Alleged Discrimination in Existing Institutions
None of the premier institutions of national importance are located in the eastern state of Orissa. In terms of per capita funding received from the HRD ministry, it is among the bottom-most of all states. The only states below it are Bihar, Rajasthan, and a few very small states in the north eastern region. There have been estimates of the amount of HRD funding received by each state within the Indian union. One recently published estimate is provided in the table below.
| State | Total2 | Per capita | Times Orissa | State | Total* | Per capita | Times Orissa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 124.60 | 16 | 3.94 | Arunachal Pradesh | 14.5 | 127.00 | 31.2 |
| Assam | 225.74 | 82.00 | 20.13 | Bihar | 15.38 | 1.87 | 0.46 |
| Chhattisgarh | 15.38 | 17.40 | 1.82 | Delhi | 262.83 | 177.12 | 43.49 |
| Goa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Gujarat | 25.63 | 4.87 | 1.20 |
| Haryana | 18.85 | 8.52 | 2.09 | Himachal Pradesh | 21.18 | 33.79 | 8.30 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 15.38 | 14.51 | 3.56 | Jharkhand | 43.64 | 16.22 | 3.98 |
| Karnataka | 136.63 | 25.13 | 6.17 | Kerala | 25.63 | 7.90 | 1.94 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 42.61 | 7.20 | 1.77 | Maharashtra | 172.03 | 17.09 | 4.20 |
| Manipur | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Meghalaya | 54.61 | 225.10 | 55.27 |
| Mizoram | 54.61 | 584.05 | 143.40 | Nagaland | 54.61 | 249.01 | 61.14 |
| Orissa | 15.38 | 4.07 | 1.00 | Punjab | 33.55 | 13.34 | 3.27 |
| Rajasthan | 15.38 | 2.59 | 0.64 | Sikkim | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tamil Nadu | 112.77 | 17.79 | 4.37 | Tripura | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Uttarakhand | 89.40 | 105.42 | 25.88 | Uttar Pradesh | 293.53 | 17.08 | 4.19 |
| West Bengal | 232.71 | 28.10 | 6.90 | India Total | 2102.31 | 20.00 | 4.91 |
*in crore (=10,000,000) rupees
The non-allocation of quality educational institutions to the state of Orissa by New Delhi has been interpreted by various quarters, ranging from politicians to Oriya academics living abroad, as proof of discrimination against the state by the HRD ministry. Orissa, which has 3.6% of the population of India, receives a minuscule 0.73% of the allocated budget This, it is claimed falls within the purview of a larger pattern of what the national media has labelled as the "step-motherly treatment" meted out to Orissa by the government of India.
Read more about this topic: Higher Education Controversy In Orissa
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