Lok Sabha Question No. 4063 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Digital Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ravindra Kushawaha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4063 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Digital Education

## †4063.   SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL: SHRI RAVI KISHAN: SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of benefits accrued to the youth of the rural areas through Digital University;
- (b)  the funds allocated and utilised along with the details of heads wherein these funds were spent by the State Governments for the promotion of digital education in the country during the last three years and the current year;
- (c)    the  allocation  of  budget  out  of  the  Union  Budget  and  the  expenditure  incurred  out  of  the  total allocated budget for the programmes of school education, literacy and higher education from 201415 to 2020-21; and
- (d)    the  details  of  budget  percentage  given  by  the  Government  out  of  the  total  allocated  budget  for primary education, literacy and higher education during the above said period, year-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a) Establishment of Digital University is one of the F.Y. 2022-23 budget announcements. It envisages to provide access to students from rural as well as urban areas, across the country, for world-class quality  universal  education  with  personalized  learning  experience  at  their  doorsteps  in  different Indian languages and ICT formats.
- (b) For  promotion  of  Digital  Education,  Department  of  Higher  Education  has  undertaken  various digital  initiatives  like  SWAYAM,  SWAYAM  Prabha,  NDL,  Virtual  Lab,  e-Yantra  etc  under 'National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology' (NMEICT) Scheme.This  is  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  under  which  funds  are  given  to  various  Implementing Agencies and no allocation is met to State Governments.

However,  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  provides  grants  to  States/UTs  for promotion  of  Digital  Education  programmes  viz.  establishing  ICT  Lab  in  Schools  and  Smart classroom under Samagra Shiksha.

Details  of  Financial  approval  and  expenditure  for  ICT  labs  Since  the  year  2017-18  and  Smart classroom under Samagra Shiksha for the years 2020-21 and 2021-22 is annexed at Annexure-I and Annexure-II and Webpage available at https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl \_ ques

(c) and  (d)  The  allocation  of  Budget  and  the  expenditure  incurred  under  higher  education  and School Education and Literacy from 2014-15 to 2020-21 is as under:

Rs. In Crore

| Financial Years   |   Final Grant |   Expenditure |   %Expenditure w.r.t total budget allocation |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15           |       70705   |       68925.9 |                                        97.48 |
| 2015-16           |       67985.5 |       67351.5 |                                        99.07 |
| 2016-17           |       73599.2 |       71930.7 |                                        97.73 |
| 2017-18           |       81868.7 |       80246.2 |                                        98.02 |
| 2018-19           |       83625.9 |       79983.1 |                                        95.64 |
| 2019-20           |       94853.6 |       89512.7 |                                        94.37 |
| 2020-21           |       85089.1 |       84029.5 |                                        98.75 |

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ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO PART (B) OF THE REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  †4063  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  28.03.2022  ASKED  BY  SHRI  HANUMAN  BENIWAL,  SHRI  RAVI KISHAN AND SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'DIGITAL EDUCATION'

Financial approval and expenditure for ICT lab

Figures In Crore

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    | Approval   | Approval   | Approval   | Approval   | Approval   | Expenditure       | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    | 2017- 18   | 2018- 19   | 2019- 20   | 2020- 21   | 2021- 22   | 2017- 18 2018- 19 | 2019- 20      | 2020- 21      | 2021- 22      |
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 2          | 4.7        | 0.7        | 2.7        | 3          | 0.6 1             | 3.5           | 3.6           | 2.2           |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              | 0          | 30         | 48.5       | 33.1       | 59.3       | 0.4 0             | 24.3          | 0             | 26.4          |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 1.1        | 2.3        | 2.1        | 4.4        | 5.6        | 0 0               | 8             | 0             | 0.5           |
| 4         | Assam                       | 72.7       | 18.1       | 40.5       | 71         | 155        | 59.3 22           | 43.3          | 40.2          | 16.8          |
| 5         | Bihar                       | 24.3       | 46.2       | 30.8       | 11.9       | 0          | 0 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  | 0.5        | 1          | 0.5        | 0.7        | 0.3        | 0 0.9             | 0.8           | 0.7           | 0.2           |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                | 8.8        | 24.2       | 0          | 1          | 13.8       | 8.8 3.3           | 27.7          | 0.5           | 0             |
| 8         | Dnd - Dnh                   | 0.2        | 0.4        | 0          | 0.9        | 2.2        | 0 0.3             | 0             | 0.6           | 0.7           |
| 9         | Delhi                       | 26.5       | 1.4        | 0          | 10         | 0          | 18 18.2           | 10            | 9.2           | 0             |
| 10        | Goa                         | 0          | 0          | 14.8       | 0.2        | 0.2        | 0 0.3             | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 11        | Gujarat                     | 0          | 0.3        | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0 0               | 10.8          | 10.2          | 19.5          |
| 12        | Haryana                     | 12.7       | 32         | 22.8       | 0          | 18.3       | 0 17              | 0             | 39.5          | 2             |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh            | 37.6       | 59.3       | 0          | 55.6       | 35.7       | 36 57.1           | 40            | 10.3          | 0             |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir           | 36.4       | 49.1       | 45.3       | 26.1       | 51.8       | 0 26.7            | 12.6          | 56            | 0             |
| 15        | Jharkhand                   | 28.7       | 51         | 24.4       | 73.1       | 79.1       | 14.5 15.2         | 31.2          | 25.9          | 7.9           |
| 16        | Karnataka                   | 0          | 15.1       | 50.8       | 76.2       | 63.7       | 33.4              | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 17        | Kerala                      | 1.2        | 47.6       | 12.5       | 0          | 0          | 0 0 0             | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 18        | Ladakh                      | 0          | 0          | 0          | 4.4        | 2.1        | 0 0               | 0             | 0             | 5.9           |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                 | 0          | 1.2        | 0          | 0.3        | 0.3        | 0 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh              | 0          | 9.7        | 0          | 0          | 28.2       | 0 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 21        | Maharashtra                 | 110.8      | 110.7      | 154.9      | 35         | 0          | 200.4 110.7       | 42.1          | 34.5          | 13.5          |
| 22        | Manipur                     | 6.8        | 7.8        | 12.3       | 15.6       | 10         | 0 6.5             | 13.5          | 23.1          | 3.3           |
| 23        | Meghalaya                   | 1.6        | 0          | 2.8        | 12.4       | 5.7        | 3.3               | 0.1           | 5             | 2.1           |
| 24        | Mizoram                     | 1.4        | 0.9        | 0          | 3.3        | 0.8        | 3.5 0 0.8         | 0             | 2.6           | 0.4           |
| 25        | Nagaland                    | 0          | 0.9        | 0.5        | 0          | 0          | 0 0.9             | 0             | 0.4           | 0             |
| 26        | Odisha                      | 122.5      | 233        | 98.8       | 120.2      | 43.4       | 116.1 131.1       | 148.1         | 150.1         | 30            |
| 27        | Puducherry                  | 2.5        | 4.8        | 2.5        | 3.4        | 1.1        | 4.5 6.7           | 2.5           | 4.3           | 0             |
| 28        | Punjab                      | 6.4        | 6.6        | 0          | 12.5       | 37.5       | 0 6.6             | 42.1          | 19.3          | 0             |
| 29        | Rajasthan                   | 42.4       | 69.1       | 36.4       | 42.5       | 38.1       | 86.5 50.8         | 33.8          | 48.2          | 54.1          |
| 30        | Sikkim                      | 2.3        | 6.7        | 4.1        | 3.6        | 8.9        | 2.2 2.2           | 5.9           | 3.2           | 4.4           |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                  | 0          | 0          | 104.3      | 54.3       | 149.9      | 0 214.4           | 77.8          | 53.1          | 0             |
| 32        | Telangana                   | 0          | 52.7       | 40.5       | 13.5       | 39.1       | 0 26.7            | 0             | 70            | 0             |
| 33        | Tripura                     | 0          | 0          | 5.7        | 4.5        | 22.8       | 0 0               | 0             | 18.4          | 3.2           |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh               | 0          | 37.4       | 1.1        | 0          | 0          | 0 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                 | 0          | 0          | 1.3        | 12         | 34.6       | 0 0               | 33            | 10.3          | 6             |
| 36        | West Bengal                 | 0          | 0          | 0          | 8          | 93.3       | 0 0               | 0             | 0             | 0             |
|           | Total                       | 549.5      | 924.2      | 759.1      | 712.6      | 1003.8     | 550.8 756         | 611.1         | 639           | 198.9         |

ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO PART (B) OF THE REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  †4063  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  28.03.2022  ASKED  BY  SHRI  HANUMAN  BENIWAL,  SHRI  RAVI KISHAN AND SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'DIGITAL EDUCATION'

## Physical and Financial approval for Smart classroom under Samagra Shiksha

| Sl.   |                             | Financial (Rs.in Crore) Approval Expenditure   | Financial (Rs.in Crore) Approval Expenditure   | Financial (Rs.in Crore) Approval Expenditure   | Financial (Rs.in Crore) Approval Expenditure   |
|-------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| No.   | State/UT                    | 2020-21                                        | 2021-22                                        | 2020-21                                        | 2021-22                                        |
| 1     | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 4.1                                            | 0.0                                            | 4.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh              | 0.0                                            | 26.9                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 4     | Assam                       | 0.0                                            | 87.4                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 5     | Bihar                       | 0.0                                            | 65.7                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 6     | Chandigarh                  | 0.0                                            | 2.1                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                | 63.0                                           | 70.9                                           | 36.7                                           | 0.0                                            |
| 8     | Dnd - Dnh                   | 0.0                                            | 2.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 9     | Delhi                       | 0.9                                            | 21.5                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 10    | Goa                         | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 11    | Gujarat                     | 43.5                                           | 104.0                                          | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 12    | Haryana                     | 36.5                                           | 29.0                                           | 29.9                                           | 1.2                                            |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh            | 0.0                                            | 39.2                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 14    | Jammu and Kashmir           | 0.0                                            | 12.4                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 15    | Jharkhand                   | 0.0                                            | 12.5                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 16    | Karnataka                   | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 17    | Kerala                      | 0.0                                            | 2.8                                            | 0.0                                            | 2.8                                            |
| 18    | Ladakh                      | 0.0                                            | 0.5                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 19    | Lakshadweep                 | 0.0                                            | 0.2                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh              | 0.0                                            | 16.8                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 21    | Maharashtra                 | 0.0                                            | 21.3                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 22    | Manipur                     | 0.0                                            | 7.4                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 23    | Meghalaya                   | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 24    | Mizoram                     | 0.0                                            | 4.8                                            | 0.0                                            | 4.8                                            |
| 25    | Nagaland                    | 11.4                                           | 2.7                                            | 0.0                                            | 7.7                                            |
| 26    | Odisha                      | 9.2                                            | 107.3                                          | 9.2                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 27    | Puducherry                  | 0.0                                            | 2.4                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 28    | Punjab                      | 0.0                                            | 68.9                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 29    | Rajasthan                   | 39.9                                           | 66.1                                           | 0.1                                            | 3.7                                            |
| 30    | Sikkim                      | 0.0                                            | 5.7                                            | 0.0                                            | 5.7                                            |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu                  | 0.0                                            | 20.8                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 32    | Telangana                   | 0.0                                            | 72.2                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 33    | Tripura                     | 0.0                                            | 6.0                                            | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh               | 50.4                                           | 13.0                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                 | 27.4                                           | 17.0                                           | 9.6                                            | 0.0                                            |
| 36    | West Bengal                 | 0.0                                            | 47.2                                           | 0.0                                            | 0.0                                            |
|       | Total                       | 286.2                                          | 956.8                                          | 89.7                                           | 25.9                                           |