Question : RURAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTES

(a) whether the Government has received any proposals from the States to set up more rural management institutes on the lines of ANAND: and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard particularly in respect of Andhra Pradesh?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRADEEP JAIN `ADITYA`)

(a) No such proposal has been received in the Ministry of Rural Development.

(b) Does not arise.