GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 4039
ANSWERED ON - 18/08/2025
Pariksha Pe Charcha
4039. Smt. Mala Roy:
Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:
(a) whether the expenditure on Pariksha Pe Charcha has been increase year by year, if
so, the details thereof, year-wise; and
(b) whether the Government has...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 4039 ANSWERED ON - 18/08/2025 Pariksha Pe Charcha
4039. Smt. Mala Roy:
Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:
(a) whether the expenditure on Pariksha Pe Charcha has been increase year by year, if so, the details thereof, year-wise; and
(b) whether the Government has any plan to discontinue this program and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) is a unique interactive programme of Hon’ble Prime Minister with students, teachers and parents. The details of expenditure incurred on PPC
events since its inception as on date is as follows :- PPC Date of PPC Total No. of Actual Cost of edition event participation expenditure reaching out (students, teachers & incurred per parents) (Rs. in crore) participant (in Rs.) 1st 16th February, 22,253 Rs. 3.67 1649.21 2018 2nd 29th January, 2019 1.58 lakh Rs. 4.93 312.02 3rd 20th January, 2020 3.01 lakh Rs. 5.69 189.04 4th 7th April, 2021 13.93 lakh Rs. 6.00 43.07 5th 1st April, 2022 15.74 lakh Rs. 8.16 51.84 6th 27th January, 2023 38.80 lakh Rs. 27.70 71.39 7th 29th January, 2024 2.26 crore Rs. 16.83 7.44 8th 10th February, 5.11 crore Rs. 18.83 3.68 2025 (3.56 crore registration and 1.55 crore undertook activities from 12th - 23rd January, 2025).
(b) At present, there is no such plan to discontinue Pariksha Pe Charcha program. *******