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Higher spending on schools
For Bharat Nirman, as against Rs 18,696 crore (including the NER component) in 2006-07, I propose to provide Rs 24,603 crore in 2007-08, which marks an increase of 31.6 per cent. The education and health sectors will also receive substantial funds.
In 2007-08, I propose to enhance the allocation for education by 34.2 per cent to Rs 32,352 crore and for health and family welfare by 21.9 per cent to Rs 15,291 crore. In allocating resources, school education must have primacy. Hence, I propose to increase the allocation for school education by about 35 per cent from Rs 17,133 crore in 2006-07 to Rs 23,142 crore in 2007-08. Out of this amount, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) will be provided Rs 10,671 crore.
Further, I propose to increase the provision for strengthening teachers training institutions from Rs 162 crore to Rs 450 crore. Next year, we will appoint two lakh more teachers and construct five lakh more class rooms. The mid-day meal scheme will be provided Rs 7,324 crore next year. In addition to covering children in primary classes, beginning 2007-08, we propose to cover children in upper primary classes in 3,427 educationally backward blocks. The transfer to Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh will increase from Rs 8,746 crore to Rs 10,393 crore. As more students complete upper primary classes, it is necessary to increase access to secondary education. Schemes for this purpose are under formulation, and I propose to double the provision for secondary education from Rs 1,837 crore in 2006-07 to Rs 3,794 crore in 2007-08.
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