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  • Just refer to the list of such institutions in the Moily Committee report for confirmation of this: AP (NIT, Hyderabad University (U), Maulana Azad Urdu U), Arunachal (none), Assam (NIT, IIT, Assam U, Tezpur U), Bihar (NIT), Chhattisgarh (NIT), Delhi (IIT, JNU, U Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, SPA), Goa (none), Gujarat (IIM, NIT), Haryana (NIT), HP (NIT), J&K (NIT), Jharkhand (NIT, NITTR, ISM), Karnataka (NIT, IISc, IIM), Kerala (NIT, IIM), MP (IIM, NIT, NITTR, two IIITs), Maharashtra (NIT, NITIE, IIT, MG Hindi U), Manipur (Manipur U), Meghalaya (NEHU), Mizoram (Mizoram U), Nagaland (Nagaland U), Orissa (NIT), Punjab (NIT, SLIET), Rajasthan (NIT), Sikkim (none), TN (NIT, IIT, NITTR), Tripura (NIT), Uttaranchal (IIT), UP (NIT, IIM, IIT, IIIT, BHU, Allahabad U, Ambedkar U), West Bengal (NIT, IIT, IIM, Viswa Bharati, NITTR), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (none), Chandigarh (NITTR), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (none), Daman and Diu (none), Lakshadweep (none) and Puducherry (Pondicherry U).

    The sizes of the above states and UTs vary and institutions in some of them are local to a significant urban population in neighbouring states. For instance, institutions in Delhi are local to the people of UP and Haryana, and institutions in and around Chandigarh are local to a large populace of both Punjab and Haryana. The different institutes mentioned above have different budgets, with the IITs/IISc having the highest budgets. But the exact budget details are not easily available to make an accurate calculation of how much money the HRD ministry spends in various states. A rough calculation cited at http://equitableindia.org, based on the 2006-07 budget, shows Delhi (Rs 183.08), West Bengal (Rs 41.20) and Karnataka (Rs 33.4) at the top with Orissa (Rs 4.07), Rajasthan (Rs 2.59), and Bihar (Rs 1.87) at the bottom among the larger states. Not surprisingly as per the NSSO study of 2004-2005 Orissa is also at the bottom of most higher education parameters.

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