Lok Sabha Question No. 2300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Funds for Maharashtra
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare

## 2300.  SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of funds allocated/granted under various schemes of the Government to the State of Maharashtra during the last three years;
- (b)  the details of funds released under such schemes to the State during the last three years;
- (c)   the details of funds yet to be released/ due to the State; and
- (d)   the fixed time-frame by which these funds would be released to the State?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (c): The  details  of  funds  released  to  the  state  of  Maharashtra  under  various  schemes implemented by Ministry of Education, during the last three years are as below:
- (d) : The  funds  are  released  to  the  States  regularly  on  the  basis  of  progress  of  the  scheme.  In scholarship schemes the amount is sent to the bank accounts of the students directly by the direct benefit transfer mode.

| Department of Higher Education           | Department of Higher Education                                         | (Funds released in Rs. Crore)   | (Funds released in Rs. Crore)   | (Funds released in Rs. Crore)   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S.No.                                    |                                                                        | 2018-19                         | 2019-20                         | 2020-21                         |
| i.                                       | Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)                             | 45.18                           | 87.70                           | 0.0                             |
| ii.                                      | Improvement in salary scale of university and college teachers         | 100                             | 1320.93                         | -                               |
| iii.                                     | Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College & University students | 15.53                           | 15.04                           | 14.95                           |
| Department of School Education& Literacy | Department of School Education& Literacy                               | (Funds released in Rs. Crore)   | (Funds released in Rs. Crore)   | (Funds released in Rs. Crore)   |
| S.No.                                    |                                                                        | 2018-19                         | 2019-20                         | 2020-21                         |
| i.                                       | Samagra Shiksha                                                        | 950.51                          | 734.23                          | 635.59                          |
| ii.                                      | Mid-Day Meal Scheme                                                    | 981.85                          | 994.68                          | 1002.50                         |
| iii.                                     | Scheme for Providing Education to Madarsas/Minorities (SPEMM)          | -                               | -                               | 0.44                            |
| iv.                                      | Saakshar Bharat Programme                                              | 17.94                           | -                               | -                               |
| v.                                       | National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)                    | 75.74                           | 36.04                           | 70.90                           |

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2300

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## Funds for Maharashtra