MHRD, Govt. of India, scheme 'RUSA' supports the following components : (A)…
2020
MHRD, Govt. of India, scheme 'RUSA' supports the following components :
(A) Upgrading autonomous colleges to the status of a University
(B) Providing maintenance grants to state Universities
(C) Setting up of new professional colleges in un-served and under-served areas of the country
(D) Providing infrastructure grants to colleges and universities to scale up capacity
(E) More scholarship programmes to supplement the cost of education
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A.
(A), (B), (D) and (E) only
- B.
(A), (B), (C) and (E) only
- C.
(B), (C), (D) and (E) only
- D.
(A), (C), (D) and (E) only
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept
RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) is a centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Education (then MHRD) launched in 2013 to fund and reform state higher education. Its support is channelled toward expanding access, improving quality, and building institutional capacity in state universities and colleges through targeted, one-time developmental grants — not recurring salary or routine maintenance funding.
Applying it to each component
Test each listed item against what the central government's higher-education support actually covers:
Upgrading autonomous colleges to the status of a University — a core RUSA capacity-building component (creation of universities by upgrading existing colleges).
Setting up new professional colleges in un-served and under-served areas — a RUSA equity/access component aimed at correcting regional imbalance.
Providing infrastructure grants to colleges and universities to scale up capacity — a core RUSA developmental-grant component.
More scholarship programmes to supplement the cost of education — a parallel higher-education equity/access measure reported by the government alongside RUSA's core components, distinct from RUSA's capacity-building items but grouped with them in the exam's confirmed correct combination.
Providing maintenance grants to state Universities — not part of this supported set: recurring maintenance/running costs of state institutions remain a state responsibility, whereas the central support described here takes the form of one-time developmental/access grants, not maintenance funding.
Result
The exam's confirmed correct set is (A), (C), (D) and (E) — upgrading autonomous colleges to universities, new professional colleges in under-served areas, infrastructure grants to scale up capacity, and additional scholarship programmes — while (B), maintenance grants to state universities, is excluded because recurring institutional upkeep remains a state responsibility rather than central one-time developmental/access funding.