Lok Sabha Question No. 3988 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Lack of Infrastructure in Schools
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Gyaneshwar Patil, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3988 ANSWERED ON-18/08/2025

## Lack of Infrastructure in Schools

†3988 . Shri Gyaneshwar Patil:

Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram:

Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai:

Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke:

Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  schools  in  rural  areas  of  Union  Territory  of  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and  the States of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh lack adequate infrastructure like classrooms, toilets and drinking water facilities;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  various  schemes  being  run  by  the  Government  to  improve  the infrastructure of schools in the above States/UTs;

(c)  the details of the infrastructure developed in the above States/UTs during the last five years, district-wise; and

(d)  the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  spent  for  the  said  purpose  during  the  last  five  years, year-wise?

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

(a)  to  (d):    Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  most  of  the  schools  are under the administrative jurisdiction of concerned States &UTs. Under the Centrally Sponsored scheme  Samagra  Shiksha, States and UTs  are supported for strengthening of existing government schools including in rural areas and for creation and augmentation of infrastructure facilities  like  Additional  Classrooms,  Toilets  for  Boys/Girls/CWSN,  Drinking  Water  based  on the gaps determined from Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) database and proposals received from respective State/UT. These plans are then appraised and approved by  the  Project  Approval  Board  (PAB)  in  the  Department  in  consultation  with  the  States  and Union  Territories  as  per  the  programmatic  and  financial  norms  of  the  scheme,  physical  and financial progress of works sanctioned earlier and availability of budgetary resources.

Based on the approved Annual Work Plan & Budget(AWP&B), the Central Share under Samagra Shiksha is released to the respective State/UT in lumpsum and not for constituencies or districts  separately.  The  States/UTs  then  allocate  and  utilize  these  funds  in  line  with  their priorities, transferring them further to Districts, Blocks and Schools as applicable, in accordance with the approved AWP&B.

The Government is taking targeted and saturation approach in providing infrastructure facilities to every school across the Country.  During the last five years, amount of Rs. 1083.38 Crores  &  Rs.  916.88  crore  to  Madhya  Pradesh,  Rs.  504.31  Crore  &  Rs.  542.53  crore  to Maharashtra and Rs. 27.70 Crore & Rs. 16.70 crore to UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman &  Diu  were  approved  &  released  respectively  for  school  infrastructure.  The  details  of  basic infrastructure facilities in rural areas of Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu  and  the  States  of  Maharashtra  and  Madhya  Pradesh,  details  of  year-wise  approval  of infrastructure components to rural areas of the aforesaid States/UT under Samagra Shiksha from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25, and Central share approved amount and release amount for the last five years under Samagra Shiksha is attached at Annexure-I.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  no.  3988  answered  on 18.08.2025  asked  by  Hon'ble  members  of  Parliament  Shri  Gyaneshwar  Patil,  Shri  Bhumare  Sandipanrao Asaram, Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai,  Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke and  Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge.

Number of Government Schools with Basic Infrastructure Facilities in Rural Areas

| Name of States/UT                    |   Total Schools |   Total Boys Schools |   Total Girls Schoo ls |   Drinki ng Water |   Boys toilet | Girls toilet   | Ra mp   |   Electri city |   Playgro und |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------|----------------|---------|----------------|---------------|
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |             325 |                  323 |                    324 |               325 |           321 | 324            | 322     |            325 |           324 |
| Madhya Pradesh                       |           86196 |                84778 |                  85320 |             85861 |         82968 | 8366 5         | 854 87  |          75378 |         82520 |
| Maharashtra                          |           58680 |                58094 |                  58181 |             58187 |         54103 | 5573 9         | 568 15  |          53532 |         53588 |

Source: UDISE+ 2023-24

*Boys toilet consider Boys only and Co-Educational Schools

*Girls toilet consider Girls only and Co-Educational Schools

## The details of year-wise physical sanction of infrastructure to rural areas under Samagra Shiksha from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25

| Name of State                        |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |         6 |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| Madhya Pradesh                       |        33 |        20 |      1491 |       921 |      2061 |
| Maharashtra                          |         0 |        33 |      3997 |       805 |      1529 |

Note:-  Physical  sanction  includes  Additional  classroom,  Boys  toilet,  Girls  toilet,  CWSN  toilet  and  drinking  water facility.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 3988 answered on 18.08.2025 asked by Hon'ble members of Parliament Shri Gyaneshwar Patil, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke and Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge.

Details of Central Share Fund allocation and release during the last five years under Samagra Shiksha

Amount: Rs. In Crs

| S.No   | Financial Year   | Madhya Pradesh   | Madhya Pradesh   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu   | Maharashtra     | Maharashtra     |
|--------|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| S.No   | Financial Year   | Approved Amount  | Central release  | Approved Amount                            | Central release                            | Approved Amount | Central release |
| 1      | 2020-21          | 63.08            | 101.68           | 4.67                                       | 0.22                                       | 39.07           | 26.13           |
| 2      | 2021-22          | 47.84            | 1.61             | 4.42                                       | 0.00*                                      | 32.89           | 64.38           |
| 3      | 2022-23          | 309.11           | 56.45            | 7.51                                       | 4.04                                       | 126.59          | 298.73          |
| 4      | 2023-24          | 340.66           | 203.33           | 3.02                                       | 8.20                                       | 153.57          | 48.61           |
| 5      | 2024-25          | 322.69           | 553.81           | 8.08                                       | 4.24                                       | 152.19          | 104.68          |

Source:- PRABANDH Portal & PAB Minutes

*Unspent balance more than 50% against fresh release proposal.