(a) whether the Government has any details of the projects run by the National
Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in the country and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government has any data for the income and expenses of NIOS;
and
(c) if so, the details thereof along with the details of profit from the projects run by
NIOS during the last five years, State/ UT/year-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)
(a): The details of projects run by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) are
as under.
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Sl. No. Name of Project
01 Adolescence Education Programme (AEP)
02 ASHA(Accredited Social Health Activist) Project
03 PMG-DISHA – PradhanMantriGramin Digital SakshartaAbhiyan
04 National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA)
05 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
06 Rural Entrepreneurship Programme (REP)
07 Ministry of Textiles – Providing Training & Education to Handicraft
Workers and their families
08 Research Study at Varanasi- Conducting of survey to develop
course for weaver community and their families
09 National Council for promotion of Sindhi Language - Design and
Development of Sindhi Language
10 Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Nagaland)
11 Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Himachal Pradesh)
12 Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Meghalaya)
13 Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Jammu & Kashmir)
14 Diploma in Elementary Education(D.El.Ed) ( Jharkhand)
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(b) and (c): The detail of Income and Expenditure of NIOS accounts during the last
five years are as under:-
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(Amount in Rupees)
Financial
Year
Income Expenditure Surplus/deficit
2012-13 140,93,03,335 106, 94, 29,978 33,98,73,357
2013-14 135,66,54,436 125,31,17,482 10,35,36,954
2014-15 177,78,73,614 140,13,49,539 37,65,24,075
2015-16 205,45,63,589 156,17,37,563 49,28,26,026
2016-17 210,01,11,694 115,88,83,351 94,12,28,343
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All these projects are ongoing, hence, no profit/loss is worked out by NIOS at
present.
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