Lok Sabha Question No. 2032 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Funds for Education Programme
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2032 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## Funds for Education Programme

## 2032.  SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO :

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the  amount  of  funds  that  could  not  be  spent  under  various education  schemes/programmes  during  the  last  two  years  due  to  COVID-19 pandemic, scheme-wise;
- (b) whether the purpose for which the said Schemes were  introduced have not been met owing to unspent funds and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps being taken to expedite the execution work under the said Schemes to compensate for the time lost due to the pandemic?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR EDUCATION

(DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a) The  Actual  expenditure  incurred  under  the  various  Schemes  of  the  Ministry depends  upon  various  factors  including  amongst  them  receiving  the  complete proposals from the State Governments/implementing agencies, receipt of Utilization Certificate, Unspent  Balance, provision of State share, pace of expenditure, and unforeseen circumstances, pandemic etc.

The  expenditure  details  of  the  Ministry  for  the  last  two  Financial  Years  are attached herewith as below:

- (i) D/o Higher Education- Annexure-I
- (ii) D/o School Education & Literacy - Annexure-II
- (b) &  (c)  Regular  monitoring  is  done  by  the  Ministry  as  per  the  Output  Outcome Monitoring Framework for each Scheme, in order to ensure the timely execution and to meet the targets.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2032 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO , HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMME'

## Department of Higher Education

## Budget Estimates, Revised Estimates/Final Grant, Actual Expenditure  and Under-utilzation of funds

(Rs. In crore)

|       |                                                                               | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20            | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21            |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|
| S.No. | Schemes                                                                       | B.E.      | RE/FG     | Actuals   | Under- utilization | B.E.      | RE/FG     | Actuals   | Under- utilization |
| 1     | National Research Professors                                                  | 1.30      | 1.30      | 0.57      | 0.73               | 1.30      | 0.32      | 0.29      | 0.03               |
| 2     | Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)                                      | 2100.00   | 2100.00   | 2100.00   | --                 | 2200.00   | 200.00    | 200.00    | --                 |
| 3     | World Class Institutions                                                      | 400.00    | 325.00    | 224.10    | 100.90             | 500.00    | 1016.30   | 1016.30   | --                 |
| 4     | Prime Minister's Girls' Hostel                                                | 13.00     | 13.00     | 3.25      | 9.75               | 20.00     | --        | --        | --                 |
| 5     | Interest Subsidy and contribution for guarantee funds                         | 1900.00   | 1910.00   | 1674.90   | 235.10             | 1900.00   | 1476.79   | 1476.79   | --                 |
| 6     | Scholarship for College &University Students                                  | 355.00    | 380.00    | 368.65    | 11.35              | 140.00    | 166.35    | 166.10    | 0.25               |
| 7     | Indian Scholarships Going Abroad - Scholarships offered by Foreign Government | 1.00      | 1.00      | 0.14      | 0.86               | 1.00      | 1.00      | 0.09      | 0.91               |
| 8     | Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu and Kashmir                              | --        | --        | --        | --                 | 225.00    | 128.70    | 128.00    | 0.70               |
| 9     | PM Research Fellowship                                                        | 50.00     | 49.00     | 26.26     | 22.74              | 50.00     | 64.37     | 63.28     | 1.09               |

|   10 | National Mission in Education through ICT                                |   170.00 | 132.00   | 104.40   | 27.60   | 85.00   | 36.84   | 36.66   | 0.18   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|   11 | Setting up of virtual classrooms and massive open online courses (MOOCs) |   130    | 114.00   | 98.62    | 15.38   | 75.00   | 68.00   | 68.00   | --     |
|   12 | e-shodh Sindhu                                                           |   242    | 242.00   | 227.66   | 14.34   | 242.00  | 154.61  | 154.61  | --     |
|   13 | Higher Education Statistics and Public Information System (HESPIS)       |    17    | 17.00    | 11.30    | 5.70    | 20.00   | 12.36   | 12.34   | 0.02   |
|   14 | National Digital Library                                                 |    10    | 20.00    | 15.60    | 4.40    | 12.40   | 7.90    | 7.90    | --     |
|   15 | National Academic Depository                                             |    10    | --       | --       | --      | 10.00   | --      | --      | --     |
|   16 | Training &Research in Frontier Areas                                     |    15    | 15.00    | 9.09     | 5.91    | --      | 4.51    | 4.51    | --     |
|   17 | National Initiative for Design Innovation                                |    35    | 20.50    | 14.00    | 6.50    | 35.00   | 8.73    | 8.73    | --     |
|   18 | Startup India Initiative in Higher Educational Institutions              |    95.47 | 45.47    | 43.87    | 1.60    | 100.00  | 167.50  | 167.50  | --     |
|   19 | Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan                                                    |    30    | 15.00    | 8.32     | 6.68    | 30.00   | 5.00    | 5.00    | --     |
|   20 | Swachhta Action Plan (SAP)                                               |     2.4  | 2.85     | 2.85     | --      | 2.40    | 1.13    | 1.13    | --     |
|   21 | Implementation of the IMPRINT research initiative                        |    80    | 53.00    | 47.20    | 5.80    | 50.00   | --      | --      | --     |
|   22 | Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS)                    |    75    | 25.50    | 18.75    | 6.75    | --      | 12.00   | 12.00   | --     |
|   23 | Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC)      |   130    | 90.00    | 80.00    | 10.00   | 40.00   | --      | --      | --     |
|   24 | Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (STARS)    |    50    | 37.50    | 33.00    | 4.50    | 50.00   | 15.00   | 15.00   | --     |
|   25 | National Mission on Teachers and Teaching                                |   130    | 102.00   | 89.89    | 12.11   | 50.00   | 22.90   | 22.90   | --     |
|   26 | National Institutional Ranking Framework                                 |     2    | 3.59     | 3.59     | --      | 2.00    | 3.00    | 3.00    | --     |

| 27   | Global Initiative for Academic Network (GIAN)                                                  | 30.00    |   30.00 | 12.50   | 17.50   |   15.00 |      -- |      -- | --   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|
| 28   | Technical Education- Quality Improvement Programme of Govt. of India(EAP)                      | 950.00   |  1100   | 1100.00 | --      |   650   |  596.4  |  596.4  | --   |
| 29   | Programme for Apprenticeship Training- Scholarships &Stipends                                  | 175.00   |   170   | 167.05  | 2.95    |   175   |  175    |  175    | --   |
| 30   | Study in India                                                                                 | 65.00    |    32   | 16.04   | 15.96   |    65   |   19.59 |   19.59 | --   |
| 31   | Education Services- Internationalization of Higher Education (Champion Services Sector Scheme) | 0.20     |    50.2 | --      | 50.20   |   102   |   87.22 |   87.21 | 0.01 |
| 32   | Rashtriya Uchcha Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)                                                        | 2100.00  |  1380   | 1277.82 | 102.18  |   300   |  166    |  165.2  | 0.80 |
| 33   | Improvement in Salary Scales of University &College Teachers                                   | 2000.00  |  1800   | 1800.00 | --      |  1900   |  622.01 |  622.01 | 0.00 |
| 34   | ASEAN Fellowship                                                                               | --       |     1   | 1.00    | --      |    33   |    1.08 |    0.92 | 0.16 |
|      | Total (Schemes)                                                                                | 11364.37 | 10277.9 | 9580.42 | 697.49  |  9081.1 | 5240.61 | 5236.45 | 4.16 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2032 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO , HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMME'

## Department of School Education and Literacy

## Budget Estimates, Revised Estimates/Final Grant, Actual Expenditure and Under-utilization of funds

Rs.In

Crore

|         |                                                                                               | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20            | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21            |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|
| Sl No . | SCHEMES                                                                                       | BE        | RE/FG     | Actuals   | Under- utilization | BE        | RE/FG     | Actuals   | Under- utilization |
| 1       | Samagra Shiksha                                                                               | 36322.0 0 | 35905.2 6 | 32376.5 3 | 3528.73            | 38750.5 0 | 27957.3 2 | 27834.5 8 | 122.74             |
| 2       | Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM- POSHAN)                                              | 11000.0 0 | 9936.67   | 9699.00   | 237.67             | 11000.0 0 | 12900.0 0 | 12878.1 5 | 21.85              |
| 3       | New India Literacy Programme (NILP)                                                           | 75.40     | 0.11      | 0.00      | 0.11               | 10.00     | 95.25     | 78.15     | 17.10              |
| 4       | Appointment of Language Teachers                                                              | 50.00     | 22.76     | 0.00      | 22.76              | 100.00    | 25.00     | 10.49     | 14.51              |
| 5       | Umbrella Programme for Development of Minorities-Education Scheme for Madrasas and Minorities | 120.00    | 120.00    | 70.94     | 49.06              | 220.00    | 310.22    | 214.28    | 95.94              |
| 6       | Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS)                                | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00               | 0.00      | 111.79    | 91.77     | 20.02              |
| 7       | National Means Cum Merit Scholarship Scheme                                                   | 368.20    | 345.20    | 331.26    | 13.94              | 373.00    | 350.00    | 321.11    | 28.89              |
| 8       | National Scheme for Incentive to Girl Child for Secondary Education                           | 100.00    | 92.07     | 8.56      | 83.51              | 110.00    | 1.00      | 0.17      | 0.83               |

| 9   | National Award to Teachers                           | 3.00      | 1.34      | 1.14      |    0.20 | 1.50      | 1.50      | 0.68      |   0.82 |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 10  | Operation Digital Board                              | 25.00     | 0.00      | 0.00      |    0    | 25.00     | 1.00      | 0.00      |    1   |
| 11  | Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme (DHRUV) | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |    0    | 10.00     | 0.50      | 0.00      |    0.5 |
|     | Total Schemes                                        | 48063.6 0 | 46423.4 1 | 42487.4 3 | 3935.98 | 50600.0 0 | 41753.5 8 | 41429.3 8 |  324.2 |