Union ministry of education moots ₹1,103-cr boost for Punjab under Samagra Shiksha scheme
2 years, 10 months ago

Union ministry of education moots ₹1,103-cr boost for Punjab under Samagra Shiksha scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Union ministry of education has proposed an outlay of ₹1,102.91 crore for Punjab for the financial year 2022-23 under the flagship Samagra Shiksha scheme for school education. The fund allocation conveyed by the Union ministry of education under the Centrally The fund allocation conveyed by the ministry under the Centrally The ministry has earmarked ₹707.73 crore for elementary education and ₹378.62 crore for secondary education whereas ₹16.55 crore has been proposed for teacher education, besides the State Council for Education Research and Training and the District Institutes of Education and Training. The final outlay will be decided in the meeting of the project-approval board headed by the Union education secretary on the basis of the annual work plan and budget submitted by the state government. “In its work plan, the department has projected requirement for additional funds for new initiatives and existing works, including infrastructure upgrade in rural schools, girl education, science labs, etc, with timelines.

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Samagra Shiksha wing to set up 125 specialised centres to help students facing autism-related challenges
3 days, 13 hours ago

Samagra Shiksha wing to set up 125 specialised centres to help students facing autism-related challenges

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh is the first State in the country to establish 125 specialised autism centres across the State to help students facing autism-related challenges, said the State Project Director of Samagra Shiksha B. Srinivasa Rao. Mr. Rao said the allocated funds would be utilised to strengthen Bhavita Kendras, where special training is given to disabled children and to promote vocational …

Telangana’s allocation to Education sector dept. is 7.9% of total budget 2025-26
4 days, 7 hours ago

Telangana’s allocation to Education sector dept. is 7.9% of total budget 2025-26

The Hindu  

The Telangana Budget for 2025-26 gives a boost to the education sector with a year-on-year increase in allocation by 13.5%. The Education Department outlay has been pegged at ₹24,174 crore which is 7.9% of the total ₹3,04,965 crore budget for 2025-26. In his 11,997 word speech on the floor of Assembly on March 19, 2025, Finance Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu …

Punjab utilised only 1/3rd of Samagra Shiksha funds for digital infra in schools
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4 days, 16 hours ago

Punjab utilised only 1/3rd of Samagra Shiksha funds for digital infra in schools

Hindustan Times  

Punjab utilised only 33% of the funds allocated for digital infrastructure in schools under the Samagra Shiksha scheme over the past five years. These funds were sanctioned under the ICT and Digital Initiatives component of Samagra Shiksha for government schools having classes 6 to 12 following the approval of the annual work plan and budget proposal of the state government …

12 states did not receive Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) funds: Govt in Lok Sabha
5 days, 11 hours ago

12 states did not receive Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) funds: Govt in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

As many as 12 states did not receive any funds from the Union government for setting up computer rooms in schools under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan even as half of the total 10.17 lakh government schools in the country do not have the computer facility, the central government told the Lok Sabha citing the latest Unified District Information System for Education …

Tamil Nadu allocates Rs 2,152 crore for Samagra Shiksha scheme
1 week, 2 days ago

Tamil Nadu allocates Rs 2,152 crore for Samagra Shiksha scheme

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Amid tussle with the centre, the DMK-led government has decided to fully fund the Samagra Shiksha scheme even if the centre doesn’t release its share of Rs 2,152 crore allocated this year for the schools in the state. While assuring that the education of students in government schools would not be affected even slightly, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu reaffirmed …

Karnataka Budget: Formal education proposed in madrasas, reimbursement of 50% of professional college fee
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Karnataka Budget: Formal education proposed in madrasas, reimbursement of 50% of professional college fee

The Hindu  

Focusing on making higher education affordable to minority students, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has proposed to reimburse 50% of the fees for admissions availed through KEA to professional courses. Presenting the State Budget for 2025-2026, the Chief Minister announced an increase of ₹10 lakh in the amount given to minority students under the National Foreign Student Scholarship. Besides, 100 Urdu …

Project Alankar: 11 U.P. govt-aided Sanskrit schools set for revamp, ₹2.91 cr approved
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Project Alankar: 11 U.P. govt-aided Sanskrit schools set for revamp, ₹2.91 cr approved

Hindustan Times  

Eleven government-aided Sanskrit secondary schools of Uttar Pradesh that are over 50 years old, are all set to get a major revamp, with support from the state government. Students at a Sanskrit secondary school in Prayagraj For the exercise, ₹2.91 crore has been approved and ₹1.10 crore has been released as the first instalment under Project Alankar— a state government …

Punjab releases ₹15 crore for purchase of books in govt school libraries
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Punjab releases ₹15 crore for purchase of books in govt school libraries

Hindustan Times  

With an aim to inculcate reading habit in government school students, the Punjab government has released a grant of ₹15 crore for the purchase of books for government school libraries. A grant of ₹ 1.28 crore has been released for Hoshiarpur, followed by ₹ 1.23 crore for Ludhiana, ₹ 1.13 crore for Gurdaspur, ₹ 1.07 crore for Jalandhar and ₹ …

TN released funds for govt school maintenance
1 month ago

TN released funds for govt school maintenance

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The school education department has released Rs 61.5 crore as the second instalment of the composite school grant for maintenance work in government schools across Tamil Nadu. The state department released the funds despite the union government withholding Rs 2,152 crore of Samagra Shiksha funds, under which the grant was sanctioned. The project approval board of the Samagra Shiksha …

Centre allocated ₹1.08 lakh crore to Telangana in this year’s budget, says Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar
1 month ago

Centre allocated ₹1.08 lakh crore to Telangana in this year’s budget, says Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday claimed that Telangana has been allocated ₹1.08 lakh crore in the form of taxes and schemes in this year’s Union Budget and accused the Congress government of spreading “false propaganda” against the Centre to divert the attention of the people from its own failure to implement the six promised …

Education gets highest allocation of Rs 41,273 crore in Odisha
1 month ago

Education gets highest allocation of Rs 41,273 crore in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The higest budget allocation of Rs 41,273 is for the education sector. While the budget allocation for school education is Rs 31,000 crore, an increase of 18 per cent over the previous year, the rest is for higher education. While the government has proposed Rs 2,960 crore for upgrading 7,000 elementary schools at panchayat-level under Godabarisha Mishra Adarsha Prathamik …

TN vs Centre: Samagra Shiksha Fund is not a party issue but a State issue, says Anbil Mahesh
1 month ago

TN vs Centre: Samagra Shiksha Fund is not a party issue but a State issue, says Anbil Mahesh

The Hindu  

The Samagra Shiksha Fund is not a party issue but a State issue, Tamil Nadu Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has said. His remarks came after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan made the release of funds conditional on Tamil Nadu implementing the three-language formula advocated by the National Education Policy-2020. “That is when the Union Minister’s tone changed …

Andhra Pradesh’s education system should become a model for the nation, says School Education Director
1 month, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh’s education system should become a model for the nation, says School Education Director

The Hindu  

School Education Director V. Vijay Rama Raju called for collective efforts to shape Andhra Pradesh’s education system into a model for the entire nation. Speaking after inaugurating a two-day awareness conference for district-level Samagra Shiksha Additional Project Coordinators and sectoral officers on Tuesday, organised by Samagra Shiksha, Mr. Rama Raju said strengthening of the education system would be possible only …

Samagra Shiksha: Union government delaying disbursement of ₹2,400 crore due to T.N., says Minister
1 month, 1 week ago

Samagra Shiksha: Union government delaying disbursement of ₹2,400 crore due to T.N., says Minister

The Hindu  

The Union government has been “delaying” the disbursement of funds to the tune of ₹2,400 crore due to Tamil Nadu under the Samagra Shiksha scheme, Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Tuesday. Citing figures provided by the Union government, it pointed out that the Centre has released ₹17,632 crore to all States and Union territories under the …

Government schools bear full brunt as Tamil Nadu, centre tussle over funds
1 month, 1 week ago

Government schools bear full brunt as Tamil Nadu, centre tussle over funds

New Indian Express  

‘Fund crunch makes dept hesitant to sanction infrastructure projects’ However, with less than three months left in the academic year, the second installment has not yet been released. On Tuesday, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, in a statement, said the state government had formed a committee, headed by the school education secretary, to review the MoU for PM-SHRI schools. …

Kerala Budget 2025: school education outlay rises by 5%
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala Budget 2025: school education outlay rises by 5%

The Hindu  

Outlay for school education has gone up in the State Budget for 2025-26. Balagopal has earmarked ₹1,083.82 crore for school education, an increase of nearly 5% from the ₹1,032.62 crore allocated in the past financial year. With the Left Democratic Front government rolling out a comprehensive education plan to improve academic excellence in the new academic year, the Budget has …

Modi Cabinet approves Rs 8,800 crore for Skill India Programme, new railway division at Rayagada
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Modi Cabinet approves Rs 8,800 crore for Skill India Programme, new railway division at Rayagada

India TV News  

The Union Cabinet on Monday approved the continuation and restructuring of the Central Sector Scheme ‘Skill India Programme ’ till 2026 with an overlay outlay of Rs 8,800 crore from the period 2022-23 to 2025-26. Skill India Programme gets Rs 8,800 crore funding Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0, the Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme, and the Jan Shikshan …

Union Budget 2025-26: Key allocations and initiatives for education
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2025-26: Key allocations and initiatives for education

The Hindu  

Focussed on the theme of “Sabka Vikas,” the Union Buget 2025-26 emphasizes the importance of investment in people, economy, and innovation as a significant engine on the journey to reach the goal of “Viksit Bharat.” Accordingly, to minimize the skill gap in the country by making quality education accessible, the Ministry of Education has been allocated ₹1,28,650 crore, 6.22% more …

Union Budget 2025: UGC chairman Jagadesh Kumar highlights increased outlay for higher education
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Union Budget 2025: UGC chairman Jagadesh Kumar highlights increased outlay for higher education

The Hindu  

University Grants Commission chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar has highlighted the increased outlay for higher education, Indian Knowledge Systems, Central universities, Centrally “The substantial increase in the budget allocation for higher education, from ₹46,482.35 crore in 2024-25 to ₹50,077.95 crore in 2025-26, represents a significant 7.74% rise,” he said. Union Budget 2025 LIVE updates A substantial increase in funding for the …

Union Budget 2025: Challenges in Education Sector Funding and Implementation of NEP
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Union Budget 2025: Challenges in Education Sector Funding and Implementation of NEP

The Hindu  

Recently, replying to a question from Left MP V Sivadasan in Rajya Sabha, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the National Education Policy, started in 2020, unequivocally endorses and envisions a “substantial increase” in public investment in education by both the Union and State Governments so that the expenditure in education reaches 6% of the GDP. “As far as Ministry …

SSK to implement ₹890-crore projects next academic year
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SSK to implement ₹890-crore projects next academic year

The Hindu  

The Samagra Shiksha Kerala plans to implement projects to the tune of ₹890 crore in the public education sector in the 2025-26 academic year. A governing council meeting of the School Education Development Society of Kerala gave its nod for the SSK and STARS activities amid the Union government withholding funds of the Samagra Shiksha scheme to the State for …

Free Education in India: Explore 5 government schemes that provide free education to all
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Free Education in India: Explore 5 government schemes that provide free education to all

Hindustan Times  

APJ Abdul Kalam once said "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Free Education in India: Explore 5 government schemes that offer free education To achieve this motto and give every child the weapon to change the world, the Government of India, over the years, has developed and launched various schemes that provide …

₹141 cr. promised for ‘Namma School Namma Ooru Palli’; web page launched to connect alumni of govt. schools
2 months ago

₹141 cr. promised for ‘Namma School Namma Ooru Palli’; web page launched to connect alumni of govt. schools

The Hindu  

The Namma School Namma Ooru Palli initiative received pledges amounting to ₹141 crore from 31 companies for the Tiruchi region during its regional conference on Tuesday. As part of the event, School Education Department launched Palli Chaalaram, a web page designed to connect government school alumni and encourage their contributions to school development. School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, who …

State moots ‘hub and spoke’ model to tide over disparities in school education
2 months, 2 weeks ago

State moots ‘hub and spoke’ model to tide over disparities in school education

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Following widespread criticism of its ‘cluster of schools’ concept, the school education department in Maharashtra is considering a ‘hub and spoke’ model for integrated development of all schools in the state. A proposal on the ‘hub and spoke’ model was recently presented before school education minister Dada Bhuse and is likely to be presented before chief minister Devendra Fadnavis …

Centre gives Odisha ₹ 677 cr for HEIs after signing on to PM-USHA
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre gives Odisha ₹ 677 cr for HEIs after signing on to PM-USHA

The Hindu  

Four months after Odisha signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre to implement the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan, the State’s higher education institutions are set to receive ₹ 676.7 crore for infrastructural development and their transformation into world-class multidisciplinary universities. Under Multi-Disciplinary Education and Research Universities Category, four universities will receive ₹ 400 crore with ₹ 100 crore …

Budget 2025: Increase in allocation to focus on Education 4.0
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2025: Increase in allocation to focus on Education 4.0

Live Mint  

Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present Union Budget 2025 in the Parliament on February 1, following the tradition of recent years. Ahead of the announcement of the second full-fledged budget of the Modi 3.0 government, it's time to look at the expectations of education sector stakeholders from the upcoming financial document that will govern the future …

Rs 676.7 cr PM-USHA aid for growth of higher education in Odisha
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rs 676.7 cr PM-USHA aid for growth of higher education in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : Odisha will get a central aid of Rs 676.7 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan which will help the state-funded universities to ramp up infrastructure and transform them into world-class multidisciplinary universities. Under MERU, Ravenshaw, Berhampur, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo and Sambalpur universities will get Rs 100 crore each. Similarly under GESU, universities in five …

Punjab releases ₹9.92 crore for Scheduled Caste students’ scholarships
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Punjab releases ₹9.92 crore for Scheduled Caste students’ scholarships

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab government has released ₹9.92 crore to 1,503 institutions across the state for students from the Scheduled Caste category studying in classes XI and XII, social justice, empowerment, and minorities minister Dr Baljit Kaur said on Monday. ₹ 59.34 crore of the ₹ 92 crore allocated for the Post Matric Scholarship scheme has already been distributed to 256 institutions, …

Jharkhand government boosts women-based scheme with Rs 2,500 payout
3 months, 1 week ago

Jharkhand government boosts women-based scheme with Rs 2,500 payout

India Today  

The Hemant Soren-led government is set to disburse an enhanced amount of Rs 2,500 to beneficiaries of the Maiya Samman Yojana, a flagship scheme credited with contributing to the INDIA bloc’s significant victory in Jharkhand. In a key move during the special session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, Finance Minister Radhakrishna Kishore presented a supplementary budget of Rs 11,697.45 crore …

Punjab: ₹92 cr released for SC post-matric scholarship scheme
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab: ₹92 cr released for SC post-matric scholarship scheme

Hindustan Times  

To provide financial assistance for the education of Scheduled Caste students, the Punjab government has released ₹92 crore from the budget provisions for the year 2024-25 under the Post-Matric Scholarship for SC Students Scheme. To provide financial assistance for the education of Scheduled Caste students, the Punjab government has released ₹ 92 crore from the budget provisions for the year …

Why is Tamil Nadu’s education funding on hold? | Explained
6 months, 1 week ago

Why is Tamil Nadu’s education funding on hold? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Tamil Nadu is yet to receive this year’s funds from the Union government under the flagship education scheme Samagra Shiksha. Stalin accused the Centre of imposing a prerequisite for the fund’s disbursal, namely, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for another Centrally- In March 2024, the State gave an undertaking that it would do so, …

CM Flays Union Govt for Denying Funds
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CM Flays Union Govt for Denying Funds

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin wondered if the Union Government planned to promote quality education and equality by denying funds to the best performing States under the Samagra Shiksha scheme for their refusal to bow to the forced implementation of the National Education Policy. In message on X, Stalin, who is now in Chicago as part of his official …

Scholarships: September 7, 2024
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Scholarships: September 7, 2024

The Hindu  

NSP Top Class Education Scheme for SC Students An initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. Application: Online Deadline: October 31 www.b4s.in/edge/SJEE2 AICTE-Saksham Scholarship Scheme An initiative from the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and implemented by the AICTE. Eligibility: Open to Indian nationals from a specially-abled category, with a benchmark disability of not …

Kerala likely to implement PM-SHRI: Minister
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala likely to implement PM-SHRI: Minister

The Hindu  

Kerala Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has indicated that the State will implement the PM-SHRI scheme though no final decision has been taken. The State is yet to receive final two instalments of the Union government share of the Samagra Shiksha scheme for the 2023-24 financial year and two instalments for the 2024-25 fiscal. The State said a statement …

Union Budget 2024-25: Nirmala Sitharaman announces e-vouchers for students; education loans up to ₹10 lakh
8 months ago

Union Budget 2024-25: Nirmala Sitharaman announces e-vouchers for students; education loans up to ₹10 lakh

The Hindu  

As part of the new loan scheme announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, e-vouchers will be given to one lakh students every year to secure loans up to ₹10 lakh to pursue higher education in domestic institutions. “This initiative will undoubtedly empower many aspiring students to pursue their academic goals without the burden …

Maharashtra govt tables supplementary demands worth Rs 94889 crore in state assembly
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra govt tables supplementary demands worth Rs 94889 crore in state assembly

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who is also finance minister, tabled Rs 94889 crore worth of supplementary demands on the floor of the House in the state assembly session. Interestingly, in the total Rs 94889 crore supplementary demand fund, Ajit Pawar led NCP ministers takes lion share in the state fund. In the total Rs 94889 crore worth …

Annual income limit for identifying creamy layer in BCs increased to ₹8L: Saini
9 months ago

Annual income limit for identifying creamy layer in BCs increased to ₹8L: Saini

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini on Sunday announced that the annual income limit for identifying persons in the ‘creamy layer’ among the backward classes for the purpose of reservation in public employment and educational institutions has been increased from ₹6 lakh to ₹8 lakh by the state government. Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini on Sunday announced that the annual income …

Bihar cabinet gives nod to release of Rs 774 crore for clearing dues of 'Shiksha Sevaks', 'Talimi Markaz'
9 months, 1 week ago

Bihar cabinet gives nod to release of Rs 774 crore for clearing dues of 'Shiksha Sevaks', 'Talimi Markaz'

India TV News  

In a major development, the Bihar Cabinet on Friday gave a nod to the Education Department's proposal seeking the release of Rs. 774 crore for clearing the pending honorarium of around 30,000 'Shiksha Sevaks' and 'Talimi Markaz' who connect children belonging to Mahadalit, minorities, and extremely backward communities to formal school education. The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish …

Cooperation, not coercion
1 year ago

Cooperation, not coercion

Hindustan Times  

The Centre is considering halting further release of Samagra Shiksha funds to six non-NDA states and Union Territories for not toeing its line on the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India scheme. Attempts to strong-arm the states that have either not signed an MoU with the Centre to implement the scheme or have stopped implementing it will test already stressed …

Panjab University’s finance panel okays ₹752- crore budget for 2023-24
1 year, 5 months ago

Panjab University’s finance panel okays ₹752- crore budget for 2023-24

Hindustan Times  

Panjab University’s Board of Finance on Wednesday cleared a revised expenditure estimate of ₹752.2 crore for the 2023-24 session and ₹789.6 crore for the 2024-25 session. Further, ₹346 crore will come from the University Grants Commission as annual maintenance grant and another ₹85.37 crore will be received from the Punjab government. For the 2024-25 session, to generate ₹789.6 crore, ₹332.3 …

For Over 70,000 Students, Classrooms Are Their Homes; Tamil Nadu Leads List: Centre
1 year, 7 months ago

For Over 70,000 Students, Classrooms Are Their Homes; Tamil Nadu Leads List: Centre

News 18  

There are 72,186 students whose education is based in their home instead of any school in the country for the year 2023-24, the Union education ministry has said. Of the 72,186 students, Tamil Nadu has 11,400 students who don’t go to schools but learn their lessons sitting in their homes. “The policy recommends providing the choice for home-based education for …

Govt eyes ₹2,854 crore CSR funding for education sector
1 year, 7 months ago

Govt eyes ₹2,854 crore CSR funding for education sector

The Hindu  

Karnataka government is looking at increasing CSR spending in the education sector and skilling of youth across the State, as it has drawn up the CSR requirement to be about ₹2,854 crore for the year 2023-2024. It is Lion’s share Between 2016 to 2017 and 2020 to 2021, more than 50% of the CSR funds have been spent on the …

Chandigarh admn to set up Vidya Samiksha Kendra to monitor govt schools
1 year, 11 months ago

Chandigarh admn to set up Vidya Samiksha Kendra to monitor govt schools

Hindustan Times  

The UT education department is working on establishing a centralised Vidya Samiksha Kendra to keep a track on activities of all government schools in the city. A senior official from the UT education department said the Vidya Samiksha Kendra will be set up at a cost of ₹ 2 crore under Samagra Shiksha, Chandigarh. The UT education department is also …

Only about 50% of allocated funds for Samagra Shiksha scheme released till February
1 year, 11 months ago

Only about 50% of allocated funds for Samagra Shiksha scheme released till February

The Hindu  

Just a month before the financial year of 2022-23 comes to a close, in February, the Centre had released just a little over 50% of the total allocated funds for the Samagra Shiksha scheme run by the Ministry of Education. The latest data available with the MoE reveals that, of the allocated ₹37,383 crore for FY2022-23, up to ₹19,709 crore …

Literacy rate in India | Bihar lowest at 61.8%, Kerala highest at 94%
2 years ago

Literacy rate in India | Bihar lowest at 61.8%, Kerala highest at 94%

India Today  

According to the Ministry of Education, Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in India at 61.8%, followed by Arunachal Pradesh at 65.3% and Rajasthan at 66.1%. IMPROVING ADULT LITERACY RATE The Samagra Shiksha Scheme aims to provide universal access and retention in education, bridging gender and social category gaps, and enhancing learning levels from pre-school to senior secondary levels. To …

Budget 2023 | Changes in allocation for key schemes including MGNREGS, PM-Kisan, Ayushman Bharat
2 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2023 | Changes in allocation for key schemes including MGNREGS, PM-Kisan, Ayushman Bharat

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, February 1, presented the last full budget of the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 general elections. Here’s a roundup of how the budgetary allocations for some of the key schemes have changed- MGNREGS: The government slashed the budget for its flagship rural employment scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme by …

Budget 2023: Education Ministry gets highest-ever allocation of ₹1.12 lakh cr
2 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2023: Education Ministry gets highest-ever allocation of ₹1.12 lakh cr

Hindustan Times  

In the 2023-24 financial year, the central government plans to spend over ₹1.12 lakh crore in the education sector. Education Budget 2023 Live Updates In Budget 2023, Education Ministry has received highest-ever allocation of ₹ 1.12 lakh crore This is also the highest-ever budget allocated to the ministry. As per revised estimates of 2022-23 financial year shown in budget documents, …

Union Budget 2023 | Education budget highlights, highest-ever allocation of Rs 1.12 lakh crore
2 years, 1 month ago

Union Budget 2023 | Education budget highlights, highest-ever allocation of Rs 1.12 lakh crore

India Today  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her fifth budget today. For the Education Budget 2023, the main demand is for an overall higher budget allocation as per the NEP 2020 directives of making the education budget at least 6% of the total GDP. CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE FOR AI RESEARCH The surge in AI apps and technology has spurred the Union …

Union Budget 2023 | Edtech tax subsidy, better digital infrastructure and 8 other things education experts want
2 years, 1 month ago

Union Budget 2023 | Edtech tax subsidy, better digital infrastructure and 8 other things education experts want

India Today  

The National Education Policy 2020 made it very clear that the education budget needs to be at least 6% of the total GDP. “As per NEP, the government needs to promote multimodal learning so that high quality resources are made available to all students, irrespective of location or background,” says Sumeet Mehta, Cofounder and CEO, LEAD. “Such digital content repositories …

TN Schools not Being Able to Carry out Maintenance Work due to Funds Delay
2 years, 4 months ago

TN Schools not Being Able to Carry out Maintenance Work due to Funds Delay

News 18  

The delay in releasing funds from the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan has led to schools in Tamil Nadu not being able to properly carry out maintenance work before the onset of the monsoon which is slated to arrive in the state on Saturday. The funds are used for maintenance works, including minor repairs in the schools buildings, installing drinking water facilities, …

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