Lok Sabha Question No. 1300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Per Child Cost of Right to Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Jaiswal, Karti P. Chidambaram

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

## Per Child Cost of Right to Education

1300. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL: SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the details of Per Child Cost (PCC) under section 12.1.c of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE); (b) whether all the States have State Advisory Councils and if so, the details thereof; (c) the frequency at which this said cost is revised, State-wise; (d) the action taken if this cost is not revised yearly; and

(e) whether the costs notified are checked by any other authority and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a):  The  State-wise  Per  Child  Cost  as  notified  by  concerned  States  and  Union Territories under section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act, 2009 is at Annexure . (b): All States and Union Territories except Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Telangana have State Advisory Councils under the RTE Act. (c)  to  (e):  Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the schools under the jurisdiction of respective State and UT Governments. The States and UTs are required to notify per child cost norm to claim reimbursement of expenditure incurred by them towards implementation of the provisions of Section 12(1) (c) of the RTE  Act.    The  notification  and  revision  of  per  child  cost  is  completely  under  the domain  of  concerned  State  and  UT  Governments,  which  are  the  Appropriate Government under the Act.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MPs  DR.  SANJAY  JAISWAL  AND  SHRI  KARTI  P.  CHIDAMBARAM REGARDING ' PER CHILD COST OF RIGHT TO EDUCATION '

Status of Per Child Cost notified by States and UTs

|   S. No. | State            | Per Child Cost Per Annum                                                                       |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Assam            | Rs. 16396                                                                                      |
|        2 | Bihar            | Rs. 6,569                                                                                      |
|        3 | Chandigarh       | Rs. 16440                                                                                      |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh     | Rs. 7,650/- for Primary and Rs. 12,050/- for Upper Primary                                     |
|        5 | Delhi            | Primary Level : Rs. 28008/- Upper Primary :Rs. 28108/-                                         |
|        6 | Gujarat          | Rs. 13,000/-                                                                                   |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh | Rs. 2,895.35/- for Primary and Rs. 2816.62/- for Upper Primary                                 |
|        8 | Jharkhand        | Rs. 5100/-                                                                                     |
|        9 | Karnataka        | Rs. 8,000/- for Pre-primary and Rs. 16,000/- for primary and above classes                     |
|       10 | Lakshadweep      | Section 12 (1) (C) of RTE Act Not Applicable as there are no Private Unaided School in the UT. |
|       11 | Madhya Pradesh   | Rs. 4,640/-                                                                                    |
|       12 | Maharashtra      | Rs. 17670/-                                                                                    |
|       13 | Odisha           | Rs. 13,370/-                                                                                   |
|       14 | Rajasthan        | Rs. 13,662/-                                                                                   |
|       15 | Tamil Nadu       | Rs. 11,960/-                                                                                   |
|       16 | Tripura          | Rs. 21,138/ -                                                                                  |
|       17 | Uttar Pradesh    | Rs. 5,400/                                                                                     |
|       18 | Uttarakhand      | Primary :Rs. 18696/- Upper Primary: Rs. 18796/-                                                |

Source: AWP&B 2019-20

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