43.90         | 46.53         |
|      19 | Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology                                                                                                                                         | 11.28         | 10.49         | 10.69         | 12.10         |
|      20 | Central Institute of Indian Languages(CIIL), Mysore & RLC (Bharatiya Bhasha Sansthan)                                                                                                       | 58.42         | 39.01         | 41.35         | 40.50         |
|      21 | Grants for promotion of Indian Languages                                                                                                                                                    | 313.02        | 297.97        | 321.24        | 333.15        |
|      22 | Interest Subsidy and contribution for guarantee funds                                                                                                                                       | 1100.00       | 2081.00       | 2130.00       | 1950.00       |
|      23 | Scholarship for College & University Students                                                                                                                                               | 350.00        | 245.00        | 270.00        | 270.00        |
|      24 | National Mission in Education through ICT                                                                                                                                                   | 400.00        | 200.00        | 200.00        | 200.00        |

|   25 | Assistance to IGNOU and State Open University                                     | 126.00   | 126.00   | 126.00   | 101.00   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|   26 | Setting up of virtual classrooms and massive open online courses (MOOCs)          |          | 100.00   | 150.00   | 75.00    |
|   27 | Consortium for Higher Education Electronic Resources/ e-Shodh Sindhu              |          | 225.00   | 225.00   | 235.00   |
|   28 | National Digital Library                                                          |          |          |          | 5.00     |
|   29 | Grants to National Book Trust/ Institutions for Book Promotion                    | 44.81    | 48.33    | 38.93    | 57.30    |
|   30 | Grants for Book Promotion Activities and Vol. Agencies                            | 0.02     | 0.02     | 0.02     | 0.02     |
|   31 | Promotion of copyright and IPR                                                    | 6.00     | 6.00     | 4.26     | 4.50     |
|   32 | National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)            | 31.27    | 29.63    | 31.18    | 33.70    |
|   33 | Auroville Management                                                              | 14.12    | 17.18    | 17.20    | 17.40    |
|   34 | Initiatives for global engagement                                                 | 59.25    | 55.00    | 30.00    | 25.00    |
|   35 | Strengthening of governance and accreditation system                              | 1.00     | 20.00    | 8.00     | 1.00     |
|   36 | Setting up of Institute/ Academies for academic Leadership                        | 1.00     |          |          |          |
|   37 | Strengthening statistical and public information system                           | 1.00     | 31.00    | 12.00    | 15.00    |
|   38 | Web based higher education data management system                                 | 1.00     |          |          |          |
|   39 | Centres for higher education research Conduct of longitudinal studies and surveys | 1.00     |          |          |          |
|   40 | Improvement in Salary Scales of University & College Teachers                     | 2250.00  | 1800.00  | 1200.00  | 1237.00  |
|   41 | Shastri Indo-Canadian Institutes                                                  | 2.77     | 2.77     | 2.77     | 2.77     |
|   42 | Refund of Income-Tax                                                              | 1.64     | 1.64     | 1.64     | 1.64     |
|   43 | National Research Professors                                                      | 1.30     | 1.30     | 1.30     | 1.30     |
|   44 | Other Items                                                                       | 0.10     | 0.01     | 0.01     | 0.01     |
|   45 | Setting up of Commonwealth University                                             | 5.00     | 6.00     | 6.00     | 6.00     |
|   46 | Scholarships to Students from Non-Hindi Speaking States/UTs                       | 1.50     | 0.10     | 0.10     | 0.10     |
|   47 | Indian Scholars Going Abroad - Scholarships offered by Foreign Governments        | 0.82     | 0.90     | 0.90     | 0.90     |
|   48 | Copyright Board                                                                   | 2.00     | 4.28     | 4.28     | 4.30     |
|   49 | Copyright Office                                                                  |          | 2.35     | 2.35     | 2.35     |
|   50 | National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions                         | 2.69     | 3.62     | 3.99     | 4.80     |
|   51 | NMCME                                                                             | 0.26     | 0.26     | 0.26     | 0.26     |
|   52 | INC/ UNESCO                                                                       | 12.28    | 12.28    | 16.28    | 16.45    |
|   53 | Exp.on Seminars, Committees, Meetings etc.TA/DA to Non-officials                  | 0.50     | 0.50     | 0.50     | 0.50     |
|   54 | Educational Institutions Abroad                                                   | 7.08     | 7.27     | 7.27     | 7.27     |
|   55 | Asian Institutes of Technology, Bangkok                                           | 0.36     | 0.36     | 0.36     | 0.50     |
|   56 | International Technical Cooperation                                               | 0.01     | 0.01     | 0.01     | 0.01     |
|   57 | Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Science & Technology Consortium    | 26.34    | 26.34    | 22.34    | 22.34    |

|   58 | SECRETARIAT                                                                                                                         | 90.42   | 99.99   | 99.99   | 95.99   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|   59 | Indian Institutes of Technology                                                                                                     | 3850.09 | 4076.02 | 3703.85 | 4548.51 |
|   60 | National Institutes of Technology                                                                                                   | 2109.08 | 2163.82 | 2124.98 | 2509.95 |
|   61 | Programme for Apprenticeship Training- Scholarships & Stipends                                                                      | 67.22   | 97.72   | 97.72   | 97.72   |
|   62 | Board of Apprenticeship Training, Bombay, Calcutta , Madras and Kanpur                                                              | 13.97   | 14.80   | 15.51   | 17.14   |
|   63 | Indian Institute of Management                                                                                                      | 388.78  | 305.00  | 305.00  | 540.00  |
|   64 | National Institutes of Tech.Teachers Trg. & Research.                                                                               | 96.54   | 96.50   | 100.55  | 119.75  |
|   65 | National Instt.of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai                                                                                    | 33.27   | 29.36   | 31.14   | 35.10   |
|   66 | All India Council for Technical Education                                                                                           | 421.00  | 276.00  | 276.00  | 481.00  |
|   67 | Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad                                                                                                     | 168.09  | 179.56  | 174.50  | 185.20  |
|   68 | Technical Education- Quality Improvement Programme of Govt. of India(EAP)                                                           | 400.00  | 450.00  | 376.98  | 250.00  |
|   69 | New School of Planning & Architecture (SPA)                                                                                         | 105.97  | 109.30  | 96.00   | 89.74   |
|   70 | Training & Research in Frontier Areas                                                                                               | 100.00  | 50.00   | 50.00   | 15.00   |
|   71 | Upgradation of Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology (IIEST) (BESU & CUSAT)                                       | 30.00   | 119.95  | 40.00   | 80.00   |
|   72 | Quality Improvement Programme for Management, pharmacy education and hotel management                                               | 1.00    | 0.01    | 0.01    | 1.00    |
|   73 | Setting up IIITs in PPP Mode                                                                                                        | 30.00   | 16.00   | 16.00   | 60.00   |
|   74 | Setting up of Inter -Institutional Centres, creation of Excellence Clusters and Network, Establishing alliances across institutions | 1.00    | 0.01    | 0.01    | 1.00    |
|   75 | Support to Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Indian Institute (s) of Science Education & Research (IISER)                      | 1092.43 | 1067.23 | 879.09  | 1102.52 |
|   76 | Support to Indian Institute (s) of Information Technology (Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Kanchipuram)                            | 247.14  | 231.84  | 179.25  | 187.50  |
|   77 | Assistance to other Institutes including SLIET, NERIST, NIFFT Ranchi, CIT Kokrajhar                                                 | 157.92  | 156.52  | 191.68  | 244.58  |
|   78 | National Initiative for Design Innovation                                                                                           | 25.00   | 45.00   | 35.00   | 35.00   |
|   79 | National Initiative for technology transfer                                                                                         | 25.00   | 35.00   | 25.00   | 50.00   |
|   80 | Support for the Polytechnics in the States                                                                                          | 700.00  |         |         |         |
|   81 | Setting up IITs/IIMs including upgrading 5 IITs/IIMs                                                                                |         | 500.00  | 1000.00 |         |
|   82 | Setting up New IITs                                                                                                                 |         |         |         | 190.00  |
|   83 | Setting up New IIMs                                                                                                                 |         |         |         | 160.00  |
|   84 | IITs, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                |         | 1.00    | 40.00   | 40.00   |
|   85 | NITs, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                |         | 1.00    | 40.00   | 40.00   |
|   86 | IIMs, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                |         | 1.00    | 40.00   | 30.00   |
|   87 | IISER , Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                              |         | 1.00    | 40.00   | 40.00   |
|   88 | IIITs , Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                              |         | 1.00    | 45.00   | 20.00   |

| 89   | IIT, Hyderabad (EAP)                              | 50.00    | 55.00    | 55.00    |   20.00 |
|------|---------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| 90   | Implementation of the IMPRINT research initiative |          |          |          |      50 |
| 91   | National Institutional Ranking Framework          |          |          |          |       5 |
| 92   | Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan                             |          |          |          |      10 |
| 93   | Uchhatar Aavishakar Abhiyan                       |          |          |          |      75 |
| 94   | Global Initiative for Academic Network (GIAN)     |          |          |          |      20 |
| 95   | Rashtriya Uchcha Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)           | 500.00   | 2200.00  | 1155.00  |    1300 |
|      | TOTAL: D/O HE                                     | 26750.00 | 27656.00 | 26855.26 |   28840 |