(a) whether the National Knowledge Commission has submitted
around 300 recommendations;
(b) If so, the details thereof;
(c) The number of recommendations accepted and implemented;
(d) Whether many of them are not implemented; and
(e) If so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR PALIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND PLANNING (SHRI RAJEEV SHUKLA)
(a) & (b): Yes, the National Knowledge Commission has submitted around 300
recommendations.
The recommendations were on the following 27 subjects in the form of letters to the Prime
Minister during the years from 2006 to 2009: ‘Report to the Nation 2006-2009’.
(i) Libraries (ii) Translation (iii) Language (iv) National Knowledge Network (v) Right to
Education (vi) Vocational Education and Training (vii) Higher Education (viii) National Science
and Social Science Foundation (ix) E-Governance (x) Health Information Network (xi)
Portals(xii) Open Educational Resources (xiii) Legal Education (xiv) Medical Education (xv)
Management Education (xvi) Open and Distance Education (xvii) Intellectual Property Rights
(xviii) Innovation (xix) Traditional Health Systems (xx) Legal Framework for Public Funded
Research (xxi) School Education (xxii) Engineering education (xxiii) More Talented students in
Maths and Science (xxiv) More Quality Ph.Ds (xxv) Entrepreneurship (xxvi) Knowledge
Applications in Agriculture (xxvii) Knowledge Applications for Enhancing Quality of Life.
All the recommendations are available on NKC website in 10 languages.
(c) to (e) The specific recommendations of the NKC have been used as an input in preparation
of the XIth and XIIth Five Year Plan. The XI Plan placed high priority on education as a central
instrument. This was reflected in the allocation of four fold increase over the Tenth Plan. The
XIIth Plan has been approved by NDC in its meeting held on 27.12.2012.