What happened: RUSA phase-3 and PM-USHA approvals for Maharashtra’s higher education projects

The Ministry of Education approved RUSA phase-3 and PM-USHA projects for the State of Maharashtra under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiya n (RUSA) framework. The approvals cover multiple higher-education components and provide the state-level sanctioned funding basis for project implementation.

Key approved numbers reported for Maharashtra are:

144 projects were approved under RUSA for Maharashtra.Rs. 1431.31 crore is the approved amount reported for these Maharashtra projects.61 projects were approved under the RUSA phase-3 component identified as PM-USHA (PM-USHA refers to the Prime Minister’s Scheme for Promotion of Multi-Disciplinary Education and Research).Rs. 814.24 crore is the approved amount for those 61 PM-USHA projects.5 projects were approved in the district of Jalgaon under the reported RUSA/PM-USHA approvals.Rs. 52 crore is the approved amount reported for Jalgaon district.2 projects worth Rs. 25 crore were approved in Jalgaon district under PM-USHA.

Background and earlier position: RUSA phase-3 and component categories inside PM-USHA

RUSA is a Government of India higher-education scheme that supports states through conditional funding linked to higher-education system improvements. PM-USHA is used here as the phase-3 sub-set of projects that focuses on multi-disciplinary education and research capacity building.

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