Lok Sabha Question No. 2886 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: RMSA in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Y. S. Avinash Reddy

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2886 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## RMSA in Andhra Pradesh

2886. SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  quantum  of  funds  allocated  under  the  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) during the last five years in the state of Andhra Pradesh, District-wise;
- (b) the details of expenditures incurred under RMSA during the last five years; and
- (c) the  current  capacity  of  schools  at  the  primary  level  to  be  upgraded  to  Centres  of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education?

## ANSWER

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

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- (a) As informed by State Government of Andhra Pradesh, funds have been allocated to 13 District  Project  offices  for  implementation  of  the  Samagra  Shiksha  activities  (Secondary) erstwhile scheme of RMSA for the year 2019-2020 to 2021-2022 is given below.

| S.No.   | Name of the District   | Funds Allocated ( Rs.In Lakhs)   | Funds Allocated ( Rs.In Lakhs)   | Funds Allocated ( Rs.In Lakhs)   |
|---------|------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the District   | 2019-20                          | 2020-2021                        | 2021-2022                        |
| 01      | SRIKAKULAM             | 25.58                            | 512.753                          | 495.11                           |
| 02      | VIZIANAGARAM           |                                  | 195.375                          | 408.68                           |
| 03      | VISHAKAPATNAM          |                                  | 252.515                          | 501.97                           |
| 04      | EAST GODAVARI          |                                  | 948.315                          | 622.69                           |
| 05      | WEST GODAVARI          |                                  | 1367.844                         | 420.79                           |
| 06      | KRISHNA                |                                  | 561.835                          | 394.75                           |
| 07      | GUNTUR                 |                                  | 1495.246                         | 460.25                           |
| 08      | PRAKASAM               |                                  | 1791.590                         | 421.13                           |
| 09      | NELLORE                | 274.17                           | 526.844                          | 376.41                           |
| 10      | CHITTOOR               |                                  | 1328.490                         | 623.75                           |
| 11      | YSR KADAPA             |                                  | 434.646                          | 393.94                           |
| 12      | ANANTHAPURAM           |                                  | 1105.403                         | 700.48                           |
| 13      | KURNOOL                | 37.53                            | 1102.803                         | 625.89                           |
|         | Total                  | 337.28                           | 11623.659                        | 6445.85                          |

The releases from 2017-18 to 2018-19 were made as centralized payments i.e direct to vendors hence no district wise data is available.

(b) As informed by State Government of Andhra Pradesh, the details of expenditure incurred under RMSA during the last five years is as given below:

|   S.No | Year                         |   Expenditure (Rs.In Lakh) |
|--------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|     01 | 2017-2018                    |                   33412.1  |
|     02 | 2018-2019                    |                   29984.4  |
|     03 | 2019-2020                    |                   30275.7  |
|     04 | 2020-2021                    |                    9939.63 |
|     05 | 2021-2022 (As at 14.03.2022) |                   26256.7  |

(c) The  Central  Government,  through  integrated  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of  Samagra Shiksha provides support to the States and UTs for opening/ upgradation of schools as per gaps identified from school mapping. It is mentioned that every financial year, on the basis of state specific  school  mapping  exercise,  the  state  proposes  new  schools  to  be  upgraded  in  their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) for consideration for approval by Project Approval Board (PAB) in Ministry of Education (MOE), accordingly as per availability of fund and  rational  of  the  proposal  the  schools  are  approved.Under  erstwhile  Rashtriya  Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), till 2017- 18 and Samagra Shiksha effective from 2018-19, 13093 new secondary  schools  and  151  new  Higher  Secondary  schools  have  been  sanctioned,  out  of which  States  and  UTs  have  reported  opening  of  12724  new  secondary  schools  and  54  new Higher Secondary schools respectively, till 15.03.2022.

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