Lok Sabha Question No. 3460 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Reimbursement under Right To Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3460 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## Reimbursement under Right To Education

## 3460. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a)  whether  a  missive  has  been  issued  to  all  States,  on  the  documents  required  to  claim  the proposed amount of reimbursement under Section 12 (1) (c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 for the years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the documents required for each State in this regard;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the arrears from previous years can also be claimed if the relevant documents are provided;
- (e)  if  so,  the  periods  in  a  year  when  the  proposed  reimbursement  are  transferred  to  the  State Governments; and
- (f)  the  rationale  behind  the  cap  of  20%  of  the  States  SSA  Budget  for  reimbursement  under Section 12 (1) (c) of the Right to Education Act, 2009?

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

(a) to (c): Section 12(1)(c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for admission of children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantageous groups in the neighbourhood schools in Class I to the extent of at least 25 percent of the strength of that class. Section 12(2) further mandates that such schools shall be reimbursed expenditure incurred  by  them  according  to  per-child  cost  norms  notified  by  the  concerned  State/UT Government.  For  reimbursement,  private  unaided  schools  complying  with  Section  12(1)(c) submit their claim  for  reimbursement to respective State /UT Government through the district office  and  the  school  is  reimbursed  expenditure  so  incurred  by  it  to  the  extent  of  per-childexpenditure  incurred  by  the  State,  or  the  actual  amount  charged;  whichever  is  less,  in  such manner as may be prescribed. Thereafter, the State/UT Government brings the proposal to the Central  Government  for  reimbursement  against  the  expenditure  so  incurred  by  them  in  their Annual Work Plan proposal. The fund approved for reimbursement to the States/UTs is a part of the overall allocation under the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha for a given year which is shared between Centre and States/UTs as per the applicable sharing pattern. (d) to (e): The  arrears of previous years (starting from 2014-15) can be claimed by the States and UTs from central government provided the amount has been reimbursed to private schools and

the proposal is in confirmation of the approved norms.

(f): The reason for this capping of twenty percent is due to difference in per child cost notified by the different States & UTs. In case, the actual expenditure on children admitted under section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act is over and above the cap of 20%, the additional expenditure  is to be borne by the concerned State/ UT.

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