Lok Sabha Question No. 5580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: RMSA
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BODH SINGH BHAGAT

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5580 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## RMSA

## †5580. SHRI BODHSINGH BHAGAT:

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

(a) the funds earmarked by the Government under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) during the last three years, State/UT-wise;

- (b) the work of action plan sanctioned to the States and the funds allocated to the States during the last three years;
- (c) the reasons for not providing sanctioned funds on time for the construction work;
- (d) whether the sanctioned construction work are closing down due to not releasing funds on time  and  if  so,  the  names  of  the  States  to  which  amounts  are  yet  to  be  released  by  the  Union Government for construction work along with the amount thereof; and
- (e) the total number of action plan approved State/UT-wise along with the amount sanctioned to improve quality education?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a)  &  (b)  :  Under  the  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA),  States/UTs  submit  the proposals in their Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B). The Project Approval Board (PAB) in the Ministry approves viable proposals as per norms of the scheme, on the basis of available funds and progress of States/UTs. State/UT-wise funds are not earmarked under the scheme. However, the  State/UT-wise  plan  approved  under  the  scheme  during  the  last  three  years  is  attached  at Annexure-I.

(c) :  The release of central share for construction work depends on progress of implementation of sanctioned civil works by the State Implementing Societies and available unspent balances.

(d) : No, Madam. The non-recurring funds in installments have been released for construction work to  all  States/UTs  based  on  the  Annual  Plan  approvals  over  the  years.  Release  of  further  funds depends  on  progress  of  implementation  of  sanctioned  civil  works  by  the  State  Implementing Societies and available unspent balance.

(e)  : The Centrally Sponsored scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) with the aim to improve quality education at secondary level provides financial assistance to States/UTs for  opening  new  government  secondary  schools    and  strenthening  of  existing  government secondary schools alongwith (i) Class Rooms (ii) Additional Class Rooms  (iii) Integrated Science Laboratory (iv) Library (v) Art and Craft Room (vi) Toilet Blocks (vii) Drinking Water Provisions (viii) Head Master Room etc. Further, there is provision of appointment of 1 Head Teacher and 5 Teachers  for  every  new/upgraded  secondary  school  and  Additional  Teacher  is  also  approved  to ensure  desired  Teacher-Pupil  ratio.  Various  types  of  trainings  for  Headmaster/Principal,  Master Trainers,  Key  Resource  Persons,  Teachers  are  also  supported  to  improve  quality  of  teaching learning.  Moreover, interventions like  motivation and awareness programmes, remedial teaching, self-defence training for girls, provision of separate toilets for girls and boys, Science Fair/Exihibition and Talent search at district level, Mathematics and Science kits to schools, visit of students  to  institution  of  higher  learning  etc.  are  also  supported  to  improve  quality  of  school education at secondary level.

State/UT-wise outlay approved to improve quality of eduation under the scheme during last three years is given at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) AND (B) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5580  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  02.04.2018  ASKED  BY SHRI BODHISINGH BHAGAT REGARDING  'RMSA'.

State/UT-wise plan approved under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan during the last three years

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |         2016-17 |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
| 1         | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS |    258.97 |    168.73 |    822.32       |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH            |  25427.6  |  26761.7  |  86299.2        |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |   1014.36 |   5895.16 |   9231.37       |
| 4         | ASSAM                     |   9065    |  41155.1  |  18419.3        |
| 5         | BIHAR                     |   9988.4  |  12580.4  |  39571.3        |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH                |    176.83 |    316.39 |    273.96       |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH              |  16417    |  20163    |  46149.8        |
| 8         | D&N Haveli                |    290.24 |     79.12 |    152.96       |
| 9         | DAMAN AND DIU             |    112.47 |    218.41 |    188.29       |
| 10        | DELHI                     |   2591.47 |   2610.05 |   6558.15       |
| 11        | GOA                       |    919.36 |   1009.11 |   1292.86       |
| 12        | GUJARAT                   |   4872.68 |  10214.9  |  32481          |
| 13        | HARYANA                   |  40342.8  |  52724.7  |  55698.8        |
| 14        | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |  17527.4  |  13349.9  |  28633.5        |
| 15        | JAMMU &KASHMIR            |  30548.6  |  12083.5  |  55627.8        |
| 16        | JHARKHAND                 |   6312.51 |   4758.41 |  31981          |
| 17        | KARNATAKA                 |  14855.8  |  15219.4  |  32770.4        |
| 18        | KERALA                    |   7538.93 |   6588.92 |   9253.95       |
| 19        | LAKSHADWEEP               |     16.82 |     23.72 |     30.5        |
| 20        | MADHYA PRADESH            |  44867.8  |  99632.6  | 110323          |
| 21        | MAHARASHTRA               |  11246.3  |  23415.4  |  53482.5        |
| 22        | MANIPUR                   |   5303.43 |   7472.36 |   9777.05       |
| 23        | MEGHALAYA                 |   1128.54 |    860.48 |   3238.27       |
| 24        | MIZORAM                   |   3171.31 |   2664.45 |   3206.69       |
| 25        | NAGALAND                  |   1335.18 |   1122.78 |   8322.95       |
| 26        | ODISHA                    |  28263.8  |  32437.2  |  36277.9        |
| 27        | PUDUCHERRY                |    222.88 |    259.58 |    362.86       |
| 28        | PUNJAB                    |  15527.4  |  19781.7  |  27936          |
| 29        | RAJASTHAN                 |  24060.6  |  84100.4  |  84719.4        |
| 30        | SIKKIM                    |   1864.9  |   2152.91 |   3000.66       |
| 31        | TAMIL NADU                |  41331.1  |  58525.6  |  63569.4        |
| 32        | TELANGANA                 |  19041.9  |  27753.5  |  33331.8        |
| 33        | TRIPURA                   |   2827.07 |   3247.6  |  10827.4        |
| 34        | UTTAR PRADESH             |  14720.2  |  66325.2  |  51512.4        |
| 35        | UTTRAKHAND                |  15979.2  |   8983.63 |  28583.9        |
| 36        | WEST BENGAL               |  18087.2  |  10726.7  |  28592.7        |
|           | Total                     | 437256    | 675383    |      1.0125e+06 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (E)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5580 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018 ASKED BY SHRI BODHISINGH BHAGAT REGARDING 'RMSA'.

Outlay approved to improve quality education under RMSA during last three years (Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State Name                  | Approved Plan   | Approved Plan   | Approved Plan   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.   | State Name                  | 2014-15         | 2015-16         | 2016-17         |
| 1         | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 72.82           | 79.49           | 96.91           |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH              | 3508.52         | 3941.34         | 4637.76         |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 191.81          | 220.15          | 355.13          |
| 4         | ASSAM                       | 3198.64         | 4926.29         | 3779.49         |
| 5         | BIHAR                       | 2827.81         | 3412.17         | 5514.21         |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH                  | 59.02           | 80.54           | 115.35          |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH                | 2881.49         | 2976.61         | 3800.65         |
| 8         | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI      | 68.97           | 30.35           | 55.37           |
| 9         | DAMAN AND DIU               | 40.39           | 30.63           | 42.24           |
| 10        | DELHI                       | 764.57          | 780.19          | 990.61          |
| 11        | EDCIL                       | 0               | 147             | 0               |
| 12        | GOA                         | 133.09          | 124.33          | 185.54          |
| 13        | GUJARAT                     | 815.11          | 651.2           | 1073.99         |
| 14        | HARYANA                     | 1947.74         | 1885.89         | 2144.94         |
| 15        | HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 1348.23         | 1550.65         | 1740.64         |
| 16        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           | 1619.47         | 1533.08         | 2131.99         |
| 17        | JHARKHAND                   | 1638.84         | 1579.84         | 1923.32         |
| 18        | KARNATAKA                   | 3257.91         | 4005.45         | 4137.87         |
| 19        | KERALA                      | 1018.92         | 1229.07         | 2273.34         |
| 20        | LAKSHADWEEP                 | 13.08           | 15.44           | 18.08           |
| 21        | MADHYAPRADESH               | 4636.71         | 4956.71         | 5910.48         |
| 22        | MAHARASHTRA                 | 1981.15         | 2533.93         | 3917.85         |
| 23        | MANIPUR                     | 280.27          | 311.23          | 346.1           |
| 24        | MEGHALAYA                   | 131.18          | 89.44           | 137.07          |
| 25        | MIZORAM                     | 202.06          | 248.13          | 280.02          |
| 26        | NAGALAND                    | 0               | 183.46          | 180.29          |
| 27        | ODISHA                      | 3406.71         | 3001.61         | 3356.31         |
| 28        | PUDUCHERRY                  | 111.32          | 127.97          | 170.13          |
| 29        | PUNJAB                      | 2103.42         | 2356.09         | 3257.17         |
| 30        | RAJASTHAN                   | 7946.35         | 8127.55         | 8183.76         |
| 31        | SIKKIM                      | 131.28          | 132.46          | 194.16          |
| 32        | TAMIL NADU                  | 3701.74         | 4954.82         | 5065.4          |
| 33        | TELANGANA                   | 3239.18         | 3355.69         | 4257.2          |
| 34        | TRIPURA                     | 864.76          | 777.96          | 728.44          |
| 35        | UTTAR PRADESH               | 1346.92         | 1671.15         | 2617.12         |
| 36        | UTTRAKHAND                  | 1654.11         | 1313.66         | 2189.63         |
| 37        | WEST BENGAL                 | 4141.31         | 4611.95         | 5248.46         |
|           | Total                       | 61284.89        | 67953.51        | 81056.98        |