Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal were approved by central allocations of 328.90 GBP Crore, 2,151.60 Crore and 1,745.80 Crore for the current fiscal year, no funds were published in these states in these countries. Photo: repository.education.gov.in
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal gained zero funds from the share of the Center under the flagship of the Ministry of Education Samagra Shiksha Scheme (SSA) for the financial year 2024-25 on March 27, 2025.
The Minister responded to the question raised by MP (m) MP John Brittas.
According to shared data, while Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal approved the central allocation of 328.90 crore, 2,151.60 GBP Crore and 1,745.80 Crore for the current fiscal year were not published in these countries.
This lack of paycheck is in contrast to the total data: from the total central allocation of 45,830.21 Crore for 36 countries and trade union areas within 27 of March, 27,833.50 Crore was published to all entities except these three states. UTTAR Pradesh received the highest allocation (6,971,26 crore) and received 4,487,46 GBP by this date.
The Minister’s answer said that within the SSA – which funds basic educational components, such as textbooks, improvements in infrastructure and teachers’ salaries – funds are published to state and UT on the basis of several criteria. These include their pace of expenditure, receiving adequate state shares, submitting audited accounts, statements of outstanding progress, current expenses for expenses and audited certificates of use from previous years.
Halt in financing, especially for Tamil Nadu, occurs in the middle of a non -conformity between the state and the center. The Tamil government allegedly refused to implement the formula of three languages set out in the National Educational Policy (NEP) and sign a memorandum of understanding (MY) related to the establishment of PM-SHRI schools (PM schools for growing India).
The Parliamentary Permanent Committee has previously dealt with and noted that the retention of funds “strictly affects the salaries of teachers, RTE and transport for students in distant areas” in the affected states.
The Committee noted that the detention of funds assigned within the SSA due to the non-evaluation of Mous for separate schemes, such as PM-Shri, were not “unjustifiable”.
As a result, the Committee recommended that the Ministry of Education immediately release the waiting funds of SSA to states such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal to prevent salaries, teachers’ training programs and school infrastructure maintenance programs.
Published – April 4 2025 01:46
