FM Nirmala Sitharaman Announces Rs 99,300 Crore For Education Sector

The first Union Budget of 2020 is set to be announced on February 1 by the Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Budget 2020 session is being held in two phases from January 31 to April 3. The first phase of the session will be from January 31 to February 11 and the second will be from March 2 to April 3. The union budget last year allocated Rs 94,853.64 crore for education sector in 2019-20, an increase of nearly Rs 10,000 crore of what 2018-19 budget estimates had pegged for the sector.

Last year, of the total Rs 94,853. 64 crore education budget, Rs 56, 536.63 crore was pegged for the school sector and rest Rs 38,317.01 crore was allocated to the higher education. The mid-day meal program was allocated Rs 11,000 crore or Rs 500 crore more than what 2018-19 budget estimates had pegged.

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