Parliament Question: Financial assistance under RUSA in Gujarat

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION Lok SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2427 ANSWERED ON 15.12.2025 Financial assistance under RUSA in Gujarat.

2427. Shri Rajesh Naranbhai Chudasama:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the total allocation made by the Government as financial assistance for various development purposes under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyaan (RUSA) for the State of Gujarat during the last five years, district-wise;

(b) whether the Government intends to allocate additional assistance for the said State to augment its higher education infrastructure, especially for women's colleges as a special component; and

(c) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a) to (c): The Department of Higher Education is implementing Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) which is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme aimed at funding specific State government universities and colleges, so as to improve their quality by ensuring their conformity to prescribed norms and standards. The government has launched the third phase of RUSA in June 2023 in the form of Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA) with an outlay of Rs. 12926.10 crore for the period 2023-24 to 2025-26 to cater to needs of educationally unserved/ underserved areas.

Under RUSA 1.0 and RUSA 2.0, a total of 96 projects for an amount of Rs 426.59 crore have been approved in the state of Gujarat. Furthermore, under PM-USHA, 30 projects, including the components of Multi-Disciplinary Education and Research Universities

(MERU), Grants to Strengthen Universities (GSU), Grants to Strengthen Colleges

(GSC) and Gender Inclusion and Equity Initiatives (GIEI), for a total amount of Rs.

419.15 Crore (central share of Rs. 253.15 Crore) have also been approved in Gujarat.

The district-wise details of projects approved in the last five years are at Annexure. *****Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2427 DATED 15.12.2025 ASKED BY SHRI RAJESH NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA REGARDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER RUSA IN GUJARAT.

District-wise details of projects approved in the last five years under PM-USHA. (Amount in Rs. Crore) Number of Total Amount S. No. District Projects Approved 1 Ahmadabad 3 35.00 2 Anand 1 20.00 Banas Kantha 1 5.00 3 4 Bharuch 1 5.00 5 Bhavnagar 1 5.00 6 Botad 1 5.00 7 Chhotaudepur 1 5.00 8 Dohad 2 15.00 9 Gandhinagar 1 5.00 Gir Somnath 1 5.00 10 11 Jamnagar 1 4.99 12 Junagadh 2 25.00 13 Kachchh 2 25.00 14 Kheda 1 5.00 Narmada 2 15.00 15 16 Navsari 1 5.00 17 Patan 1 5.00 18 Porbandar 1 5.00 19 Rajkot 2 105.00 20 Surat 2 105.00 21 Surendranagar 1 5.00 Valsad 1 5.00 22 State as a unit - 4.15 Grand Total 30 419.15