Lok Sabha Question No. 319 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Funds for Right to Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO.  319 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## Funds for Right to Education

## *319. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

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

- (a) the  funds  requested  by  the  States/UT  Governments  for  the  purpose  of  implementation  of Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009;
- (b)  whether the said funds were/are allocated/utilized by the respective State Governments and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  effective  implementation  of  the said Act ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (c):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 319 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  AUGUST, 2016 ASKED BY SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL REGARDING FUNDS FOR RIGHT TO EDUCATION

(a): Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is the designated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for meeting the objective of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. The details of funds  requested/proposed  by  the  State  Governments  and  UT  Administrations  for  the  SSA-RTE programme in the last two years and the current year are at Annexure I.

(b): Allocation of outlays of the States and UTs under SSA is made on the basis of the approved Annual  Work  Plan  and  Budgets  (AWP&Bs)  prepared  by  States  based  on  their  requirements  and priority. Release of funds depends on timely submission by States and UTs of the requisite documents such  as  utilisation  certificate,  progress  report,  audit  report,  etc  as  per  the  scheme  guidelines  and General Financial Rules. State/UT-wise details of central share released and expenditure reported by them under SSA in the last two years and the current year are at Annexure-II.

(c): Apart from the financial assistance provided to State Governments and UT Administrations, several initiatives have been taken up by the Central Government for effective implementation of the RTE Act, 2009 and SSA programme.  Some of these are:-

- (i) Since the inception of SSA in 2001 till 31.3.2016, 3.64 lakh new elementary schools, construction of 3.11 lakh school buildings, and 18.61 lakh additional classrooms, 2.38 lakh  drinking  water  facilities,  10.14  lakh  school  toilets  and  19.48  lakh  teacher  posts have been sanctioned to States and UTs.
- (ii) Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  have  been  opened  in  Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) where the female rural literacy is below the national average to  provide  for  residential  upper  primary  schools  for  girls.  3609  KGBVs  have  been sanctioned  till  31.3.2016,  out  of  which  3599  KGBVs  are  operational  in  the  country enrolling 3.64 lakh girls.
- (iii) Under  Swachh  Vidyalaya  initiative,  4,17,796  toilets  were  constructed  in  2,61,400 elementary and secondary government schools in a period of one year from 15.8.2014 to 15.8.2015, thus ensuring that every government school has separate functional toilets for  girls  and  boys.  With  this,  about  13.58  crore  children  in  11.08  lakh  government schools have access to gender segregated toilets.
- (iv) The  number  of  children  with  special  needs  that  have  been  brought  into  the  fold  of education  (through  enrolment  in  formal  schools,  school  readiness  programme  and through home-based education) is 23.18 lakh as per the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2014-15.
- (v) The State Governments and UT Administrations are supported on several interventions to improve teaching standards, including regular in-service teachers' training, induction training  for  newly  recruited  teachers,  training  of  all  untrained  teachers  to  acquire professional qualifications through Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode, recruitment of additional teachers for improving pupil-teacher ratios, academic support for teachers through block and cluster resource centres, continuous and comprehensive evaluation system to equip the teacher to measure pupil performance and provide remedial action wherever  required,  and  teacher  and  school  grants  for  development  of  appropriate teaching-learning materials, etc.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.319  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  8 TH   AUGUST,  2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJENDRA  AGRAWAL REGARDING FUNDS FOR RIGHT TO EDUCATION

Statement showing details of funds requested/proposed by the State Governments and UT Administrations for the SSA-RTE programme

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.     | State/UT                  |          2014-15 | 2015-16    | 2016-17     |
|-------------|---------------------------|------------------|------------|-------------|
| 1           | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |   1402.96        | 1304.73    | 2267.91     |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh            | 487591           | 420434.43  | 326530.32   |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh         |  59705.5         | 56504.04   | 73471.09    |
| 4           | Assam                     | 389627           | 274281.24  | 347243.70   |
| 5           | Bihar                     |      1.25215e+06 | 1333751.47 | 1827721.95  |
| 6           | Chandigarh                |   8398.12        | 7707.19    | 7865.802    |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh              | 295851           | 338234.83  | 330208.12   |
| 8           | Dadar & Nagar Haveli      |   2721.31        | 2422.43    | 4191.27     |
| 9           | Daman & Diu               |   1154.6         | 1068.60    | 1126.50     |
| 10          | Delhi                     |  29812.5         | 32671.202  | 36457.876   |
| 11          | Goa                       |   3257.48        | 3012.58    | 3229.65     |
| 12          | Gujarat                   | 273720           | 293658.66  | 336553.43   |
| 13          | Haryana                   | 155421           | 139855.56  | 158169.8203 |
| 14          | Himachal Pradesh          |  62245.2         | 54851.46   | 66691.18414 |
| 15          | Jammu & Kashmir           | 243476           | 319011.07  | 309855.61   |
| 16          | Jharkhand                 | 328948           | 307020.34  | 314433.62   |
| 17          | Karnataka                 | 302975           | 223316.82  | 317663.273  |
| 18          | Kerala                    | 126817           | 68432.02   | 72054.95    |
| 19          | Lakshadweep               |    438.18        | 436.60     | 434.65      |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh            | 897255           | 804435.838 | 883365.385  |
| 21          | Maharashtra               | 215102           | 361791.00  | 428564.87   |
| 22          | Manipur                   |  63165.9         | 67111.77   | 49079.08    |
| 23          | Meghalaya                 |  49968.8         | 35690.08   | 48679.29    |
| 24          | Mizoram                   |  29450.3         | 21358.73   | 19736.67122 |
| 25          | Nagaland                  |  40488.4         | 36,473.42  | 41,681.24   |
| 26          | Odisha                    | 403649           | 364590.70  | 334140.10   |
| 27          | Puducherry                |   1239.13        | 1222.78    | 1182.21     |
| 28          | Punjab                    | 150066           | 183816.83  | 174169.77   |
| 29          | Rajasthan                 | 655058           | 647376.84  | 876911.64   |
| 30          | Sikkim                    |  14565.8         | 8970.74    | 7935.09     |
| 31          | Tamil Nadu                | 297530           | 326207.576 | 746007.33   |
| 32          | Telangana                 | 364347           | 260550.77  | 285895.03   |
| 33          | Tripura                   |  39612.5         | 40172.52   | 44243.63    |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh             |      1.39978e+06 | 1762730.74 | 2495434.34  |
| 35          | Uttarakhand               |  70865           | 82961.13   | 92928.07    |
| 36          | West Bengal               | 673836           | 584086.95  | 556247.27   |
| Total (SSA) | Total (SSA)               |      9.39168e+06 | 9467523.71 | 11622371.76 |

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  319  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  8 TH   AUGUST,  2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJENDRA  AGRAWAL REGARDING FUNDS FOR RIGHT TO EDUCATION

Statement showing State/UT-wise details of central share released and expenditure reported by States/UTs under SSA

(Rs. in lakh)

Note:  Expenditure  is  shown  above  against  receipts  from  Central  release,  State  share  release  Finance  Commission  Award  and Miscellaneous incomes if any.

| Sl. No.   |                   | 2014-15                  | 2014-15                             | 2015-16                  | 2015-16                             | 2016-17                                      |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Release of Central Share | Expenditure (including State Share) | Release of Central Share | Expenditure (including State Share) | Release of Central Share ( as on 29.7.2016 ) |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 154566.68                | 220151.96                           | 66810.81                 | 161051.54                           | 16034.59                                     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 33607.83                 | 35417.42                            | 18179.44                 | 29271.33                            | 4363.06                                      |
| 3         | Assam             | 97782.17                 | 154779.39                           | 100464.64                | 116527.23                           | 24111.51                                     |
| 4         | Bihar             | 216336.05                | 549982.34                           | 251557.33                | 576225.94                           | 270688.44                                    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 92705.34                 | 170940.10                           | 62219.70                 | 147751.88                           | 57269.74                                     |
| 6         | Goa               | 1310.38                  | 2301.07                             | 813.58                   | 1585.81                             | 869.11                                       |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 78476.48                 | 126367.05                           | 61563.82                 | 182493.43                           | 14775.32                                     |
| 8         | Haryana           | 42110.65                 | 77111.15                            | 34501.21                 | 52916.29                            | 18699.88                                     |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 12547.30                 | 22157.43                            | 12139.13                 | 32526.67                            | 3500.00                                      |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 51276.51                 | 68657.21                            | 129980.55                | 182893.46                           | 83275.43                                     |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 75775.18                 | 130830.03                           | 55863.31                 | 135591.04                           | 13407.19                                     |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 66213.52                 | 103546.41                           | 41759.33                 | 119636.52                           | 10022.24                                     |
| 13        | Kerala            | 21844.02                 | 27164.26                            | 12858.86                 | 25832.72                            | 3086.13                                      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 149094.91                | 275475.85                           | 160197.85                | 212603.60                           | 38447.49                                     |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 58288.54                 | 119545.19                           | 41225.28                 | 84734.46                            | 10000.00                                     |
| 16        | Manipur           | 21465.80                 | 23629.08                            | 18355.46                 | 15031.94                            | 4405.31                                      |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 20404.51                 | 26368.72                            | 16626.96                 | 21003.75                            | 11051.55                                     |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 14739.69                 | 13034.86                            | 9437.51                  | 14382.25                            | 2265.00                                      |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 20568.72                 | 15350.76                            | 8739.53                  | 15943.80                            | 2600.00                                      |
| 20        | Odisha            | 66695.31                 | 137715.57                           | 82081.65                 | 134883.34                           | 60349.94                                     |
| 21        | Punjab            | 36215.98                 | 64378.84                            | 30003.82                 | 65592.85                            | 27086.98                                     |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 248041.55                | 425261.03                           | 193462.09                | 425030.13                           | 44430.90                                     |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 4526.13                  | 4819.66                             | 4054.36                  | 5163.87                             | 973.05                                       |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 135819.79                | 178546.68                           | 82111.73                 | 141320.18                           | 19706.82                                     |
| 25        | Telangana         | 81406.88                 | 104426.68                           | 21776.01                 | 68807.25                            | 7500.00                                      |
| 26        | Tripura           | 19800.13                 | 21878.04                            | 16956.97                 | 19667.41                            | 4069.62                                      |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 449867.53                | 780113.36                           | 505434.30                | 1205725.47                          | 120674.00                                    |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 22880.56                 | 37138.60                            | 22588.40                 | 38131.67                            | 25268.98                                     |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 97240.30                 | 250940.93                           | 84679.41                 | 170734.26                           | 20323.06                                     |
| 30        | A &NIslands       | 147.21                   | 609.12                              | 359.46                   | 696.75                              | 100.00                                       |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 3893.53                  | 6436.30                             | 3521.81                  | 5767.69                             | 3278.90                                      |
| 32        | Dadra &N. Haveli  | 911.74                   | 1987.09                             | 594.91                   | 1694.87                             | 142.78                                       |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        | 72.77                    | 434.56                              | 78.38                    | 374.01                              | 100.00                                       |
| 34        | Delhi             | 6223.73                  | 12432.94                            | 7293.80                  | 10328.59                            | 1839.84                                      |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 58.83                    | 448.88                              | 139.87                   | 235.30                              | 100.00                                       |
| 36        | Pondicherry       | 100.00                   | 607.62                              | 583.14                   | 561.18                              | 139.95                                       |
|           | Total             | 2403016.25               | 4190986.17                          | 2159014.41               | 4422718.48                          | 924956.81                                    |