Question : LAND FOR SETTING UP OF CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES

 

(a)     the names of the States who have provided/are likely to provide land for setting up of Central Universities in the country, State-wise;

(b)     whether the construction of the said universities has been started on the land provided by the States;

(c)    if so, the distance of said universities from the capital of States alongwith the details of infrastructure facilities available there, State-wise; and

(d)    the details of the amount proposed to be spent on the construction of these Universities, State-wise?  

  THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. D. PURANDESWARI)

(a)    States of Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu where the new Central Universities were established through the Central Universities Act 2009 have provided land for setting up of Central Universities. States of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir have identified the land.  However, possession has not been handed-over to the concerned Universities.  The site identified by Government of Bihar was not found suitable and an alternate location at Gaya has been proposed by the Central Government.

(b)   & (c)

S.No	Name of the University	Location of the Permanent Campus/Distance from the	State Capital and Status of Construction
1.	Central University of Bihar	State Government has offered sites at Motihari which is 165 kms	from State capital, which the Site Selection Committee not found	suitable.  The Central Government has since proposed an alternate	site at Gaya belonging to the Defence Ministry which is 85 kms	from Patna and 25 kms from the local international airport.
2.	Central University of Gujarat	Site for the permanent campus identified in Gandhinagar (Lekawada).	Construction at the place to begin after formal transfer of the	land by the State Government.
3.	Central University of Haryana	Mahendragarh. 150 Km from I.G.I. Airport N.Delhi and 400 Km from	the State Capital, Chandigarh Construction has started
4.	Central Univ. of Himachal Pr.	Two campuses at Dharamshala and Dehra, Kangra District are 250 kms	and 195 kms respectively from State capital.  Construction can	start only after formal transfer of land by the State Government.
5.	Central Univ. of Jharkhand	Ranchi, capital of the State.  Preparatory work for starting	construction has been initiated.
6.	Central Univ. of Karnataka	Gulbarga, 600 Km from State capital & 220 km from the nearest	airport, Hyderabad.  Construction work is in progress
7.	Central University of Kashmir	Ganderbal, 20 kms from Srinagar. Construction can start only	after formal transfer of land by the State Government.
8.	Central University of Kerala	Periya, Kasargod, 600 kms from Trivandrum, 70 Kms from Mangalore	airport.  Possession of land has been taken by the University	on 18th March 2012.
9.	Central University of Orissa	Sonabeda, 25 kms from Koraput town on NH 43, 570 km. by rail	from State Capital.  Construction of campus has started.
10.	Central University of Punjab	Village Ghudda, Bathinda.245 Km from Chandigarh Construction	work is in progress
11.	Central Univ. of Rajasthan	Kishangarh, Ajmer. 80 kms from the State capital.  Construction	work is in progress.
12.	Central Univ. of Tamil Nadu	Thiruvarur, 330 kms from State capital. Nearest airport is 130 Km.	away, Construction work is in progress.
13.	Central University of Jammu	Vill. Bagla in Samba District, 22 km. from Jammu (winter capital	of State).  Construction can start only after formal transfer of	land by the State Government.