Lok Sabha Question No. 2369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Recognition of Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DALPAT SINGH PARASTE

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2369 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH  MAY, 2016

## Recognition of Colleges

†2369. SHRI DALPAT SINGH PARASTE:

- Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the number of colleges across the country that have applied for inclusion under section 2(f) and 12(b) of the UGC act, 1956 during the last three years, Statewise/College-wise; (b) whether applications of certain colleges have been rejected; (c) if so, the details thereof; (d) whether  colleges  of  Maharashtra  including  colleges  located  in  Parbhani  District have also applied for the same; (e) if  so, the details of colleges whose application has been rejected along with the reasons therefor; and whether the Government is aware of any irregularities that have been committed in the said process to granting recognition to the colleges under the said sections of the

(f) UGC; and if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a): The details are at Annexure-I . (b) & (c): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that no application has been  rejected  by  them.  However,  proposals  which  are  not  supported  by  the  requisite authenticated  documents  and/or  not  in  correct  proforma  are  communicated  to  the college concerned. On receipt of the relevant and complete documents, the proposal(s) are  processed  to  include  the  college(s)  under  Section  2(f)  and  12(b)  of  the  UGC  Act 1956. The details are at Annexure-I . (d): The UGC has informed that no proposal has been received from colleges located in Parbhani  District  in  last  three  years.  However,  proposals  have  been  received  from colleges of Maharashtra State. (e): Does not arise in view of (b), (c) and (d) above. (f): The UGC has informed that no such irregularities came to the notice of the UGC.

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## Annexure - I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2369  FOR  09.05.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  DALPAT  SINGH  PARASTE,  HON'BLE MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING RECOGNITION OF COLLEGES.

|                           |   Number of proposals received in |   Number of proposals received in |   Number of proposals received in | Total no. of proposals   | College                   | Total no. of proposals under consideration                                |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                     |                              2013 |                              2014 |                              2015 | received                 | included under 2(f)/12(B) | due to in- complete documents/ information from the college(s) as on date |
| Andaman & Nicobar         |                                 0 |                                 0 |                                 0 | 0                        | 0                         | 0                                                                         |
| Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana |                                45 |                                48 |                                23 | 116                      | 75                        | 41                                                                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |                                 1 |                                 0 |                                 0 | 1                        | 1                         | 0                                                                         |
| Assam                     |                                20 |                                15 |                                10 | 45                       | 30                        | 15                                                                        |
| Bihar                     |                                 9 |                                 5 |                                12 | 26                       | 8                         | 18                                                                        |
| Chandigarh                |                                 0 |                                 0 |                                 2 | 2                        | 1                         | 1                                                                         |
| Chhattisgarh              |                                22 |                                31 |                                25 | 78                       | 44                        | 34                                                                        |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli    |                                 0 |                                 0 |                                 0 | 0                        | 0                         | 0                                                                         |
| Daman & Diu               |                                 0 |                                 0 |                                 1 | 1                        | 0                         | 1                                                                         |
| Delhi                     |                                 1 |                                 0 |                                14 | 15                       | 4                         | 11                                                                        |
| Goa                       |                                 0 |                                 2 |                                 1 | 3                        | 1                         | 2                                                                         |
| Gujarat                   |                                60 |                                10 |                                16 | 86                       | 58                        | 28                                                                        |
| Haryana                   |                                 4 |                                 4 |                                 8 | 16                       | 9                         | 7                                                                         |
| Himachal Pradesh          |                                 5 |                                 5 |                                 4 | 14                       | 1                         | 13                                                                        |
| Jammu & Kashmir           |                                14 |                                 6 |                                 6 | 26                       | 10                        | 16                                                                        |
| Jharkhand                 |                                 9 |                                 4 |                                 1 | 14                       | 11                        | 3                                                                         |
| Karnataka                 |                                41 |                                83 |                                86 | 210                      | 97                        | 113                                                                       |
| Kerala                    |                                 3 |                                 8 |                                 6 | 17                       | 8                         | 9                                                                         |
| Lakshadweep               |                                 0 |                                 0 |                                 0 | 0                        | 0                         | 0                                                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh            |                                14 |                                38 |                                16 | 68                       | 27                        | 41                                                                        |
| Maharashtra               |                                50 |                                49 |                                66 | 165                      | 84                        | 81                                                                        |
| Manipur                   |                                 0 |                                 2 |                                 2 | 4                        | 3                         | 1                                                                         |
| Meghalaya                 |                                 0 |                                 0 |                                 0 | 0                        | 0                         | 0                                                                         |
| Mizoram                   |                                 0 |                                 1 |                                 2 | 3                        | 1                         | 2                                                                         |
| Nagaland                  |                                 4 |                                 1 |                                 0 | 5                        | 5                         | 0                                                                         |
| Odisha                    |                                13 |                                14 |                                27 | 54                       | 33                        | 21                                                                        |
| Puducherry                |                                 0 |                                 0 |                                 2 | 2                        | 0                         | 2                                                                         |
| Punjab                    |                                13 |                                 4 |                                 4 | 21                       | 17                        | 4                                                                         |
| Rajasthan                 |                                23 |                                13 |                                19 | 55                       | 28                        | 27                                                                        |
| Sikkim                    |                                 0 |                                 0 |                                 2 | 2                        | 1                         | 1                                                                         |
| Tamil Nadu                |                                37 |                                55 |                                60 | 152                      | 79                        | 73                                                                        |
| Tripura                   |                                 0 |                                 1 |                                 1 | 2                        | 1                         | 1                                                                         |
| Uttar Pradesh             |                               158 |                               204 |                               217 | 579                      | 485                       | 94                                                                        |
| Uttarakhand               |                                 0 |                                 8 |                                 4 | 12                       | 7                         | 5                                                                         |
| West Bengal               |                                18 |                                 9 |                                11 | 38                       | 23                        | 15                                                                        |
| Total                     |                               564 |                               620 |                               648 | 1832                     | 1152                      | 680                                                                       |