Budget 2024 today; Recap of interim education budget; when, where to watch LIVE streaming
Anu Parthiban | July 23, 2024 | 08:17 AM IST | 2 mins read
Education Budget 2024: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her 7th straight budget today at 11 am. All you need to know about the education budget before the speech.
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the 7th consecutive Union Budget 2024 today while giving a glimpse of 10 years’ performance of the BJP-led government. Spotlight will be on education, health and much-anticipated tax relief for the middle class. While the education sector still hopes for 6% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) allocation to the public education system, the minister during interim budget on February 1 announced a total budget outlay for school and higher education for the financial year 2024-25 as Rs 1,20,627.87 crore, a 6.84% increase compared to last year.
Nirmala Sitharaman, who would be presenting her seventh straight budget, had in her first Budget in 2019 replaced the leather briefcase – which had been in use for decades for carrying Budget documents – with a traditional 'bahi-khata' wrapped in red cloth. This year's Budget 2024 would be paperless, as done in the last three years.
A day before the education budget 2024, the Union finance minister tabled the Economic Survey 2023-24 in the Parliament which stated that the school education system in India, with public and private schools, caters to around 26 crore students from various socio-economic backgrounds.
The ministry highlighted how the National Education Policy, launched in 2020, seeks to provide all learners in the age group of 3-18 years with access to high-quality education and has the potential to establish India as a global knowledge superpower.
When will the budget be presented in 2024
The finance minister will be presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23, 2024 at 11 am. Viewers can tune into the following links to watch live streaming of the Union Budget 2024-25 presentation.
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Highlights of Interim Budget 2024
The total budget outlay announced for the education sector in the interim budget is Rs 1,20,627.87 crore. School education has been allocated Rs 73,008.10 crore, a marginal increase of 6.11%, of which a whopping Rs 4,200 crore increase has been claimed by the PM SHRI.
For higher education , Rs 47,619.77 crore has been allocated, which is an 7.4% increase compared to the previous year.
|
Financial Year |
Total education ministry budget (in Rs crore) |
Higher education budget (in Rs crore) |
Budget estimate (In Rs in crore) |
|
2020-21 |
99,300 |
39,466.52 |
59,845 |
|
2021-22 |
93,224.31 |
38,350.65 |
54,873.66 |
|
2022-23 |
1,04,277.72 |
40,828.35 |
63,449.37 |
|
2023-24 |
1,12,899.47 |
44,094.62 |
68,804.85 |
|
2024-25 |
1,20,627.87 |
47,619.77 |
73,008.10 |
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