Lok Sabha Question No. 4334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Expenditure on Education Sector
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Girish Chandra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4334

ANSWERED ON-27/03/2023

## EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION SECTOR

## 4334. SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  Government  expenditure  on  the  education  sector  as  a  whole  as  a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP);
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  increased  its  funding  after  announcing  the  National Education Policy (NEP), if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total expenditure incurred by the States put together on education as percentage of the GDP;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  amount  and  the  percentage  of  the  total  Central  funding  in  education allocated  to  Indian  Institutes  of  Technology,  National  Institutes  of  Technology,  Indian Institutes of Management and Central Universities during the last three years and the current year; and
- (e)  the  details  of  amount  and  the  percentage  of  Central  funding  gone  to  States  and  their educational institutions during the above-said period?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a)    As  per  the  latest  Analysis  of  Budgeted  Expenditure  on  Education,  the  total  Central Government Expenditure on Education (i.e. both Ministry of Education and Other Ministries),  as  a  percentage  of  Gross  Domestic  Product  (GDP)  for  the  year  2020-21,  is 1.13%.
- (b)  National  Education  Policy,  2020  (NEP  2020)  unequivocally  endorses  and  envisions  a substantial increase in public investment in education by both the Central Government and all State Governments.

The Central Government has increased its Budget allocation of Ministry of Education (MoE) from Rs. 93,224.31 Crore for the year 2021-22, to Rs. 1,04,277.72 Crore for the year 2022-23 and to Rs. 1,12,899.47 Crore for the year 2023-24.

- (c)      The  total  expenditure  by  the  States/UTs  put  together on  education  as  a  percentage  of GDP, for the year 2020-21, is 3.52%, as per Analysis of Budgeted Expenditure on Education.

(d)    The Budget allocation to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), and Central Universities, and percentage allocation to total allocation of the MoE, has increased in last three years and in current year, as given below:-

(Rs. in Crore)

| Items                                                                                  | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Budget allocation of Central Universities/IITs/IIMs/NITs                               | 17506.93  | 19450.41  | 19854.43  | 23033.58  |
| Budget allocation of Central Universities/IITs/IIMs/NITs as % to MoE Budget allocation | 18.46%    | 19.59%    | 21.30%    | 22.09%    |

- (e)      The  details  of  Budget  allocation  to  States  through  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of Ministry of Education and percentage to Budget allocation of MoE from the year 2019-20 to 2022-23 is given below:-

(Rs. in Crore)

| Items                                                                          | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Budget allocation in Centrally Sponsored Schemes to States                     | 49667.40  | 50380.50  | 46285.16  | 52737.06  |
| Budget allocation in Centrally Sponsored Schemes as % to MoE Budget allocation | 52.36%    | 50.73%    | 49.65%    | 50.57%    |

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