Lok Sabha Question No. 3403 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Funds not Released  under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Anand Bhadauria

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3403

ANSWERED ON - 16/12/2024

## FUNDS NOT RELEASED UNDER SAMAGRA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

3403.   Shri Anand Bhadauria:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has not released shares of State Governments under Samagra Siksha Abhiyan(SSA) during last few years on the plea that these States have not signed MoU for Prime Minister School for Rising India(PM SHRI) schools;

- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the amount withheld, State-wise and year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government would release the funds under SSA to these States;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and timeline therefor; and

(e)  if  not,  the  reasons  for  punishing  the  children  of  these  States  in  the  name  of  PM  SHRI schools?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a)  &  (b):      The  Samagra  Shiksha  scheme,  launched  in  2018,  is  an  integrated  scheme  for school education. To implement the NEP 2020, Samagra Shiksha scheme was revamped with new interventions such as Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), Support for NIPUN Bharat, Quality and Innovation at all levels, Equity and Inclusion, Vocational Education, ICT and Digital  Initiatives  etc.  were  incorporated  in  the  scheme  and  it  was  aligned  to  the  NEP 2020.

PM SHRI scheme, yet another initiative, was launched in September 2022 with an aim to  showcase all the components of the National Education Policy 2020 and to also provide guidance  to  other  schools  around  them  as  well  as  become  the  benchmark  schools  for  the neighbourhood.  PM-SHRI  supplements  the  efforts  of  Samagra  Shiksha.  These  schools showcase the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and emerge as exemplar schools over a period of time.

States and UTs are required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSE&L), Ministry of Education, Government  of  India,  for  implementation  of  PM  SHRI  scheme.  Out  of  36  States/UTs,  33

States/UTs have signed the MoU so far. West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are yet to be onboarded.

(c)  to  (e):  The  funds  under  the  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  are  released  based  on  the fulfillment  of  certain  conditions  prescribed  by  Ministry  of  Finance,  such  as  pace  of expenditure,  receipt  of  commensurate  State  share,  audited  accounts,  statement  cumulative State share, statement on outstanding advances, up-to date expenditure statement, furnishing of  information  as  prescribed  in  the  Manual  on  Financial  Management  &  Procurement  and audited  utilization  certificate  of  previous  year.  The  details  of  the  Central  Share  released  to States/UTs under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan during the last three years is at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3403 FOR ANSWER ON 16.12.2024 ASKED BY SHRI ANAND BHADAURIA HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING FUNDS NOT RELEASED UNDER SAMAGRA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

State-wise details of actual Central Share releases during the last three years in respect of Samagra Shiksha:

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl.No.              | Name of the State   |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1                   | A &NIslands         |     31.52 |     56.51 |     55.28 |
| 2                   | Andhra Pradesh      |    683.01 |   1503.59 |   1289.41 |
| 3                   | Arunachal Pradesh   |    279.96 |    252.29 |    475.04 |
| 4                   | Assam               |   1561.56 |   2080.86 |   1810.48 |
| 5                   | Bihar               |   3406.08 |   3554.59 |   4241.73 |
| 6                   | Chandigarh          |    108.04 |    109.79 |    116.36 |
| 7                   | Chhattisgarh        |    332.37 |    828    |    776.59 |
| 8 DNH               | and D&D             |     20.92 |     64.67 |     41.3  |
| 9                   | Delhi               |    145.88 |    221.94 |    146.09 |
| 10                  | Goa                 |     11.02 |     29.86 |     18.66 |
| 11                  | Gujarat             |    893.76 |   1321.25 |   1132.53 |
| 12                  | Haryana             |    517.09 |    670.21 |    578.8  |
| 13 Himachal Pradesh |                     |    319.1  |    551.6  |    485.97 |
| 14 Jammu            | &Kashmir            |    873.99 |    364.97 |    865.44 |
| 15                  | Jharkhand           |    858.97 |   1154.52 |   1104.93 |
| 16                  | Karnataka           |    474.52 |    861.52 |    828.09 |
| 17                  | Kerala              |    225.13 |    178.16 |    141.66 |
| 18                  | Ladakh              |     57.18 |     14.89 |     52.23 |
| 19 Lakshadweep      |                     |      2.16 |      4.33 |      1    |
| 20 Madhya           | Pradesh             |   2292.8  |   1939.29 |   2981.51 |
| 21                  | Maharashtra         |    693.03 |    900    |   1001.19 |
| 22                  | Manipur             |    182.5  |    404.76 |    257.22 |
| 23                  | Meghalaya           |    271.71 |    375.15 |    394.18 |
| 24                  | Mizoram             |    179.68 |    142.68 |    274.14 |
| 25                  | Nagaland            |    137.34 |    281.04 |    231.25 |
| 26                  | Odisha              |   1238.07 |   1836.67 |   1236.61 |
| 27                  | Puducherry          |     13.98 |     15.28 |     12.47 |
| 28                  | Punjab              |    501.27 |    605.05 |    331.12 |
| 29                  | Rajasthan           |   2405.82 |   2138.61 |   3202.89 |
| 30                  | Sikkim              |    100.12 |    107.19 |    132.61 |
| 31 Tamil            | Nadu                |   1598.82 |   2107.23 |   1876.16 |
| 32                  | Telangana           |    553.28 |   1142.51 |    920.13 |
| 33                  | Tripura             |    226.93 |    286.73 |    341.33 |
| 34                  | Uttar Pradesh       |   2044.97 |   3819.75 |   4276.45 |
| 35                  | Uttarakhand         |    320.84 |    704.39 |    440.57 |
| 36                  | West Bengal         |   1309.74 |   1522.04 |    311.29 |
|                     | Total               |  24873.2  |  32151.9  |  32382.7  |