THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (PROF. K.V. THOMAS)
(a) There are 43 State Agricultural Universities, 01 Central Agricultural
University, 05 Deemed University in the field of agriculture.
The State-wise break-up of these Universities is as under:-
Assam (01), Andhra Pradesh (03), Bihar (01), Chhatisgarh (01), Gujarat (04), Haryana (01),
Himachal Pradesh (02), Jammu & Kashmir (02), Jharkhand (01), Karnataka (04), Kerala (01),
Madhya Pradesh (02), Maharashtra (05), Orissa (01), Punjab (02), Rajasthan (02), Tamil Nadu(02), Uttar Pradesh (04), Uttaranchal (01) and West Bengal (03).
There are 05 Deemed Universities in Delhi (01), Uttar Pradesh (02), Haryana (01) and
Maharashtra (01).
There is one Central Agricultural University in Manipur.
Apart from above, ICAR provides limited financial assistance to 04 Central Universities
with agricultural faculties located at: Uttar Pradesh (02), West Bengal (01) and
Nagaland (01).
(b) & (c): Setting up of Agricultural University is carried out by respective State
Government as agriculture, including higher agricultural education is a State subject.
In so far as setting up Central Agricultural University (CAUs) are concerned, there is
a CAU already functioning in NEH Region, and an in-principal approval for establishment
of CAU at Bundelkhand (Jhansi), Barapani (Meghalaya) and in Bihar by converting the
existing SAU.
(d) The details of the allocation made during each of the last three years, and the
current year, are given in the enclosed Annexure-I.
(e) & (f) : The Agricultural Universities have utilized funds for the purpose it was
given.
