Lok Sabha Question No. 5612 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Utilisation of Education Budget
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, P.R. SUNDARAM, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5612 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## Utilisation of Education Budget

5612.			SHRI	SATAV	RAJEEV:

SHRI	P.R	SUNDARAM:

DR.HEENA	VIJAYKUMAR	GAVIT:

SHRIMATI	SUPRIYA	SULE:

SHRI	MOHITE	PATIL	VIJAYSINH	SHANKARRAO:

DR.	J.JAYAVARDHAN:

Will	the	Minister	of	HUMAN	RESOURCE	DEVELOPMENT	be	pleased	to	state:

- (a) whether	the	amount	allocated	for	education	budget	has	been	utilized	fully;
- (b) if	so,	the	proportion	of	total	education	budget	released/utilized	on	education	to increase	 particularly	 girls	 education	 during	 the	 last	 three	 years	 including	 the current	year,	year	and	State/UT-wise;
- (c) if	not,	the	reasons	for	under	utilization	of	total	allocation	during	the	said	period; and
- (d) the	steps	taken	by	the	government	in	this	regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a)	 to	 (d)	 :	 The	 total	 Budget	 Estimates,	 Revised	 Estimates,	 Actual	 Expenditure	 and proportion	of	total	education	budget	(including	girls)	for	Department	of	Higher	Education and	Department	of	School	Education	&	Literacy	during	the	last	3	years	and	current	year	is as	under	:-

## Department of Higher Education

*as	on	23.03.2018

Rs.In	Crore

| Year    |   Budget Estimates (BE) |   Revised Estimates (RE) | Actual Expenditure   |   %of actual Expenditure w.r.t RE |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                 27656   |                  23700   | 23169.17             |                             97.76 |
| 2015-16 |                 26855.3 |                  25699   | 25542.26             |                             99.39 |
| 2016-17 |                 28840   |                  29703.2 | 29026.47             |                             97.72 |
| 2017-18 |                 33329.7 |                  34862.5 | 31643.69*            |                             90.77 |

| Year    |   Budget Estimates (BE) |   Revised Estimates (RE) | Actual Expenditure   |   %of actual Expenditure w.r.t RE |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                 55115.1 |                  46805   | 45756.59             |                             97.76 |
| 2015-16 |                 42219.5 |                  42286.5 | 41809.28             |                             98.87 |
| 2016-17 |                 43554   |                  43896   | 40983.98             |                             93.37 |
| 2017-18 |                 46356.2 |                  47006.2 | 45096.75*            |                             95.94 |

*As	on	26.03.2018

The	States/UTs-wise	information	is	not	maintained.

The	actual	expenditure	incurred	under	the	various	Schemes	of	the	Ministry	depends	upon various	factors	including	amongst	them	receiving	the	complete	proposals	from	the	State Governments/	Implementing	agencies,	receipt	of	Utilization	Certificate,	Unspent	Balance, provision	of	State	share,	pace	of	expenditure,	etc.

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