Lok Sabha Question No. 377 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: Withdrawal of Implementation of PM-SHRI Scheme in Kerala
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Adv Dean Kuriakose

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 377 ANSWERED ON - 02/02/2026

## Withdrawal of Implementation of PM-SHRI Scheme in Kerala

## 377. Adv Dean Kuriakose:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the State Government of Kerala has requested withdrawal on the implementation of PM-SHRI scheme after signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Government and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether a State Government can unilaterally withdraw from the MoU signed for the PMSHRI  scheme  after  its  execution  and  if  so,  the  guidelines  allowing  or  restricting  such withdrawal;

(c)  the  details  of  fund  allocated  under  PM-SHRI  scheme  and  Samagra  Shiksha  Abhiyan (SSA), State/UT-wise including Kerala during the last three years; and

(d) whether funds under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) were delayed or withheld for Kerala due to non-signing of the PM-SHRI MoU?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in which PM SHRI schools are set up by  strengthening the existing schools from amongst schools managed by Central Government/State/UT Government/local bodies. These schools are to showcase all the initiatives of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, be the exemplar schools, and also offer benchmarking leadership to other schools in the neighbourhood.

Under the PM SHRI scheme, States/UTs sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Centre, laying down the commitments for supporting these schools for achieving specified quality assurance as PM SHRI schools. Thereafter, the selection of PM SHRI schools is done through  the  Challenge  Mode,  wherein  schools  compete  for  support  to  become  exemplar schools.

The State of Kerala has signed the MoU on 23 rd October 2025, which is to be followed by transparent challenge Mode for the selection of PM SHRI schools. Subsequently, State of Kerala has been requested to upload information of schools on PM SHRI portal.

The State/UT/KVS/NVS/NCERT-wise details of Central Government funds allocated under PM SHRI scheme during the last three years is attached as Annexure I .  Further, the details of the Central Government funds allocated to the States/UTs including Kerala under Samagra Shiksha scheme during the last three years is attached as Annexure II .

The  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy  is  implementing  the  centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha in partnership with all the States and UTs. Samagra Shiksha has been aligned with NEP 2020. Financial assistance is provided to all States and UTs for various components for implementation of the interventions under Samagra Shiksha as per norms. Accordingly, the annual plans under Samagra Shiksha are prepared by the States and UTs based on their requirements and priority and this is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B). These plans are then appraised and approved by Project Approval Board (PAB) in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme.

An amount of Rs. 92.41 Crore has been released to the State of Kerala as 1st instalment during current financial year out of Central Share of Rs. 452.04 Crore allocated for FY 202526. The balance Central Share will be released to the State subject to compliance with release criteria of the scheme and guidelines of Ministry of Finance issued from time to time.

Since, the State of Kerela is implementing Samagra Shiksha Scheme which has been aligned with NEP 2020, it would be appropriate that the States come forward to implement and showcase all the initiatives of NEP 2020 including under PM SHRI Scheme in order to develop government  schools  of  the  States  as  exemplar  schools  to  facilitate  best  school  education services.  Implementation of Samagra Shiksha Scheme is implementation of NEP 2020 and PM SHRI Schools are exemplar schools of NEP 2020.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  377  ANSWERED  ON  02.02.2026  ASKED  BY  ADV  DEAN KURIAKOSE, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'WITHDRAWAL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PM-SHRI SCHEME IN KERALA'

The State/UT/KVS/NVS/NCERT-wise details of Central Government funds allocated under PM SHRI scheme during the last three years are as follows:

(Rs. in crore)

| S. No.   | States/UTs/ KVS/NVS   | FY: 2023-24 Central allocation   | FY: 2024-25 Central allocation   |   FY: 2025-26 Central allocation |
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | A&N Islands           | 6.25                             | 7.64                             |                            10.64 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh        | 212.91                           | 469.43                           |                           386.1  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh     | 16.85                            | 50.33                            |                            47.29 |
| 4        | Assam                 | 114.71                           | 297.92                           |                           195.86 |
| 5        | Bihar                 | NA                               | NA                               |                           600.45 |
| 6        | Chandigarh            | 0.73                             | 1.8                              |                             1.65 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh          | 39.47                            | 120.85                           |                           118.07 |
| 8        | DNH&DD                | 2.59                             | 2.56                             |                             3.65 |
| 9        | Goa                   | 3.71                             | 9.49                             |                             9.97 |
| 10       | Gujarat               | 65.87                            | 109.74                           |                           125.81 |
| 11       | Haryana               | 51.16                            | 135.3                            |                           115.04 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh      | NA                               | 135.35                           |                           102.46 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir        | 104.79                           | 252.68                           |                           249.36 |
| 14       | Jharkhand             | NA                               | 155.23                           |                           228.87 |
| 15       | Karnataka             | 30.17                            | 150.86                           |                           226.15 |
| 16       | Ladakh                | 8.08                             | 26.66                            |                            21.22 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep           | 4.36                             | 6.77                             |                             7.35 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh        | 131.99                           | 261.84                           |                           368.01 |
| 19       | Maharashtra           | 126.81                           | 339.37                           |                           220.57 |
| 20       | Manipur               | 35.27                            | 82.89                            |                            65.94 |
| 21       | Meghalaya             | 8.59                             | 30.57                            |                            31.68 |
| 22       | Mizoram               | 8.2                              | 12                               |                            11.68 |
| 23       | Nagaland              | 3.9                              | 22.33                            |                            30.4  |
| 24       | Odisha                | NA                               | 261.02                           |                           511.19 |
| 25       | Puducherry            | 2.35                             | 6.52                             |                             5.66 |
| 26       | Punjab                | NA                               | 125.68                           |                           207.82 |
| 27       | Rajasthan             | 98.36                            | 270.5                            |                           260.79 |
| 28       | Sikkim                | 20.35                            | 31.06                            |                            26.73 |
| 29       | Telangana             | 239.21                           | 388.67                           |                           253.52 |
| 30       | Tripura               | 23.61                            | 51.67                            |                            38.73 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh         | 242.99                           | 402.68                           |                           377.63 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand           | 65.62                            | 117.09                           |                           134.16 |
| 32       | KVS                   | 590.71                           | 817.78                           |                           428.05 |
| 33       | NVS                   | 260.73                           | 654.44                           |                           383.65 |
| 34       | NCERT                 | NA                               | NA                               |                             5.12 |
| Total    | Total                 | 2520.34                          | 5808.72                          |                          5811.27 |

*Note:

NA- States had not onboarded the PM SHRI scheme in the aforesaid year.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  377  ANSWERED  ON  02.02.2026  ASKED  BY  ADV  DEAN KURIAKOSE, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'WITHDRAWAL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PM-SHRI SCHEME IN KERALA'

The details of the Central Government funds allocated to the States/UTs including Kerala under Samagra Shiksha scheme during the last three years are as follows:

(Rs. in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Name of the States/UTs   | FY: 2023-24        | FY: 2024-25 Central   | FY: 2025-26        |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the States/UTs   | Central allocation | allocation            | Central allocation |
| 1       | A &NIslands              | 9532.55            | 8484.17               | 8939.32            |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 179657.608         | 173293.31             | 140772.43          |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 59601.029          | 64447.49              | 78323.466          |
| 4       | Assam                    | 260407.292         | 288347.22             | 368806.989         |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 502132.656         | 499123.47             | 589656.726         |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 13213.99           | 13720.64              | 14810.08           |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh             | 120045.112         | 126779.26             | 118482.35          |
| 8       | DNH&DD                   | 9537.23            | 9802.68               | 10972.68           |
| 9       | Delhi                    | 37783.6            | 56633.22              | 55245.42           |
| 10      | Goa                      | 3077.84            | 2426.79               | 2770.98            |
| 11      | Gujarat                  | 133473.508         | 160173.72             | 143519.856         |
| 12      | Haryana                  | 101502.757         | 107632.86             | 84604.254          |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh         | 68685.118          | 76494.93              | 71073.551          |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir           | 173649.666         | 172160.13             | 143599.16          |
| 15      | Jharkhand                | 125218.508         | 117386.04             | 115690.18          |
| 16      | Karnataka                | 95443.122          | 93654.51              | 110332.7           |
| 17      | Kerala                   | 34334.47           | 42889.42              | 45204.68           |
| 18      | Ladakh                   | 19159.03           | 20099.43              | 22630.62           |
| 19      | Lakshadweep              | 575.47             | 741.78                | 881.1              |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh           | 389333.2           | 412209.15             | 375084.65          |
| 21      | Maharashtra              | 134800.532         | 143859.39             | 143182.774         |
| 22      | Manipur                  | 49677.819          | 53200.51              | 59620.043          |
| 23      | Meghalaya                | 40496.07           | 39882.71              | 40658.74           |
| 24      | Mizoram                  | 36087.439          | 29798.67              | 33224.0445         |
| 25      | Nagaland                 | 33362.725          | 28439.24              | 36020.056          |
| 26      | Odisha                   | 196376.544         | 193480.26             | 213955.904         |
| 27      | Puducherry               | 2256.398           | 1974.29               | 2126.35            |
| 28      | Punjab                   | 71866.492          | 70878.25              | 86111.964          |
| 29      | Rajasthan                | 359233.848         | 386553.20             | 334568.23          |
| 30      | Sikkim                   | 16891.638          | 15661.00              | 16641.535          |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu               | 212764.72          | 215315.01             | 184722.37          |
| 32      | Telangana                | 116557.40          | 116271.55             | 108827.22          |
| 33      | Tripura                  | 44074.73           | 45179.94              | 50742.202          |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh            | 664429.006         | 697621.18             | 589243.272         |
| 35      | Uttarakhand              | 72768.264          | 88371.48              | 73537.876          |
| 36      | West Bengal              | 176747.914         | 174579.86             | 199839.4623        |
|         | Total                    | 4564755.29         | 4747566.76            | 4674423.23         |