(a) whether the Government has any plan to set up a 1000 room hostel in the capital exclusively for students from the North-East as reported in Hindustan Times daily July 9, 2005;
(b) if so, whether the Government has any plan to set up separate hostels for the students from Southern and Western States; and
(c) if not, the reasons for setting up separate hostels on the basis of regions?
MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI P.R.KYNDIAH)
(a): Government is considering to create additional hostel accommodation in Delhi for the students from the North Eastern Region.
(b): No such proposal is under consideration.
(c): North Eastern Region is the farthest land-locked region of the country. Addition of hostel accommodation facilities for the students from that region, most of whom come from poor families and cannot afford to stay in rented houses paying exorbitant rents, would help them in pursuing their higher studies in Delhi.