(a) whether the Union Government has received any proposals from the State Governments
including Gujarat for setting up of Model Degree Colleges in their States;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(c) the time by which these proposals are likely to be approved?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)
(a) to (c): Yes, Madam. As per the information made available to us by the University Grants
Commission (UGC), under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme to set up a Model Degree College in
each of the identified 374 Educationally Backward Districts (EBDs), a total of 155 proposals
have been received as on December, 2012, of which, 86 have been approved. The state-wise
details are annexed.
Twenty proposals have been received for the twenty educationally backward districts
identified in Gujarat, out of which 19 proposals have been approved and grants released by the
UGC. One proposal for the Govt. Science College, Kachchh have been rejected as the affiliating
university is not covered under Section 12B of the UGC Act, 1956. The details of the proposal
received from the state governments are available at http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/
files/Status_MDCs.pdf.