Lok Sabha Question No. 5204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Education Budget
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5204 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## Education Budget

## 5204. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  decrease  in  Budget  Allocation  or  funding  for education sector by various State Governments in recent years;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  Budget  Allocation  made  by  State  Government  and  Central Governments from the year 2016-2022;
- (c) the details of the State Government which reduced funds for education in spite of increase in total expenditure for education from the year 2016-2022;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  most  of  the  budget  allocated  by  the  State Governments and Central Government are going for committed liabilities such as salaries and administrative expenses; and
- (e) if so, the details of the funds spends on above said liabilities among allocated budget by Central and State Governments on education sector from the year 2016-2022, State-wise?

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

- (a) to (c) National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 unequivocally endorses and envisions a substantial increase in public investment in education both by the Central Government and  all  State  Governments.  It  states  that  the  Centre  and  States  work  together  to increase the public investment in Education sector to reach 6% of GDP at the earliest. Accordingly, Ministry has written to all its implementing agencies, regulatory bodies, State/UT Governments, other stakeholder Ministries/Departments, etc for taking steps for implementation of NEP 2020.

As per the latest figures of Analysis of Budgeted Expenditure on Education, there has been  a  significant  increase  of  53%  and  59.3%  in  Public  Expenditure  on  Education incurred by States/UTs and Centre respectively in 2019-20 compared to 2015-16. The increase is seen in Centre and almost all the States during the period 2015-16 to 201920.  The  Centre  and  State-wise  Expenditure  for  the  five  years  i.e.  from  2015-16  to 2019-20 is available at https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl\_ques.

- (d) & (e) The major objective of the Education Sector is the holistic development for students  including  cognitive  capabilities,  literacy  and  creative  potential,  for  which primary  resource  is  the  human  resource,  i.e.  Teacher.    The  Education  Sector  is powered and driven by the teachers, professors etc.  The National Education Policy 2020  also  recognizes  the  teacher  as  the  centre  of  the  fundamental  reform  in  the education  system  and  envisages  re-establishing  and  empowered  teachers,  at  all levels,  as  the  most  respected  and  essential  members  of  our  society,  because  they truly shape our next generation of students.

So allocation on salaries is naturally expected in education sector.

The  details  of  Total  Budget  Allocation  and  Expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Budget Head Grants-in-aid-General (OH-31) and Grants-in-aid-Salaries (OH-36) is given in the table below:

(Rs. In Crores)

| Details of Budget Allocation and Expenditure-Ministry of Education   | Details of Budget Allocation and Expenditure-Ministry of Education   | Details of Budget Allocation and Expenditure-Ministry of Education   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Financial year                                                       | Total Budget Allocation                                              | Expenditure under Grant-in-aid-General and Grant-in-aid-salaries     |
| 2016-17                                                              | 72394.00                                                             | 60013.16                                                             |
| 2017-18                                                              | 79685.95                                                             | 64783.51                                                             |
| 2018-19                                                              | 85010.29                                                             | 68295.21                                                             |
| 2019-20                                                              | 94853.64                                                             | 77319.31                                                             |
| 2020-21                                                              | 99311.52                                                             | 75342.38                                                             |
| 2021-22*                                                             | 93224.31                                                             | 69786.21                                                             |
| *Actuals as on 31.03.2022                                            | *Actuals as on 31.03.2022                                            | *Actuals as on 31.03.2022                                            |

It may be seen that the percentage of Expenditure under Grants-in-aid-General and Grants-in-aid-Salaries is showing decreasing trend.

The  Budget  allocations  of  State  Governments  for  education  may  also  contain  the component  of  salary  and  administrative  expenses.    The  details  of  funds  spent  on committed liabilities such as salary etc., of the State Governments in the Education Sector is not maintained in the Department.

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