Lok Sabha Question No. 4331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LALLU SINGH, REKHA ARUN VERMA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4331 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  JANUARY, 2019

## Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

## †4331.      SHRI LALLU SINGH: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

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

(a) whether the funds are provided to educationally backward States in the country for construction of libraries, laboratories, toilets, sports grounds and classrooms under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and if so, the amount of fund allocated during the current year's budget , State/UT-wise; and (b) whether it is a fact that the funds provided to Government schools of the country for maintenance of toilets are inadequate and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a): The Centrally Sponsored Scheme Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) was launched in March 2009. The other Centrally Sponsored Schemes viz.  ICT in Schools, Girls' Hostel, Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage and Vocational Education implemented by the Department for secondary stage of education were subsumed during 2013-14 with RMSA.   The objective of the RMSA Scheme  was  to  enhance  access  and  improve  quality  of  education  at  secondary  stage.  The scheme envisages enhancing the enrolment for classes IX-X by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance of every habitation, improving quality of education imparted at secondary level through  making  all  secondary  schools  conform  to  prescribed  norms,  removal  of  gender,  socioeconomic and disability barriers, universal access to secondary level education. Under RMSA, school infrastructure  like  school  building,  additional  classrooms,  toilets,  laboratories,  libraries,  arts  &  craft rooms, electricity, ICT, barrier free access, drinking water facilities etc. are provided.

Now, Samagra Shiksha has been launched from 2018-19 by subsuming the erstwhile schemes of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  RMSA  and  Teacher  Education  (TE).    It  is  an  overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.  Accordingly, the financial assistance through RMSA/Samagra Shiksha is provided to all States and UTs for all the interventions including for school building, additional classrooms, toilets, laboratories, libraries, sports grant, arts & craft rooms, electricity, ICT, barrier free access, drinking water facilities etc.

An amount of Rs. 30891.81 crore has been allocated for Samagra Shiksha in the Budget for the Year 2018-19.  The fund allocation in the Budget is not done State/UT-wise.

However,  annual  plans  under RMSA/Samagra  Shiksha  are  prepared  by  the  States  and  UTs based on their requirements and priority encompassing all interventions and this is reflected in their respective Annual Work  Plan and Budget (AWP&B).  These  plans  are then appraised and approved/estimated  in  consultation  with  the  States  and  UTs  as  per  the  programmatic  and  financial norms of the scheme and availability of budgetary resources.

(b) Under  the  Samagra  Shiksha,  assistance  is  also  provided  to  States  and  UTs  as  an  annual recurring school composite grant varying from Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 1,00,000/- per annum depending upon the number of students, for all government schools. Each school is required to spend at least 10% of the composite school grant on activities including for maintenance of toilets related to Swachhata Action  Plan.    The  statement  showing  details  of  funds  estimated  for  Swachhata  Action  Plan  (SAP) related activities under Samagra Shiksha during 2018-19 is given at Annexure-I.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4331 FOR ANSWER ON 07.01.2019 ASKED BY SHRI LALLU SINGH AND SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA REGARDING RASHTRIYA MADHYAMIK SHIKSHA ABHIYAN.

The details on State and UT-wise funds estimated for SAP under Samagra Shiksha during 2018-19

## (Rs. in lakhs)

| S.No.   | States/UTs                |     Fin. |
|---------|---------------------------|----------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |    11.36 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            |   875.87 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         |    87.32 |
| 4       | Assam                     |  1521.83 |
| 5       | Bihar                     |  2551.29 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                |    10.1  |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh              |   911.32 |
| 8       | Dadra And Nagar Haveli    |    11.88 |
| 9       | Daman And Diu             |     5.1  |
| 10      | Delhi                     |   121.19 |
| 11      | Goa                       |    12.12 |
| 12      | Gujarat                   |   913.47 |
| 13      | Haryana                   |   352.25 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh          |   360.01 |
| 15      | Jammu And Kashmir         |   528.13 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                 |   863.31 |
| 17      | Karnataka                 |   989.21 |
| 18      | Kerala                    |   134.07 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep               |     2.48 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh            |  2197.31 |
| 21      | Maharashtra               |   468.88 |
| 22      | Manipur                   |    72.74 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                 |   182.78 |
| 24      | Mizoram                   |    58.14 |
| 25      | Nagaland                  |    56.14 |
| 26      | Odisha                    |  1010.41 |
| 27      | Puducherry                |    11.37 |
| 28      | Punjab                    |   407.78 |
| 29      | Rajasthan                 |  1507.67 |
| 30      | Sikkim                    |    26.26 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                |   811.49 |
| 32      | Telangana                 |   587.39 |
| 33      | Tripura                   |   145.42 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh             |  3442.96 |
| 35      | Uttrakhand                |   390.81 |
| 36      | West Bengal               |  1720.67 |
| Total   | Total                     | 23360.5  |