Lok Sabha Question No. 1908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Survey of Smart Class
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1908 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## Survey of Smart Class

## 1908.  SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any audit and or survey on the coverage, status and functionality of smart classes in rural India;
- (b) if so, the details of such an audit or survey conducted and where the report of the same can be accessed therefor; and
- (c) the  details  of  budgetary  allocations,  approvals  and  utilisations  of  Government sanction for smart classes under various schemes during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (c): Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments.

Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education prepared 'The India Report on Digital Education' which shows the digital and remote learning initiatives through  the  use  of  digital  technology  across  the  country.  These  digital  initiatives  of  the DoSE&L  and  the  State  and  UT  Governments  have  helped  approximately  25  Crore students in learning. Link for accessing the report is given below:

## The India Report on Digital Education 2020:

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/India\_Report\_Digital\_Education \_0.pdf

## The India Report on Digital Education 2021:

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/irde\_21.pdf

The  ICT  Labs/  Smart  Class  Rooms  are  approved  in  schools  under  the  centrally sponsored  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha.  State/UT  wise,  details  of  financial  allocation/ approval  &  utilisation,  year-wise  for  years  2018-19,  2019-20,  2020-21  and  2021-22  (till 31.01.2022) under the scheme are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1908 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022  ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI REGARDING SURVEY OF SMART CLASS

Statement showing State/UT-wise Approval and Expenditure of ICT and Smart Classrooms under Samagra Shiksha

(Rs in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           | Approval         | Approval         | Approval   | Approval          | Approval   | Approval          | Expenditure      | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure       | Expenditure               | Expenditure               |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           | 2018- 19 ICT Lab | 2019- 20 ICT Lab | 2020-21    | 2020-21           | 2021-22    | 2021-22           | 2018- 19 ICT Lab | 2019- 20      | 2020-21       | 2020-21           | 2021-22 (till 31.01.2022) | 2021-22 (till 31.01.2022) |
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           | 2018- 19 ICT Lab | 2019- 20 ICT Lab | ICT Lab    | Smart Class room* | ICT Lab    | Smart Class room* | 2018- 19 ICT Lab | ICT Lab       | ICT Lab       | Smart Class room* | ICT Lab                   | Smart Class room*         |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          | 4.7              | 0.7              | 2.7        | 4.1               | 3.0        | 0.0               | 1.0              | 3.5           | 3.6           | 4.0               | 2.2                       | 0.0                       |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     | 30.0             | 48.5             | 33.1       | 0.0               | 59.3       | 26.9              | 0.0              | 24.3          | 0.0           | 0.0               | 26.4                      | 0.0                       |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 2.3              | 2.1              | 4.4        | 0.0               | 5.6        | 0.0               | 0.0              | 8.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.5                       | 0.0                       |
| 4         | Assam                              | 18.1             | 40.5             | 71.0       | 0.0               | 155.0      | 87.4              | 22.0             | 43.3          | 40.2          | 0.0               | 16.8                      | 0.0                       |
| 5         | Bihar                              | 46.2             | 30.8             | 11.9       | 0.0               | 0.0        | 65.7              | 0.0              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         | 1.0              | 0.5              | 0.7        | 0.0               | 0.3        | 2.1               | 0.9              | 0.8           | 0.7           | 0.0               | 0.2                       | 0.0                       |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       | 24.2             | 0.0              | 1.0        | 63.0              | 13.8       | 70.9              | 3.3              | 27.7          | 0.5           | 36.7              | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 8         | Daman & Diu - Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.4              | 0.0              | 0.9        | 0.0               | 2.2        | 2.0               | 0.3              | 0.0           | 0.6           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 9         | Delhi                              | 1.4              | 0.0              | 10.0       | 0.9               | 0.0        | 21.5              | 18.2             | 10.0          | 9.2           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 10        | Goa                                | 0.0              | 14.8             | 0.2        | 0.0               | 0.2        | 0.0               | 0.3              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 11        | Gujarat                            | 0.3              | 0.0              | 0.0        | 43.5              | 0.0        | 104.0             | 0.0              | 10.8          | 10.2          | 0.0               | 19.5                      | 0.0                       |
| 12        | Haryana                            | 32.0             | 22.8             | 0.0        | 36.5              | 18.3       | 29.0              | 17.0             | 0.0           | 39.5          | 29.9              | 2.0                       | 1.2                       |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   | 59.3             | 0.0              | 55.6       | 0.0               | 35.7       | 39.2              | 57.1             | 40.0          | 10.3          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir                    | 49.1             | 45.3             | 26.1       | 0.0               | 51.8       | 12.4              | 26.7             | 12.6          | 56.0          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          | 51.0             | 24.4             | 73.1       | 0.0               | 79.1       | 12.5              | 15.2             | 31.2          | 25.9          | 0.0               | 6.1                       | 0.0                       |
| 16        | Karnataka                          | 15.1             | 50.8             | 76.2       | 0.0               | 63.7       | 0.0               | 33.4             | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 17        | Kerala                             | 47.6             | 12.5             | 0.0        | 0.0               | 0.0        | 2.8               | 0.0              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 18        | Ladakh                             | 0.0              | 0.0              | 4.4        | 0.0               | 2.1        | 0.5               | 0.0              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 5.9                       | 0.0                       |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        | 1.2              | 0.0              | 0.3        | 0.0               | 0.3        | 0.2               | 0.0              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     | 9.7              | 0.0              | 0.0        | 0.0               | 28.2       | 16.8              | 0.0              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        | 110.7            | 154.9            | 35.0       | 0.0               | 0.0        | 21.3              | 110.7            | 42.1          | 34.5          | 0.0               | 4.7                       | 0.0                       |
| 22        | Manipur                            | 7.8              | 12.3             | 15.6       | 0.0               | 10.0       | 7.4               | 6.5              | 13.5          | 23.1          | 0.0               | 3.3                       | 0.0                       |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          | 0.0              | 2.8              | 12.4       | 0.0               | 5.7        | 0.0               | 3.3              | 0.1           | 5.0           | 0.0               | 2.1                       | 0.0                       |
| 24        | Mizoram                            | 0.9              | 0.0              | 3.3        | 0.0               | 0.8        | 4.8               | 0.8              | 0.0           | 2.6           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 25        | Nagaland                           | 0.9              | 0.5              | 0.0        | 11.4              | 0.0        | 2.7               | 0.9              | 0.0           | 0.4           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 7.7                       |
| 26        | Odisha                             | 233.0            | 98.8             | 120.2      | 9.2               | 43.4       | 107.3             | 131.1            | 148.1         | 150.1         | 9.2               | 30.0                      | 0.0                       |
| 27        | Puducherry                         | 4.8              | 2.5              | 3.4        | 0.0               | 1.1        | 2.4               | 6.7              | 2.5           | 4.3           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 28        | Punjab                             | 6.6              | 0.0              | 12.5       | 0.0               | 37.5       | 68.9              | 6.6              | 42.1          | 19.3          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          | 69.1             | 36.4             | 42.5       | 39.9              | 38.1       | 66.1              | 50.8             | 33.8          | 48.2          | 0.1               | 48.1                      | 3.3                       |
| 30        | Sikkim                             | 6.7              | 4.1              | 3.6        | 0.0               | 8.9        |                   | 2.2              | 5.9           | 3.2           | 0.0               | 4.2                       | 3.7                       |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                         | 0.0              | 104.3            | 54.3       | 0.0               | 149.9      | 5.7 20.8          | 214.4            | 77.8          | 53.1          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT      | Approval   | Approval   | Approval   | Approval          | Approval   | Approval          | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure       | Expenditure               | Expenditure               |
|-----------|---------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT      | 2018- 19   | 2019- 20   | 2020-21    | 2020-21           | 2021-22    | 2021-22           | 2018- 19      | 2019- 20      | 2020-21       | 2020-21           | 2021-22 (till 31.01.2022) | 2021-22 (till 31.01.2022) |
| Sl. No.   | State/UT      | ICT Lab    | ICT Lab    | ICT Lab    | Smart Class room* | ICT Lab    | Smart Class room* | ICT Lab       | ICT Lab       | ICT Lab       | Smart Class room* | ICT Lab                   | Smart Class room*         |
| 32        | Telangana     | 52.7       | 40.5       | 13.5       | 0.0               | 39.1       | 72.2              | 26.7          | 0.0           | 70.0          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 33        | Tripura       | 0.0        | 5.7        | 4.5        | 0.0               | 22.8       | 6.0               | 0.0           | 0.0           | 18.4          | 0.0               | 3.2                       | 0.0                       |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh | 37.4       | 1.1        | 0.0        | 50.4              | 0.0        | 13.0              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 35        | Uttarakhand   | 0.0        | 1.3        | 12.0       | 27.4              | 34.6       | 17.0              | 0.0           | 33.0          | 10.3          | 9.6               | 6.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 36        | West Bengal   | 0.0        | 0.0        | 8.0        | 0.0               | 93.3       | 47.2              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
|           | Total         | 924.2      | 759.1      | 712.6      | 286.2             | 1003. 8    | 956.8             | 756.0         | 611.1         | 639.0         | 89.7              | 181.0                     | 16.0                      |

## Source: PRABANDH

*    Provision for Smart Classrooms introduced in Samagra Shiksha in 2020-21.

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