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NEW DELHI: Why are states worked up on financing of the Right to Education Act? HRD ministry's own elaborate calculation of fund requirement for RTE under various sub-heads — teachers' salary, child entitlements, civil works, management costs etc — shows that for five years UP will require Rs 38,909 crore followed by Bihar (Rs 26,600 crore).
West Bengal will need Rs 14,342 crore, Andhra Pradesh Rs 10,621 crore, Maharashtra Rs 9,852 crore, Jharkhand Rs 8,613 crore, Madhya Pradesh Rs 8,231 crore, Assam Rs 7,252 crore, Gujarat Rs 7,035 crore and Delhi Rs 972 crore.
No wonder sharing of funds between the Centre and states for the Act is becoming a matter of concern for states.
But sources say the HRD ministry consulted each and every state. HRD is proposing a reworked financing scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at 65:35. The ministry's report on harmonization of RTE with SSA shows that the major demand made by states during the consultation was that the additional burden due to RTE be borne by the Centre.
During the consultation, UP's representative had said that RTE will result in an additional burden of Rs 18,500 crore. He had said the state had limited resources and therefore its share be frozen at the current SSA level (60:40 in 2009-10) and the additional burden be borne by the Centre.
Bihar had demanded that sharing of funds between the Centre and states should be 90:10. Even Delhi demanded the same funding pattern. Jharkhand had pointed out that additional funds provided by the Finance Commission should not be awarded through the treasury system since it will result in delay and liquidity problems.
The state's official demanded that funding be done through the SSA society structure. Chhattisgarh was the only state that said it was comfortable with the current funding pattern.
Read more: Why states don't want to pick up tab for RTE rollout - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/Why-states-dont-want-to-pick-up-tab-for-RTE-rollout/articleshow/5768548.cms#ixzz16POgh3YB
West Bengal will need Rs 14,342 crore, Andhra Pradesh Rs 10,621 crore, Maharashtra Rs 9,852 crore, Jharkhand Rs 8,613 crore, Madhya Pradesh Rs 8,231 crore, Assam Rs 7,252 crore, Gujarat Rs 7,035 crore and Delhi Rs 972 crore.
No wonder sharing of funds between the Centre and states for the Act is becoming a matter of concern for states.
But sources say the HRD ministry consulted each and every state. HRD is proposing a reworked financing scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at 65:35. The ministry's report on harmonization of RTE with SSA shows that the major demand made by states during the consultation was that the additional burden due to RTE be borne by the Centre.
During the consultation, UP's representative had said that RTE will result in an additional burden of Rs 18,500 crore. He had said the state had limited resources and therefore its share be frozen at the current SSA level (60:40 in 2009-10) and the additional burden be borne by the Centre.
Bihar had demanded that sharing of funds between the Centre and states should be 90:10. Even Delhi demanded the same funding pattern. Jharkhand had pointed out that additional funds provided by the Finance Commission should not be awarded through the treasury system since it will result in delay and liquidity problems.
The state's official demanded that funding be done through the SSA society structure. Chhattisgarh was the only state that said it was comfortable with the current funding pattern.
Read more: Why states don't want to pick up tab for RTE rollout - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/Why-states-dont-want-to-pick-up-tab-for-RTE-rollout/articleshow/5768548.cms#ixzz16POgh3YB
