Lok Sabha Question No. 2520 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: RMSA in Rajasthan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2520

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## RMSA in Rajasthan

## †2520. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made funds available for setting up of libraries, laboratories, toilets, playgrounds  and  classes  under  'Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan'  to  the  educationally backward States including Rajasthan; and
- (b)   if  so,  the  total  funds  allocated  for  this  purpose  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) and (b) The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) was launched in 2009 with an aim to universalize access to secondary schools by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance of every habitation. The scheme provides financial assistance for additional classrooms, science laboratories, libraries, computer rooms, art/craft/culture rooms, toilets, drinking  water  facilities,  etc.  in  new  secondary  schools  and  existing  secondary  schools  to  all States/UTs.    Details  of  State/UT  wise  funds  released  for  non-recurring  components  under  RMSA during the last three years including to the State of Rajasthan is annexed . For the current financial year 2016-17, an amount of Rs. 2220.00 crore is available in the budget for non-recurring activities.

No  separate  funds  for  playgrounds  for  secondary  schools  are  provided  under  RMSA.  The Framework  for  implementation  of  RMSA  provides  that  schools  not  having  playgrounds  will  use playground in neighborhood schools or the Community playground. The Community, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), Member of Legislative  Assembly  Local  Area  Development  Scheme  (MLALADS)  may  also  contribute  towards development & maintenance of playgrounds.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2520 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016 ASKED BY SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL REGARDING 'RMSA IN RAJASTHAN'

State/UT  wise  release  of  funds  during  last  three  years  for  construction  work  under  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)

Rs. in Lakh

| Sl. No      | Name of States/UTs   | 2013-2014         | 2014-15        | 2015-16               |
|-------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
| 1           | A &NIslands          | Non - Recurring 0 | - Recurring 65 | Non - Recurring 53.88 |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh       | 0                 | 1600.78        | 20869.44              |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0                 | 0              | 3055.38               |
| 4           | Assam                | 7062              | 11745.58       | 10874.65              |
| 5           | Bihar                | 6000              | 12160.815      | 0                     |
| 6           | Chandigarh           | 0                 | 87.01          | 45.65                 |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh         | 14247             | 12824.88       | 8216.38               |
| 8           | Dadra &Nagar Haveli  | 0                 | 32.18          | 161.71991             |
| 9           | Daman &Diu           | 127               | 0              | 4.2                   |
| 10          | Delhi                | 0                 | 200.47         | 200.458               |
| 11          | Goa                  | 0                 | 115.87         | 38.1                  |
| 12          | Gujarat              | 0                 | 81.75          | 8309.85               |
| 13          | Haryana              | 0                 | 7216.65        | 1881.92               |
| 14          | Himachal Pradesh     | 8334.81           | 1798.82        | 5451.55               |
| 15          | Jammu &Kashmir       | 4000              | 6858.59        | 0                     |
| 16          | Jharkhand            | 11883             | 11120.31       | 7529.17               |
| 17          | Karnataka            | 10000             | 23780.42       | 16161.5               |
| 18          | Kerala               | 0                 | 943.4          | 6847.57               |
| 19          | Lakshadweep          | 0                 | 0              | 0                     |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh       | 35995             | 6592.32        | 11331.97              |
| 21          | Maharashtra          | 0                 | 20378.55       | 5218.38               |
| 22          | Manipur              | 1860.97           | 3442.65        | 2344.43               |
| 23          | Meghalaya            | 0                 | 0              | 13.5                  |
| 24          | Mizoram              | 1351              | 172.63         | 112.56                |
| 25          | Nagaland             | 0                 | 0              | 5326.42               |
| 26          | Odisha               | 25753             | 18015.09       | 17759.02              |
| 27          | Puducherry           | 608.6             | 0              | 0                     |
| 28          | Punjab               | 6876              | 5843.723       | 1276.58               |
| 29          | Rajasthan            | 26714             | 26804.812      | 10671.01              |
| 30          | Sikkim               | 762               | 89.64          | 595.74                |
| 31          | Tamil Nadu           | 19161             | 2818.68        | 0                     |
| 32          | Telangana            | 0                 | 1173.58        | 13610.56              |
| 33          | Tripura              | 858.62            | 0              | 328.31                |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh        | 9680              | 8516.22        | 60                    |
| 35          | Uttrakhand           | 5453.6            | 1581.14        | 21.54                 |
| 36          | West Bengal          | 76.52             | 7978.89        | 0                     |
| Grand Total | Grand Total          | 196804.12         | 194040.45      | 158371.4379           |