Education Budget 2015-16

Damandeep Kaur
B.Com-IV Sem
Roll no. 10851306824

Rs. 69,074.76 crores for education in 2015-16 as

compared to Rs. 70,505 crores in 2014-15 Budget.

AIIMS in J&K, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal
Pradesh, Bihar and Assam.
IIT in Karnataka, Indian School of Mines (Dhanbad)
to be upgraded to IIT.
PG Institute of Horticulture in Amritsar.
University of Disability Studies in Kerala.
Centre of film Production, Animation and Gaming
in Arunachal Pradesh.
IIMs in J&K and Arunachal Pradesh.

Elementary Education.

Elementary Education
Rs. 42,219.5 crore to

School sector as compared

to Rs. 46805 crore in
previous Budget. (-10%)
Rs. 27,575 crore allocated

to Prarambhik Shiksha
Kosh. (same as last year)
Drastic fund cut in Mid

Day Meal from Rs.1,296.5

crore last year to Rs.132
crore this year.

SSA is a designated scheme for

implementation of RTE Act (Right Of
Children to free and compulsory
Education Act 2009)
22% lower allocation in Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan
In line with near Universal Enrollment
achieved at primary level.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan..

Secondary And Higher Education

Secondary and Higher

Education

Allocation of Rs.26,855.26 crore to Higher

Education as against Rs.23700 crore in

Last Budget.
Upgrading 75,000 junior/ middle schools to

secondary level
80,000 new secondary schools

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

To improve quality of
education imparted at
secondary level through
making all secondary
schools
conform
to
prescribed norms.
To remove gender,
socio-economic
and
disability barriers.
Universal
access
to
secondary
level
education by 2017, i.e.,
by the end of the XII Five
Year Plan.

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

29% lower

Allocation as
compared to
previous Year
Due to Changed

funding Pattern
Only 67% funds

were utilized last

year

A centrally Sponsored Scheme, aims at

providing strategic funding to higher

educational institutions throughout the
country.
Aims to provide equal development to all
higher institutions and rectify weaknesses
in the higher education system.
Its target achievement is to raise the gross
enrolment ratio to 32% by the end of XII
Plan in 2017.

Higher Education

Higher Education
IITs have been allocated a

planned outlay of Rs.1,835

crore, less than the Rs.2,320
crore outlay in the previous
budget
Allocated Rs.1000 crore

more for new IITs and IIMs.

Outlay of Rs.205 crore for

Andhra Pradesh (IIT, IIM, NIT,

IISER)