Ragging plaints have doubled in 3 yrs: Javadekar

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New Delhi:

The number of complaints of ragging in universities and higher educational institutions doubled in the last three years, human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar told the Rajya Sabha on Monday, citing data from the University Grants Commission (UGC).

The number of complaints of ragging received in 2015 were 423, most of them from West Bengal. The number rose to 901 in 2017. Last year, maximum complaints were received from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. “Out of a total of 1,839 complaints of ragging received by the UGC during the last three years, students have been punished in 812 cases,” Javadekar said.

No complaints were received from Nagaland, Andaman and Nicobar, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep.

HECI won't impinge rights of states, won't affect reservation policy. In order to dissuade the growing concern by members over Higher Education Commission of India replacing UGC, the government asserted that HECI would be an “independent” body and that rights of states would not be affected.

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