Lok Sabha Question No. 1349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Sarva Shiksha Fund for Rajasthan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1349 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st JULY, 2019

## Sarva Shiksha Fund for Rajasthan

## †1349. SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

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

- (a)   whether  the  Government  proposes  to  immediately  release  the  required  amount  for adjustment of advance amount of Rs. 491.78 crore released by the Rajasthan Government till 31.03.2018 under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan;
- (b) if so, the time by which the said amount is likely to be released; and
- (c)   if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (c) The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009, effective from 1 st April, 2010, provides for free and compulsory education to every child of age six to fourteen years in a neighbourhood school till the completion of elementary education in all States  and  UTs  except  Jammu  and  Kashmir.    Earlier  the  provisions  of  RTE  Act  were implemented  through  erstwhile  scheme  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  which  has  been subsumed along-with Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE)  into  the  integrated  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha.  Now,  the  provision  of  RTE  Act  are implemented through Samagra Shiksha from 2018-19.

Section 7(1) of the RTE Act, 2009, states that both the Centre and the State shall have concurrent responsibility for providing funds for carrying out the provisions of the Act.  Section 7(2)  states  that  the  Central  Government  shall  prepare  the  estimates  for  implementing  the  Act. Further, Section 7(3) states that the Central Government shall provide to the State Government, as grants-in-aid of revenues, such percentage of expenditure as it may determine, while, Section 7(5) states that the State Government shall, taking into consideration the sums provided by the Central Government to a State Government, be responsible to provide funds for the implementation of the provisions of the Act.

The Central share to the States and UTs is released in different installments viz. ad-hoc installment,  balance  of  1 st installment  and  the  2 nd installment.   The  central  share  is  released  to State and UTs as per their Annual Work Plan & budget (AWP&B) and subject to availability of budget  and  submission  of  requisite  documents.  For  the  state  of  Rajasthan,  an  amount  of  Rs. 1989.73  crore  (SSA)  and  Rs.  2292  crore  (Elementary  Component  of  Samagra  Shiksha)  was allocated  for  release  in  the  years  2017-18  and  2018-19,  which  were  fully  released  in  the respective  years.  Also  with  the  acceptance  of  the  recommendations  of  the  14th  Finance Commission  by  the  Government  of  India,  the  devolution  of  funds  to  the  States  has  been increased from 32% to 42 % of the net Union Tax Receipts.  With the enhanced devolution of funds,  States  have  been  requested  to  allocate  more  funds  so  as  to  carry  out  the  functions  and responsibilities conferred upon them under Section 7(5) of the RTE Act, 2009.

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