(a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for construction of girls hostels in polytechnics in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and location-wise;
(c) the amount of grants allocated/likely to be allocated and released for the said purpose; and
(d) the time by which the scheme is likely to be implemented?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) to (d) : Yes, Madam. The Government has approved a scheme for construction of Women’s Hostels in the existing polytechnics in the country. As per the scheme, the Government and Government aided polytechnics in the country are eligible to receive financial assistance. A sum of Rs. 500 crores has been allocated for providing financial assistance to 500 polytechnics subject to a maximum of Rs. 1.00 crore per polytechnic. The scheme has already been launched and partial financial assistance has been sanctioned to 496 Polytechnics in the country. The state-wise number of polytechnics provided partial financial assistance under the scheme in the country is as follows:
State/UT No. of State/UT No. of Polytechnics Polytechnics Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 Madhya Pradesh 38 Andhra Pradesh 46 Maharashtra 34 Arunachal Pradesh 1 Manipur 1 Assam 9 Mizoram 2 Bihar 13 Nagaland 3 Chandigarh 1 Odisha 13 Chhattisgarh 10 Puducherry 1 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 Punjab 6 Gujarat 19 Rajasthan 26 Haryana 11 Sikkim 2 Himachal Pradesh 9 Tamil Nadu 24 Jammu & Kashmir 6 Tripura 2 Jharkhand 14 Uttar Pradesh 53 Karnataka 57 Uttarakhand 25 Kerala 41 West Bengal 27