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The Union authorities released lone ₹141.65 crore to Kerala against the sanctioned magnitude of ₹343.34 crore nether the Samagra Shiksha strategy successful 2023-24, zero funds against the sanctioned magnitude of ₹428.89 crore successful 2024-25, and ₹92.41 crore against the sanctioned magnitude of ₹452.04 crore successful 2025-26.
This was disclosed by Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary successful the Rajya Sabha successful effect to an unstarred question by DMK MP Rajathi connected Wednesday.
The Minister’s reply states that support of enactment program and cardinal assistance nether Samagra Shiksha depended connected factors specified arsenic yearly enactment program and fund submitted by States oregon Union Territories, disposable opening equilibrium with States/UTs astatine the commencement of the fiscal year, infrastructure gaps, pupil enrolment, money utilisation signifier successful erstwhile years, and spillover works approved successful erstwhile years.
However, Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan successful reply to a question by John Brittas, MP, during the Question Hour said that the Union authorities was acceptable to merchandise the full funds sanctioned for the State during 2025-26 taxable to implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP).
Mr. Brittas was seeking merchandise of remaining Samagra Shiksha funds sanctioned to Kerala during 2025-26.
PM SHRI
The MP alleged that Samagra Shiksha funds were being denied to Kerala arsenic it had not joined the PM SHRI scheme. He asked Mr. Pradhan whether the Union authorities was acceptable to delink the Samagra Shiksha strategy from PM SHRI for merchandise of funds to Kerala. He besides questioned wherefore Samagra Shiksha was linked to PM SHRI that was launched lone subsequently successful 2022.
Mr. Pradhan claimed that astir the full state was unanimous that NEP, Samagra Shiksha, and PM SHRI had to beryllium implemented.
Kerala, helium said, had agreed to motion the PM SHRI MoU, but aboriginal it did not instrumentality the strategy owing to interior struggle successful the ruling confederation successful the State. The Kerala authorities should benignant retired the contented and instrumentality the wealth that the State was entitled to, the Union Minister said.
Mr. Pradhan besides said that Mr. Brittas mediated betwixt the State and the Union governments. Mr. Brittas created the span betwixt the Kerala authorities and the Union government, Mr. Pradhan said.
Mr. Brittas, however, told the media that helium had not mediated for implementing PM SHRI. He said helium had accompanied Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty to conscionable Mr. Pradhan. He had besides submitted galore petitions seeking merchandise of funds for Kerala to the Minister. But that was portion of his work and work arsenic an MP. “It is the State government’s matter whether it signs up for PM SHRI oregon not. There is nary request to intervene successful that.”
He besides said that Mr. Pradhan’s remarks were being misinterpreted. The Union Minister lone meant that Mr. Brittas and helium had met and held discussions a fig of times connected the issue, the MP said.
