DU colleges fail to use up OBC development fund
26 Oct 2012 6:02 AM IST
Only 25 per cent of the Other Backward Class (OBC) fund has been utilised by the various colleges of Delhi University, in the last four years.
According to the data with Millennium Post, the OBC fund was alloted by University Grants Commission (UGC) to 39 colleges of Delhi University in 2008 for the upliftment and betterment of OBC educational amenities, but it is being under utilised.
Total Rs 702 crore and 37 lakh has been alloted to all DU colleges, out of which Rs 409 crore has been alloted to 39 colleges in eight instalments to be utilised within five years, but in last four years, the various colleges of DU were able to utilise only Rs 105 crore.
Aatma Ram Sanatan Dharma (ARSD) got Rs 12 crore 86 lakh out of which the college spent only Rs 40 lakh.
College of Vocational Studies (CVS) got Rs 8 crore 94 lakh out of which only Rs 22 lakh was spent. According to Inderjeet Dagar, principal of CVS, ‘We were busy working towards an approval from Municipal Corporation of Delhi to construct a new building. May be, the end of next month we will spend the whole amount. The work is still going on,’ he added.
Partibha Jolly, Miranda House principal alleged that data is wrong. According to the data, Miranda House got Rs 13 crore 38 lakh out of which Rs 2 crore 45 lakh has been spent in non-recurring expenses, Rs 2 crore 63 towards OBC teaching grant and Rs 1 crore 54 lakh has been spent for the repair and renovation of the college. The college has spent Rs 6 crore 64 lakh out of Rs 13 crore 13 lakh.
However, there is one exception: Kirori Mal College (KMC) got Rs 17 crore 16 lakh, and spent Rs 17 crore 73 lakh. Baleshwar Rao, KMC management committee chairman, said, ‘We have utilised the entire fund that is alloted by the UGC to us. Some colleges could not even use half of the amount,’ he added.
According to the data with Millennium Post, the OBC fund was alloted by University Grants Commission (UGC) to 39 colleges of Delhi University in 2008 for the upliftment and betterment of OBC educational amenities, but it is being under utilised.
Total Rs 702 crore and 37 lakh has been alloted to all DU colleges, out of which Rs 409 crore has been alloted to 39 colleges in eight instalments to be utilised within five years, but in last four years, the various colleges of DU were able to utilise only Rs 105 crore.
Aatma Ram Sanatan Dharma (ARSD) got Rs 12 crore 86 lakh out of which the college spent only Rs 40 lakh.
College of Vocational Studies (CVS) got Rs 8 crore 94 lakh out of which only Rs 22 lakh was spent. According to Inderjeet Dagar, principal of CVS, ‘We were busy working towards an approval from Municipal Corporation of Delhi to construct a new building. May be, the end of next month we will spend the whole amount. The work is still going on,’ he added.
Partibha Jolly, Miranda House principal alleged that data is wrong. According to the data, Miranda House got Rs 13 crore 38 lakh out of which Rs 2 crore 45 lakh has been spent in non-recurring expenses, Rs 2 crore 63 towards OBC teaching grant and Rs 1 crore 54 lakh has been spent for the repair and renovation of the college. The college has spent Rs 6 crore 64 lakh out of Rs 13 crore 13 lakh.
However, there is one exception: Kirori Mal College (KMC) got Rs 17 crore 16 lakh, and spent Rs 17 crore 73 lakh. Baleshwar Rao, KMC management committee chairman, said, ‘We have utilised the entire fund that is alloted by the UGC to us. Some colleges could not even use half of the amount,’ he added.
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