Delhi govt releases Rs 108 crore for 12 colleges to support teachers’ salaries and speed up development projects

In a major boost to higher education, the Delhi government has released Rs 108 crore as the third instalment of grant-in-aid for its 12 fully funded colleges for the financial year 2025–26. The fund aims to support teachers’ salaries and accelerate institutional development projects.

Highlighting the government’s commitment to education, Delhi’s Education Minister Ashish Sood emphasised that the initiative ensures no teacher or student faces a shortage of resources. With this release, the Delhi government has so far disbursed a total of Rs 325 crore in three instalments for the ongoing financial year.

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The colleges that were granted funds on Wednesday include Acharya Narendra Dev College, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, Bhagini Nivedita College, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Maharaja Agrasen College, Maharshi Valmiki College of Education, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences, and Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies.

Sood further said that the Delhi government has been ensuring timely and adequate financial support to all educational institutions in Delhi so that neither teachers nor staff face inconvenience, nor are students’ academic activities disrupted. “The government remains fully committed to strengthening the quality of higher education institutions in Delhi. The release of this grant will further reinforce both the financial and academic conditions of these colleges,” he said.

Stating that the previous governments either failed to release or delayed the grants, the Education Minister said, “As soon as our government came into power, we assessed the infrastructure and financial needs of all educational institutions in Delhi. If institutions are not financially sound, they cannot produce competent students.”

He also remarked that the release of this grant to the 12 colleges is a Diwali gift from Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to the teachers and students of Delhi.

Criticising the previous governments, Sood said that due to their lack of intent and neglect, Delhi’s educational institutions suffered immensely. He further said that they looked for excuses not to work and acted only to draw political mileage. “During their tenure, no real attention was given to the infrastructural and basic needs of these colleges, leaving them in a deteriorating condition,” he added.

The Education Minister also informed that the Delhi government has separately released around Rs 24 crore for building maintenance, electricity and water facilities, and other essential amenities across these 12 colleges to ensure that necessary infrastructure improvements are carried out on a priority basis.