Lok Sabha Question No. 70 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Expenditure on Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 70 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## Expenditure on Education

## 70. SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Government expenditure on education from 2013-2014 to 2021-22, year-wise, as  percentage  of  total  budgetary  expenditure  and  as  percentage  of  total  Gross  Domestic Product (GDP);
- (b) the details of Government expenditure on higher education for the above-said period, yearwise, as percentage of total budgetary expenditure and as percentage of total GDP;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  performance  of  Higher  Education  Financing Agency (HEFA) against the Centre's target of mobilising Rs. 1,00,000 crore by 2022, and if so, the details thereof including funds raised so far;
- (d) whether there has been a decline in the budget allocation for HEFA from 2018 to 2021, and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (e) the  details  of  amount  disbursed  under  Post  Matric  Scholarship  to  State  Governments  in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, State-wise; and
- (f) whether the funds for Maulana Azad Education Foundation were decreased by 99% in the Budget 2022, and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per latest available data in Analysis of Budgeted Expenditure on Education, the total  Government  Expenditure  on  Education,  as  percentage  of  total  Budgetary Expenditure and as percentage of total Gross Domestic Product (GDP), from 2013-14 to 2019-20, year-wise is as below:-

## Government Expenditure on Education (in%)

| Year                                     |   2013-14 (Actual) |   2014-15 (Actual) |   2015-16 (Actual) |   2016-17 (Actual) |   2017-18 (Actual) |   2018-19 (RE) |   2019-20 (BE) |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
| Expenditure as% of Budgetary Expenditure |              15.46 |              16.14 |              16.91 |              16.07 |              14.75 |          14.89 |          16.07 |
| Expenditure as% of GDP                   |               3.84 |               4.07 |               4.2  |               4.24 |               3.87 |           4.17 |           4.39 |

- (b) The  total  Government  Expenditure  on  Higher  Education,  as  percentage  of  total Budgetary  Expenditure  and  as  percentage  of  total  Gross  Domestic  Product(GDP), from 2013-14 to 2019-20, year-wise is as below:-

## Government Expenditure on Higher Education (in %)

| Year                                      |   2013-14 (Actual) |   2014-15 (Actual) |   2015-16 (Actual) |   2016-17 (Actual) |   2017-18 (Actual) |   2018-19 (RE) |   2019-20 (BE) |
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
| Expenditure as % of Budgetary Expenditure |               5.05 |               5.01 |               4.96 |               5.44 |               4.73 |           4.48 |           5.37 |
| Expenditure as %of GDP                    |               1.25 |               1.27 |               1.23 |               1.44 |               1.24 |           1.25 |           1.47 |

- (c) & (d) The performance of HEFA was assessed by the Department of Expenditure in 2020 and  the financing windows  were  rationalized.  The  equity  contribution  of  the Government and Canara Bank (which is the co-promoter) as on date is Rs. 5,293.75 crore. Additionally, HEFA has raised funds to the tune  of Rs. 2300.00 crore through bank borrowings. This corpus  is adequate to meet the present demand and  there is no decline in budgetary allocation.
- (e) The details of amount disbursed under the central sector scheme of scholarship for college & university students for Post Matric Scholarship to State Governments in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, State-wise is available at https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl\_ques .
- (f) Yes Sir, as intimated by Ministry of Minority Affairs. They have further reported that they  are  extending  full  support  in  the  implementation  of  various  ongoing  socioeconomic, educational empowerment schemes of Maulana Azad Education Foundation

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (E)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 70 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MP  SHRI  PRADYUT  BORDOLOI  REGARDING  'EXPENDITURE  ON EDUCATION'

|          |                   | TE-WISE 2019-20 (Fresh + Renewals)   | TE-WISE 2019-20 (Fresh + Renewals)   | 2020-21 (Fresh + Renewals)   | 2020-21 (Fresh + Renewals)   | 2021-22 (Fresh + Renewals)   | 2021-22 (Fresh + Renewals)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sr. No . | State / Boar d    | No. of Schol arships                 | Amount (in Rs)                       | No. of Schol arships         | Amount (in Rs)               | No. of Schol arships         | Amount (in Rs)               |
| 1        | Andhra Prad esh   | 12616                                | 142330000                            | 6278                         | 70900000                     | 5600                         | 64990000                     |
| 2        | Assam             | 385                                  | 4380000                              | 222                          | 2420000                      | 191                          | 2120000                      |
| 3        | Bihar             | 2741                                 | 27660000                             | 13427                        | 134400000                    | 14339                        | 143400000                    |
| 4        | CBSE              | 9518                                 | 110470000                            | 9771                         | 107350000                    | 10704                        | 121800000                    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh3302  |                                      | 36080000                             | 2551                         | 28640000                     | 4150                         | 47540000                     |
| 6        | CISCE             | 107                                  | 1170000                              | 94                           | 1050000                      | 118                          | 1270000                      |
| 7        | Goa               | 75                                   | 1090000                              | 46                           | 570000                       | 50                           | 540000                       |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 9038                                 | 93760000                             | 8647                         | 89220000                     | 7743                         | 85700000                     |
| 9        | Haryana           | 6900                                 | 74160000                             | 9367                         | 95770000                     | 7578                         | 80340000                     |
| 10       | Himachal Pr adesh | 630                                  | 7170000                              | 598                          | 5990000                      | 994                          | 10010000                     |
| 11       | J&K               | 808                                  | 9450000                              | 430                          | 4690000                      | 645                          | 6720000                      |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 0                                    | 0                                    | 21                           | 210000                       | 2                            | 20000                        |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 14132                                | 156840000                            | 9783                         | 106430000                    | 11894                        | 133060000                    |
| 14       | Kerala            | 8854                                 | 102170000                            | 7830                         | 84290000                     | 9711                         | 104830000                    |
| 15       | Madhya Pra desh   | 11798                                | 128760000                            | 12631                        | 135800000                    | 17066                        | 189170000                    |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 13789                                | 150450000                            | 13710                        | 149580000                    | 16694                        | 188880000                    |
| 17       | Manipur           | 369                                  | 3740000                              | 316                          | 3330000                      | 280                          | 3180000                      |
| 18       | Meghalaya         | 123                                  | 1230000                              | 69                           | 690000                       | 56                           | 580000                       |
| 19       | Mizoram           | 3                                    | 30000                                | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            |
| 20       | Nagaland          | 14                                   | 140000                               | 128                          | 1290000                      | 22                           | 240000                       |
| 21       | Odisha            | 5664                                 | 57760000                             | 7426                         | 77360000                     | 7285                         | 77230000                     |
| 22       | Puducherry        | 109                                  | 1180000                              | 210                          | 2350000                      | 171                          | 2050000                      |
| 23       | Punjab            | 2553                                 | 26770000                             | 2948                         | 30450000                     | 2380                         | 25380000                     |
| 24       | Rajasthan         | 5460                                 | 58490000                             | 6121                         | 61760000                     | 9851                         | 100180000                    |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 7576                                 | 82170000                             | 7766                         | 85710000                     | 12186                        | 128630000                    |
| 26       | Telangana         | 11204                                | 120320000                            | 9530                         | 102400000                    | 11271                        | 127290000                    |
| 27       | Tripura           | 649                                  | 6850000                              | 453                          | 4730000                      | 22                           | 270000                       |
| 28       | Uttar Prades h    | 7263                                 | 74760000                             | 11223                        | 114590000                    | 12765                        | 132040000                    |
| 29       | Uttarakhand       | 1221                                 | 12730000                             | 1211                         | 13740000                     | 1360                         | 14670000                     |
| 30       | West Benga l      | 11626                                | 124160000                            | 12200                        | 130280000                    | 12487                        | 130170000                    |
| Total:   | Total:            | 148527                               | 161,62,70,000/-155007                |                              | 164,59,90,000/-177615        |                              | 192,23,00,000/-              |