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Rusa

Rusa :

Vision

To attain higher levels of access, equity and excellence in the State higher education system with greater efficiency, transparency, accountability and responsiveness.

Key Features

  • Norm-based and performance-based funding.
  • Commitment by States and institutions to certain academic, administrative and governance reforms will be a precondition for receiving funding.
  • Funds would flow from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (M.H.R.D.) to universities and colleges, through the State governments.
  • Funding to the States would be made on the basis of critical appraisal of State Higher Education Plans (S.H.E.Ps). S.H.E.P. should address each State’s strategy to address issues of equity, access and excellence.
  • Each institution will have to prepare an Institutional Development Plan (I.D.P.) for all the components listed under the Scheme. It will be aggregated at the State level, after imposing a super layer of State relevant components into the S.H.E.P..
  • State higher education councils (S.H.E.C.) will have to undertake planning and evaluation, in addition to other monitoring and capacity building functions.
  • S.H.E.C. will be the key institution at the state level to channelize resources to the institutions from the State budget.
  • U.G.C. Schemes such as development grants for State universities and colleges, one-time catch up grants, etc. will be dove-tailed in RUSA. Individual oriented schemes would continue to be handled by U.G.C..
  • Centre-State funding would be in the ratio of 90:10 for North-Eastern States, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and 65:35 for Other States and Union Territories (U.Ts).
  • Funding will be provided for government-aided institutions for permitted activities, based on certain norms and parameters, and in a ratio of 50:50.
  • States would be free to mobilize private sector participation (including donations and philanthropic grants) through innovative means, limited to a ceiling of 50% of the State share (see chapter 6 of RUSA document for more details).
  • State-wise allocations would be decided on the basis of a formulaic entitlement index which would factor in the population size of the relevant age group, G.E.R. and Gender Parity Index (G.P.I.) across categories, State expenditure on higher education, institutional density, teacher-student ratio, issues of access, equity and quality and excellence in higher education, etc. Further allocation of funds would be dependent upon performance of the state and its demonstrated commitment to the reforms agenda.

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