The Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) initiative has been authorized for continuance till 31.03.2026 or until further review, whichever comes first. The plan calls for total spending of Rs. 12929.16 crore, with the Central Share amounting to Rs. 8120.97 crore and the State Share amounting to Rs. 4808.19 crore. Under the new phase of the scheme, it is planned to assist around 1600 projects.
The Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), a Centrally Sponsored Plan (CSS), is an umbrella scheme that operates in mission mode to fund state government universities and colleges in order to fulfil the goals of fairness, access, and excellence.
The next phase of RUSA aims to reach unserved and underserved regions, as well as remote/rural areas, challenging geographies, LWE areas, NER, aspirational districts, tier-2 cities, places with low GER, and to help the most disadvantaged areas and SDGs.
The scheme’s new stage has been created to execute some of the suggestions and goals of the New Education Policy, which proposes several fundamental reforms to the present higher education system in order to overhaul and re-energize it and so offer excellent higher education with fairness and inclusion.
State governments would be assisted under the scheme’s new phase for Gender Inclusion, Equity Initiatives, ICT, and Improving Employability via Vocationalization and Skill Upgrading. States will also receive assistance in establishing new Model Degree Colleges. State universities will be aided in their efforts to provide multidisciplinary education and research. Grants would be made available for the improvement of both authorized and non-accredited universities and colleges in order to carry out various activities such as teaching and learning Indian languages.
