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COMMERCIAL HORTICULTURE AND BIO INPUTS

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Shri Dharmendra Pradhan highlighted that Ministry of Education has been allocated Rs 112899.47 crore. This is the highest allocation ever to the Education Ministry. The budgetary allocation witnessed the jump of 13% (over revised estimates) which is 13, 018.34 cr from FY 2022-23, he added. The Department of School Education has been allocated Rs 68, 804.85 crore and Department of Higher Education gets Rs 44, 094.62 crore.Setting up of a National Digital Library for Children and Adolescents for facilitating availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres and levels, and device agnostic accessibility. States will be encouraged to set up physical libraries at Panchayat and ward level.Budget Allocation for FY 2023-24 in the Flagship Scheme of PM Poshan has increased by Rs. 1366.25 cr (13.35%) from Rs. 10233.75 cr in BE 2022-23 to Rs. 11600.00 cr in BE 2023-24.Budget Allocation for FY 2023-24 for the World Bank aided Scheme of STARS has increased by Rs. 250.00 cr (45.45%) from Rs. 550.00 cr in BE 2022-23 to Rs. 800.00 cr in BE 2023-24.Budget Allocation for FY 2023-24 in the Flagship Scheme of Samagra Shiksha has increased by Rs. 70.11 cr(0.18%) from Rs. 37383.36 cr in BE 2022-23 to Rs. 37453.47 cr in BE 2023-24.
A
True
B
True
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Of these, the Ministry of Defence has the highest allocation in 2022-23, at Rs 5, 25, 166 crore.

Detailed explanation-2: -The total net budget allocation for the current fiscal year, i.e. 2023-24, is INR 764.32 billion. In this total, the highest share is of PMAY (U) (33 percent) and MRTS/Metro projects (30 percent), i.e. metro rail, transport planning, capacity building in urban transport, National Capital Region Transport Corporation.

Detailed explanation-3: -As in past years, the ministries with the largest budgets are Defence, Health and Education.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thus, about three percent of GDP is spent on education in India. New applications are being accepted for the UP SUPER TET (Teacher Eligibility Test) Exam by the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board (UPBEB).

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