695 universities and 34,734 colleges are yet to get NAAC accreditation, see data

National Desk:
The Education Ministry informed Parliament on Monday that only 418 universities and 9,062 colleges across the country have received National Assessment Accreditation Council (NAAC) .
According to the All India Survey Higher Education Report 2020-21 published on January 31, there are 1,113 universities and 43,796 colleges across the country, out of which a total of 695 universities and 34,734 colleges are yet to be accredited by NAAC.
Explain that universities and colleges in India are recognized by NAAC, which is an inter-university body of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
UGC said that in order to bring all educational institutions under the accreditation system, NAAC has significantly reduced the fee structure for assessment and accreditation.  At the same time, the metrics or questions in the self study report manual for affiliated or constituent colleges have also been reduced considerably.