ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Tapas Majumdar Committee, 1998 estimated an expenditure of around ‘1.37 lakh crore over 10 years (1998-99 to 2006-07) to bring all Indian children in the age group of 6-14 years under the purview of school education.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tapas Majumdar Committee was set up by the NDA Government in 1999 which encompassed the insertion of Article 21A. The Tapas Majumdar committee recommended that even children belonging to the poorest sections of society must receive an education that was comparable in quality with the best.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Tapas Majumdar Committee appointed by the government had suggested a required expenditure of around Rs. 1.37 lakh crores over a ten year time frame (1998-2007) to bring all the children in the 6-14 age group under the purview of school education by 2008.

Detailed explanation-4: -98, 000 crores will be required over a 10-year period to implement the fundamental right to education for children in the age group of six to 14 years. It works out to Rs. 9, 800 crores a year on an average (0.44 per cent of the GDP in 2002-03), about 30 per cent less than that estimated by the Tapas Majumdar Committee.