Lok Sabha Question No. 859 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Smart Class in Rural Areas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed, Behanan Benny

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 859 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  February, 2022

Smart Class in Rural Areas

859. SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has conducted any audits on the coverage, status and functionality of smart classes in rural areas of the country; (b) if  so,  the details of when such an audit was last conducted and from where the report of the same can be accessed; and the  details  of  budgetary  allocations,  approvals,  and  utilisations  for  smart
2. (c) classes under various schemes, year- wise from 2019 till date?

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

(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.  Central government maintains Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) data on  certain  parameters  for  all  state/UTs,  such  as  number  of  ICT  labs,  Internet connectivity, etc. sponsored  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha.  State/UT  wise,  details of

The  ICT  Labs/Smart  Class  Rooms  are  approved  in  schools  under  the  centrally financial allocation/approval & utilisation, year-wise for years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 under the scheme are at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 859 TO BE ANSWERED ON  07.02.2022  ASKED  BY  SHRI  MOHAMMED  FAIZAL  P.P.  &  SHRI  BENNY  BEHANAN  REGARDING  SMART  CLASS  IN  RURAL AREAS.

## Financial approvals for ICT labs/Smart Class rooms

|         |                     | Approvals   | Approvals   | Approvals        | Approvals   | Approvals        | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure      | Expenditure   | Expenditure      |
|---------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UT            | 2019-20     | 2020-21     | 2020-21          | 2021-22     | 2021-22          | 2019-20       | 2020-21       | 2020-21          | 2021-22       | 2021-22          |
|         | State/UT            | ICT Lab     | ICT Lab     | Smart Classrooms | ICT Lab     | Smart Classrooms | ICT Lab       | ICT Lab       | Smart Classrooms | ICT Lab       | Smart Classrooms |
| 1       | A & N Islands       | 0.67        | 2.7         | 4.1              | 3           | 0                | 3.51          | 3.6           | 4                | 2.2           | 0                |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      | 48.52       | 33.1        | 0                | 59.3        | 26.9             | 24.33         | 0.0           | 0                | 26.4          | 0                |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 2.11        | 4.4         | 0                | 5.6         | 0                | 8.05          | 0.0           | 0                | 0.0           | 0                |
| 4       | Assam               | 40.54       | 71          | 0                | 155         | 87.4             | 43.27         | 40.2          | 0                | 12.1          | 0                |
| 5       | Bihar               | 30.78       | 11.9        | 0                | 0           | 65.7             | 0             | 0.0           | 0                | 0.0           | 0                |
| 6       | Chandigarh          | 0.53        | 0.7         | 0                | 0.3         | 2.1              | 0.83          | 0.7           | 0                | 0.2           | 0                |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh        | 0           | 1           | 63               | 13.8        | 70.9             | 27.74         | 0.5           | 36.7             | 0.0           | 0                |
| 8       | DNH and Daman & Diu | 0.05        | 10          | 0                | 0           | 2                | 0             | 9.9           | 0                | 0.0           | 0                |
| 9       | Delhi               | 14.82       | 0.9         | 0.9              | 2.2         | 21.5             | 10            | 0.0           | 0                | 0.0           | 0                |
| 10      | Goa                 | 0           | 0.2         | 0                | 0.2         | 0                | 0             | 0.0           | 0                | 0.0           | 0                |
| 11      | Gujarat             | 22.8        | 0           | 43.5             | 0           | 104              | 10.77         | 10.2          | 0                | 19.5          | 0                |
| 12      | Haryana             | 0           | 0           | 36.5             | 18.3        | 29               | 0             | 39.5          | 29.9             | 2.0           | 0                |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh    | 45.28       | 55.6        | 0                | 35.7        | 39.2             | 39.99         | 10.3          | 0                | 0.0           | 0                |
| 14      | J&K                 | 24.43       | 26.1        | 0                | 51.8        | 12.4             | 12.57         | 62.9          | 0                | 0.0           | 0                |
| 15      | Jharkhand           | 50.82       | 73.1        | 0                | 79.1        | 12.5             | 31.16         | 8.0           | 0                | 5.5           | 0                |
| 16      | Karnataka           | 12.55       | 76.2        | 0                | 63.7        | 0                | 0             | 0.0           | 0                | 0.0           | 0                |
| 17      | Kerala              | 0           | 0           | 0                | 0           | 2.8              | 0             | 0.0           | 0                | 0.0           | 0                |

(Rs in Crore)

| 18   | Ladakh         |      0 |   4.4 |     0 |    2.1 |   0.5 |      0 |   11.2 |    0 |   5.9 |   0 |
|------|----------------|--------|-------|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|------|-------|-----|
| 19   | Lakshadweep    |   0    |   0.3 |   0   |    0.3 |   0.2 |   0    |    0   |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh |   0    |   0   |   0   |   28.2 |  16.8 |   0    |    0   |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 21   | Maharashtra    | 154.9  |  35   |   0   |    0   |  21.3 |  42.09 |   34.5 |  0   |   4.7 | 0   |
| 22   | Manipur        |  12.34 |  15.6 |   0   |   10   |   7.4 |  13.52 |   23.1 |  0   |   3.3 | 0   |
| 23   | Meghalaya      |   2.76 |  12.4 |   0   |    5.7 |   0   |   0.12 |    5   |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 24   | Mizoram        |   0    |   3.3 |   0   |    0.8 |   4.8 |   0    |    2.6 |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 25   | Nagaland       |   0.5  |   0   |  11.4 |    0   |   2.3 |   0    |    0.4 |  0   |   0   | 4.6 |
| 26   | Odisha         |  98.76 | 120.2 |   9.2 |   43.4 | 107.3 | 148.11 |  150.1 |  9.2 |  30   | 0   |
| 27   | Puducherry     |   2.52 |   3.4 |   0   |    1.1 |   2.4 |   2.52 |    4.3 |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 28   | Punjab         |   0    |  12.5 |   0   |   37.5 |  68.9 |  42.08 |   19.3 |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 29   | Rajasthan      |  36.42 |  42.5 |  39.9 |   38.1 |  66.4 |  33.78 |   48.2 |  0.1 |  47   | 1.5 |
| 30   | Sikkim         |   4.14 |   3.6 |   0   |    8.9 |   5.7 |   5.86 |    3.2 |  0   |   3.7 | 3.7 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu     | 104.28 |  54.3 |   0   |  149.9 |  20.8 |  77.82 |   53.1 |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 32   | Telangana      |  40.46 |  13.5 |   0   |   39.1 |  72.2 |   0    |   70   |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 33   | Tripura        |   5.71 |   4.5 |   0   |   22.8 |   6   |   0    |   18.4 |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh  |   1.09 |   0   |  50.4 |    0   |  13   |   0    |    0   |  0   |   0   | 0   |
| 35   | Uttarakhand    |   1.28 |  12   |  27.4 |   34.6 |  17   |  32.95 |   10.3 |  9.6 |   6   | 0   |
| 36   | West Bengal    |   0    |   8   |   0   |   93.3 |  47.2 |   0    |    0   |  0   |   0   | 0   |
|      | Total          | 759.06 | 712.6 | 286.2 | 1003.8 | 956.8 | 611.07 |  639   | 89.7 | 168.3 | 9.8 |

Source: PRABANDH