Lok Sabha Question No. 1630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: NISHTHA Programme and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rama Devi, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Navneet Ravi Rana, Locket Chatterjee, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Mahabali Singh, Ajay Kumar Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1630

ANSWERED ON 13/02/2023

## "NISHTHA and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan"

†1630.   SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU: SHRI MAHABALI SINGH: SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Heads of Schools and teachers trained under the National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) programme during the last three years in the country including Maharashtra, Haryana, West Bengal and Bihar particularly in Amravati, Sonipat, Hooghli, Sitamarhi, Bhagalpur Districts;

- (b) the details of funds allocated and spent in this regard during the last three years, year-wise;
- (c) the details of the progress made so far against the targets set up under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan  in  West  Bengal,  Amravati  in  Maharashtra,  Sitamarhi,  Seohar,  East  Champaran, Aurangabad and Bhagalpur districts in Bihar and Sonipat district in Haryana;
- (d) the details of the works proposed and present status of the works done under the said scheme in the Government schools aforesaid States and Districts along with Hooghly in West Bengal;
- (e) the details of the funds allocated and utilized during the last four years, year-wise and workwise;
- (f) whether any proposal is pending with the Government for approval/financial approval;
- (g) if so, the details thereof for above districts, District-wise; and
- (h) the time by which the said proposals are likely to be approved by the Government?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The Department of School Education and Literacy launched a National Mission to improve learning outcomes at the Elementary level through an Integrated Teacher Training

Programme called NISHTHA - National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement on 21st August, 2019. A total of 23,137 Key Resource Persons (KRPs) and State Resource  Persons  (SRPs)  and  16,99,931  School  Heads  and  Teachers  were  trained  under NISHTHA in 2019-20 in face to face mode across the nation including Amravati, Sonipat, Hooghli, Sitamarhi, Bhagalpur Districts of Maharashtra, Haryana, West Bengal and Bihar. In view of the COVID pandemic and in order to provide continuous learning opportunities to the teachers  at  the  elementary  level,  this  Department  has  launched  NISHTHA  online  using DIKSHA platform in October 2020 to  reach  out  to  remaining  elementary  teachers  and  its further extension to all as well. Around 24 lakh teachers have completed NISHTHA online training.

Details of Funds allocated and expenditure for last 3 years (2019-20 to 2021-22) in NISHTHA under Samagra Shiksha:

(Rs. in Lakh)

|   S. No | Years   |   Funds Allocated |   Expenditure |
|---------|---------|-------------------|---------------|
|       1 | 2019-20 |          146299   |       60034.8 |
|       2 | 2020-21 |           26791.5 |       11604.8 |
|       3 | 2021-22 |           39039.3 |       18617.6 |

Source: PRABANDH

(c)  to  (e):  The  details  of  target  fixed  and  achievements  made  in  major  interventions  under Samagra Shiksha in 2022-23 in the States of Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra & West Bengal including districts of Amravati, Sitamarhi, Seohar, East Champaran, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur and Sonipat are at Annexure -I. The details of funds released to the States of Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra  &  West  Bengal  including  districts  of  Amravati,  Sitamarhi,  Seohar,  East Champaran, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Sonipat and Hooghly under Samagra Shiksha in the last 4 years are attached as Annexure - II

(f)  to  (h):  Under  Centrally  Sponsored  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  financial  assistance  is provided as per the fund sharing pattern as decided by the Ministry of Finance. Under the scheme, the annual plans are prepared by the States and UTs based on their requirements and priority  and  this  is  reflected  in  their  respective  Annual  Work  Plan  and  Budget  (AWP&B) Proposals. These plans are then appraised and approved/estimated by the Project Approval Board (PAB) in the Department of School Education & Literacy in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme, and physical and financial progress of the State for the interventions approved earlier. Further, the funds are released on the basis of submission of Audited Accounts, Utilization Certificate, physical and financial progress and other documents as prescribed under the Financial Management & Procurement (FMP) Manual of Samagra Shiksha.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO THE PARTS (c) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1630 FOR ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MPs SMT. RAMA DEVI, SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA, MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE, SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU, SHRI MAHABALI SINGH, SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL REGARDING 'NISHTHA AND SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN'.

The details of target fixed and achievements made in major interventions under Samagra Shiksha in 2022-23 in the States of Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra & West Bengal including districts of Amravati, Sitamarhi, Seohar, East Champaran, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur and Sonipat:

## Major Interventions:

| Sl. No.   |                                | Bihar                                | Bihar                 | Haryana                             | Haryana               | Maharashtra                         | Maharashtra           | West Bengal                         | West Bengal           |
|-----------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Group                          | Estimate Outlay Approve d in 2022-23 | *Expend iture 2022-23 | Estimate Outlay Approved in 2022-23 | *Expendit ure 2022-23 | Estimate Outlay Approved in 2022-23 | *Expend iture 2022-23 | Estimate Outlay Approved in 2022-23 | *Expendit ure 2022-23 |
| 1.        | Annual Grant                   | 524.34                               | 64.65                 | 8596.71                             | 1833.348              | 237.08                              | 91.01                 | 383.519                             | 82.512                |
| 2.        | Free Textbook                  | 520.50                               | 466.67                | 4804.142                            | 4804.12               | 270.35                              | 262.55                | 151.711                             | 3.584                 |
| 3.        | Free Uniform                   | 984.78                               | 788.83                | 7138.218                            | 7138.20               | 215.58                              | 215.58                | NA**                                | NA**                  |
| 4.        | KGBV (Recurring Cost)          | 245.26                               | 63.17                 | 3215.213                            | 989.808               | 41.69                               | 21.93                 | 37.547                              | 21.663                |
| 5.        | Program Management             | 230.50                               | 87.01                 | 4424.919                            | 4321.690              | 88.53                               | 27.50                 | 112.367                             | 81.681                |
| 6.        | Financial Support for Teachers | 3424.17                              | 2260.36               | 38236.63                            | 17584.78              | 78.99                               | 37.35                 | 1167.654                            | 1021.732              |
| 7.        | Infrastructure Development     | 1967.82                              | 27.07                 | 52302.14                            | 3408.23               | 793.10                              | 3.16                  | 744.480                             | 0.000                 |
| 8.        | Funds for Quality              | 624.54                               | 12.29                 | 2911.801                            | 136.532               | 97.01                               | 0.08                  | 94.118                              | 63.268                |
| 9.        | ICT and Digital Initiatives    | 585.08                               | 0.00                  | 12973.140                           | 3766.290              | 215.75                              | 23.52                 | 280.667                             | 0.000                 |
| 10.       | Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyan    | 56.51                                | 0.11                  | 808.405                             | 68.947                | 67.03                               | 0.00                  | 0.240                               | 0.000                 |

Source : PRABANDH

* Expenditure progress as on December 2022

** State did not come up with a proposal under this head

(Rs. in lakh)

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO THE PARTS (c) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1630 FOR ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MPs SMT. RAMA DEVI, SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA, MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE, SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU, SHRI MAHABALI SINGH, SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL REGARDING 'NISHTHA AND SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN'.

The details of funds released to the States of Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra & West Bengal including districts of Amravati, Sitamarhi, Seohar, East Champaran, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Sonipat and Hooghly under Samagra Shiksha in the last 4 years:

Samagra Shiksha - Central Allocation and Central Release - 2018-19 to 2021-22 (Rs. in lakh)

|        |                   | 2018-19            | 2018-19         | 2019-20            | 2019-20         | 2020-21            | 2020-21         | 2021-22            | 2021-22         |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
| S. No. | Name of the State | Central Allocation | Central Release | Central Allocation | Central Release | Central Allocation | Central Release | Central Allocation | Central Release |
| 1      | Bihar             | 317620.00          | 305837.73       | 367391.02          | 326693.12       | 382755.00          | 282822.81       | 382755.00          | 340608.45       |
| 2      | Haryana           | 67406.88           | 57841.95        | 77592.51           | 61846.56        | 85755.82           | 74570.72        | 82538.73           | 51709.18        |
| 3      | Maharashtra       | 91472.35           | 95051.92        | 101622.31          | 73423.81        | 101370.47          | 63559.58        | 101370.47          | 69302.88        |
| 4      | West Bengal       | 109364.64          | 108934.52       | 163525.32          | 157905.49       | 133877.32          | 132743.02       | 133877.32          | 130974.48       |
|        | Total             | 585863.87          | 567666.12       | 710131.16          | 619868.98       | 703758.61          | 553696.13       | 700541.52          | 592594.99       |

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