Lok Sabha Question No. 2240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Funds for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and PM SHRI for Tamil Nadu
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Raja A

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2240

## ANSWERED ON 9 th  DECEMBER, 2024

## Funds for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and PM SHRI for Tamil Nadu

2240.  Shri Raja A:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of funds sanctioned and disbursed to Tamil Nadu under Samagra Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Scheme  for  Rising  India (PMSHRI) during the last two years and in the current year;
- (b) whether the funds have  not  been  released  for  these  schemes  in  the  current year to those States who have not accepted the New Education Policy (NEP) like Tamil Nadu;
- (c) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government considers to release the fund in the interest of the development of education sector, teachers and students; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) :  The  details  of  funds  sanctioned  and    disbursed  to  Tamil  Nadu  under  Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and PM-SHRI during the last two years and in the current year  is as under:

(Rs. in Cr.)

| Financial Year   |   Samagra Shiksha sanctioned |   Samagra Shiksha released |
|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2022-23          |                      2117.59 |                    2107.23 |
| 2023-24          |                      2120.25 |                    1871.96 |

An amount of Rs. 2151.59 crore stands approved as Central share  for the state of Tamil Nadu by the Project Approval Board (PAB) for the financial year 2024-25. As regards PM SHRI Scheme, State has not onboarded the same.

(b)  to  (e):    The  Union  Government  is  committed  to  ensuring  that  every  child,  in  every corner of the country has access to the transformative benefits of the National Education Policy  2020  (NEP  2020).  Samagra  Shiksha  is  an  integrated  scheme  that  envisages education as a continuum from pre-school to class XII. The Scheme has been aligned with the  provisions  of  NEP  2020  and  new  interventions  such  as  Early  Childhood  Care  and Education (ECCE), Support for NIPUN Bharat, Quality and Innovation at all levels, Equity and Inclusion, Skill Education, ICT and Digital Initiatives etc. have been incorporated in the Scheme. Since inception, tens of lakhs of students from the State of Tamil Nadu are benefitting from the provisions of this Scheme.

PM SHRI Scheme was launched in September 2022 with an aim to develop more than 14,500 selected schools as exemplar schools that offer leadership to other schools in the neighborhood, showcasing all the initiatives of NEP 2020. Every State/UT is required to sign a MoU with Ministry of Education and so far, 33 States/UTs have signed the MoU and have been onboarded on the scheme platform. The State of Tamil Nadu, too, gave an undertaking dated 15.03.2024 to sign the PM SHRI MoU before the beginning of the academic year 2024-25. After receiving the undertaking, a draft MoU under PM SHRI was  sent  by  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy  (DoSEL)  to  the  State Government.  However,  the  State  responded  with  a  modified  MoU  vide  letter  dated 06.07.2024  wherein  key  paragraph  referring  to  the  implementation  of  NEP  2020  in entirety had been dropped. Thereafter, State Govt has been repeatedly requested to sign the MoU without any modifications.

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