Lok Sabha Question No. 2142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: Disbursement of Funds under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan/PM SHRI
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Adv. Chandra Shekhar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 2142 ANSWERED ON - 05/08/2024

## Disbursement of Funds under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan/PM SHRI

2142 Dr. Shashi Tharoor: Adv. Chandra Shekhar:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether it is  true  that  despite  the  State  Government  of Kerala agreed to implement the Prime Minister's Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI), the Government has not allocated dues of third and fourth instalments apart 167.94 crore under the Samagra Shiksha Kerala;

- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether it is true that if the PM SHRI programme is not smoothly implemented in Kerala, the State will have to incur a loss of INR 978.53 crore;

- (d) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to facilitate the seamless implementation of the PM SHRI programme in Kerala; and

(e) whether the Government has any plan to establish PM SHRI Vidyalaya in the Nagina Lok Sabha  Constituency  in  Uttar  Pradesh  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) &  (b) Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  the  States  and  UTs  are  supported  for  strengthening  of existing  government  schools  and  for  creation  and  augmentation  of  infrastructure  facilities based  on  the  gaps  determined  from  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education (UDISE+) and proposals received from respective State/UT. The need for schools and also the infrastructural facilities  in  schools  are  worked  out  every  year  by  the  respective State/Union Territory on incremental basis depending on their need and priority and reflected in  their  Annual  Work  plan  &  Budget  (AWP&B).  These  plans  are  then  appraised  and approved/estimated  by  the  Project  Approval  Board  (PAB)  in  the  Department  of  School Education  &  Literacy  in  consultation  with  the  States  and  UTs.  As  per  the  guidelines  of Ministry  of  Finance,  the  central  share  of  funds  approved  in  AWP&B  are  released  in  4 installments.

During the financial year 2023-24, for the State of Kerala, Rs. 341.69 cr was approved as  central  share  in  annual  work  plan  &  budget  under  Samagra  Shiksha.  First  and  second installments  of  Rs.  141.05  cr  total  was  released  to  the  State  of  Kerala  after  adjusting  the unspent balance of FY 2022-23. The proposal for release of third & fourth installment of Rs. 118.07cr to the State of Kerala under Samagra Shiksha for FY 2023-24 was also concurred by  IFD  in  the  Ministry. However,  for  the  release  of  third  and  fourth  installment,  sanction order got signed but it could not be uploaded on PFMS Portal as the State of Kerala had not updated its legacy data on the PFMS portal, in-spite of repeated request made by DoSEL till the last minute of closing hours of financial year 2023-24.

As  due  to  technical  issue  on  PFMS  in  the  state  of  Kerala,  the  third  and  fourth installment  of  FY  2023-24  could  not  get  released.  As  per  the  norms,  the  non-recurring component of the fund approved in FY 2023-24 but which could not be released are carried forward as spillover next financial  year. However, for the recurring component also of the fund  approved  in  FY  2023-24,  it  was  requested  to  the  state  of  Kerala  to  submit  a reimbursement proposal. After receipt of reimbursement proposal  and  detailed deliberation with the representatives of Govt. of Kerala, the Project Approval Board approved an outlay of Rs. 153.35 cr (Central Share + State Share) as reimbursement, out of which the central share is Rs. 92.01 cr. It was also decided to include the reimbursement amount in the outlay for the year 2024-25. Accordingly, an addendum was issued to the state of Kerala on 29th May 2024 to ensure there is no loss of due fund to the state of Kerala for the year 2023-24.

(c)  As far as the loss of INR 978.53 crore is concerned, it has already been explained in part (b) of this answer. The due non-recurring funds are carried forward as spillover to FY 202425, while the due recurring funds are approved for reimbursement and included in the 202425 outlay.

(d)  National Education Policy 2020 is the first education policy of the 21st century launched on 29th July 2020. To implement the NEP 2020, Samagra Shiksha scheme was revamped, and  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  i.e.,  Samagra Shiksha 2.0.

PM  SHRI  Scheme  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. Under PM SHRI Scheme, 34 States/UTs including KVS/NVS have signed the MoU.

Further, Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSE&L), Ministry of Education has requested the state of Kerala to sign the MoU and implement the PM SHRI Scheme through various  letters  including  letters  from  Secretary,  DoSE&L  and  Hon'ble  Education  Minister addressed  to  the  Chief  Secretary  and  Chief  Minister  of  State  of  Kerala  respectively.  After repetitive requests, the state of Kerala has given the undertaking for signing the MoU and to implement the PM SHRI Scheme.

The state is requested to implement both Samagra Shiksha Scheme and PM SHRI Scheme as both  schemes  showcase  the  initiatives  of  NEP  2020  and  PM  SHRI  Schools  will  become exemplar schools and offer leadership to other schools in the neighborhood.

- e)  Under the PM SHRI scheme, there is a provision of setting up of more than 14,500 PM SHRI  Schools  by  strengthening  the  existing  schools  from  amongst  schools  managed  by Central government/State/UT Government/local bodies. A total of 10,858 schools have been selected  from  32  States/UT  s  including  KVS/NVS  under  the  PM  SHRI  Scheme.  In  the Nagina Lok Sabha Constituency in the State of Uttar Pradesh, 13 PM SHRI  Schools have been selected. The details are attached at Annexure-I.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2142  ANSWER  ON  05.08.2024  ASKED  BY  DR. SHASHI THAROOR AND ADV. CHANDRA SHEKHAR, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT  REGARDING  'DISBURSEMENT  OF  FUNDS  UNDER  SAMAGRA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN/PM SHRI'

The details  of  the  PM  SHRI  schools  selected  from  Nagina  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  in  the State of Uttar Pradesh is:

|   S N | District   | Block                 |      UDISE | School Name                      | School Category   |
|-------|------------|-----------------------|------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|     1 | BIJNOR     | BUDHANPUR SEOHARA     | 9030417001 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL BAGWARA         | Upper Primary     |
|     2 | BIJNOR     | BUDHANPUR SEOHARA     | 9030403303 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL MEWANAWADA      | Upper Primary     |
|     3 | BIJNOR     | DHAMPUR               | 9030201301 | P.S.MILAK JAHGEERABAD            | Primary           |
|     4 | BIJNOR     | DHAMPUR               | 9030208202 | RAKIYA INTER COLLEGE KUWDI PURA  | Sr. Secondary     |
|     5 | BIJNOR     | KIRATPUR              | 9030703502 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL SARAI EMMA      | Upper Primary     |
|     6 | BIJNOR     | KIRATPUR              | 9030700109 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL CHANDAK TURK    | Upper Primary     |
|     7 | BIJNOR     | NAJIBABAD             | 9031004702 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL SABAL PUR BITRA | Upper Primary     |
|     8 | BIJNOR     | NAJIBABAD             | 9031002403 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL SARAI ALAM      | Upper Primary     |
|     9 | BIJNOR     | NEHTAUR               | 9030305203 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL NARAYAN KHERI   | Upper Primary     |
|    10 | BIJNOR     | NEHTAUR               | 9030306701 | P.S. EBRHAHIMPUR SADO            | Primary           |
|    11 | BIJNOR     | NOORPUR               | 9031114702 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL JHUJHLA         | Upper Primary     |
|    12 | BIJNOR     | NOORPUR               | 9031113601 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL CHAJUPURA       | Upper Primary     |
|    13 | BIJNOR     | Noorpur- Municipality | 9031115319 | COMPOSITE SCHOOL NOORPUR         | Upper Primary     |

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