Parliament Question: Allocation of Funds for Primary Education

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.310 ANSWERED ON – 10/08/2026 ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION †*310. Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge:

Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of funds allocated for primary education in various States of the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise, especially in Maharashtra State;

(b) whether the allocated funds have been underutilised and if so, the reasons therefor;

(c) the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure the full utilisation of the said funds;

(d) the details of the amount/funds spent separately on infrastructure, salary of teachers, free textbooks and school uniforms during the last two years; and

(e) the total amount of funds collected through the Education Cess in the country and its disbursement/utilisation during the said period, State/UT-wise particularly in Maharashtra? A N S W E R MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 310 FOR REPLY ON 10/08/2026 REGARDING ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION ASKED BY HON’BLE MPs DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE AND SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE

(a): State-wise detail of funds allocated for elementary education under Samagra Shiksha during the last three years and the current year is at Annexure.

(b) & (c): Financial assistance is provided to States and UTs for implementation of the interventions under Samagra Shiksha. Accordingly, 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/estimated by Project Approval Board (PAB) in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme. The funds are released based on the fulfilment of certain conditions such as pace of expenditure, receipt of commensurate State share, audited accounts, statement cumulative State share, statement on outstanding advances, up-to date expenditure statement, furnishing of information as prescribed in the Manual on Financial Management & Procurement and audited utilization certificate of previous year. The unspent balances of last year are taken into account while releasing the funds. Some of the States are not able to receive all instalments owing to slow pace of their expenditure.

This Department has launched the PRABANDH (Project Appraisal, Budgeting Achievements and Data Handling) System. One of the important features of the PRABANDH System is updation of Expenditure incurred under the different interventions of the Samagra Shiksha. For this purpose, a data visualization Dashboard has been created in the PRABANDH System for display of monthly status of physical and financial progress under the major interventions of the Samagra Shiksha. Regular follow ups and review meetings are held with the States/UTs ensuring an integrated approach for monitoring and smooth implementation of the schemes.

(d): Details of funds spent infrastructure, teacher salaries, free textbooks and uniforms

under the scheme of Samagra Shiksha is as follows: (Rs in lakh) Activities 2024-25 2025-26 Infrastructure 196277.15 287194.70 Teacher Salary 1723439.79 1350868.60 Free Textbooks 255132.60 235322.84 Free Uniforms 384593.26 387101.53

Source: PRABANDH Portal.(e): Details of collection of Education Cess of last two years is as under: (Rs in crore) Year 2024-25 2025-26 Total share of Education 63252.86 65890.50 The cess levied for specific purposes under any law made by Parliament is levied and collected by the Government of India and does not form part of the divisible pool of taxes and accordingly not distributed between the Union and the States in terms of Article 270 of the Constitution of India.

For the education sector, the utilization of the proceeds is put through reserve funds viz. Prarambhik Shikha Kosh (PSK) and Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh

(MUSK). Details of Utilization of PSK and MUSK is as under: (Rs in crore) Component 2024-25 2025-26 PSK 40,900.00 48,049.09 MUSK 11162.60 10314.31 *****ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.310 ANSWERED ON 10/08/2026 ASKED BY HON’BLE MPs DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE AND SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE REGARDING ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION State/UT-wise details of fund allocated during the last three years and current year under Samagra Shiksha for Elementary Education.

(Rs in lakh) 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 SI.No States/UTs Amount Amount Amount Amount 1 A&N Islands 5073.49 4181.72 4821.05 4572.43 2 Andhra Pradesh 216172.01 177571.72 164241.95 114525.97 3 Arunachal Pradesh 53346.08 64075.19 53983.80 20319.10 4 Assam 224300.99 258737.87 162840.79 161758.85 5 Bihar 729964.95 747643.53 728342.81 597076.03 6 Chandigarh 12346.49 12333.96 13043.41 13114.19 7 Chhattisgarh 121913.73 155474.34 93503.03 119441.26 8 DND-DNH 6389.79 7098.64 6636.58 6127.72 9 Delhi 44529.61 64458.83 56403.04 52381.00 10 Goa 2461.79 2491.02 1807.12 1910.89 11 Gujarat 208113.95 221132.55 158868.75 189502.29 12 Haryana 78677.54 71316.27 49435.94 47081.78 13 Himachal Pradesh 43944.49 50655.35 46273.48 39484.53 14 Jammu & Kashmir 123455.08 118010.78 101774.67 63353.30 15 Jharkhand 207772.02 202379.18 130880.31 140734.59 16 Karnataka 136019.32 141992.64 148026.86 135924.84 17 Kerala 46997.73 63221.08 48822.83 43889.10 18 Ladakh 10813.99 6541.56 7978.98 8221.56 19 Lakshadweep 353.9 390.92 503.62 431.06 20 Madhya Pradesh 454617.42 527596.08 385581.61 408796.11 21 Maharashtra 184706.22 223942.54 168191.12 174464.85 22 Manipur 35185.07 41539.69 13177.27 14752.61 23 Meghalaya 48142.14 37611.31 36016.11 34136.17 24 Mizoram 21675.79 16358.71 14097.73 13101.28 25 Nagaland 26263.09 12889.28 10975.62 9941.73 26 Odisha 280395.26 310475.88 236151.60 212358.86 27 Puducherry 2421.92 1911.09 1764.57 1514.98 28 Punjab 88650.97 85995.89 84952.97 73371.18 29 Rajasthan 446856.09 487102.12 401055.76 308147.68 30 Sikkim 10615.81 6873.64 5952.52 4842.63 31 Tamil Nadu 245026.06 293752.55 193641.74 205944.27 32 Telangana 144310.54 149182.11 115128.66 78010.51 33 Tripura 28006.52 31532.78 30807.34 20302.57 34 Uttarakhand 53873.81 62967.28 44433.34 41072.35 35 Uttar Pradesh 1008290.47 960034.29 974212.01 889896.02 36 West Bengal 212040.43 221303.88 179987.50 214137.95 Total 5563724.56 5840776.28 4874316.47 4464642.24 *****