Kerala, TN and Bengal received no central funds under Samagra Shiksha scheme in 2024-’25: Centre

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal received no funds from the Centre under the Samagra Shiksha scheme for 2024-’25, the Union education ministry told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

The Samagra Shiksha scheme, implemented in 2018, is an initiative through which the Union government provides support for elementary and secondary school education.

Data shared in the Upper House by Minister of State for Education Jayant Choudhary showed that while Kerala was allocated Rs 328.90 crore, Tamil Nadu Rs 2,151.60 crore and West Bengal Rs 1,745.80 crore from the Centre for the current fiscal year under the scheme, no funds had been released to these states as of March 27.

Choudhary was responding to a question by Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas on the funds yet to be released to states under the Samagra Shiksha scheme

The data showed that Uttar Pradesh was allotted the highest funds at Rs 6,971.26 crore under the scheme and had already received Rs 4,487.46 crore, the data showed.

Overall, the Centre had allocated Rs 45,830.21 crore to 36 states and Union territories for the current financial year, of which Rs 27,833.50 crore was released by March 27 to all entities except Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

Choudhary also noted that funds under the scheme, which...

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