Among the big States in the country, Chhattisgarh and Bihar allocated the most proportion of their budget towards education in FY23.
Chhattisgarh allocated 18.82 per cent of the State’s estimated net budget expenditure to education, Bihar allocated 18.3 per cent.
The literacy rate in Chhattisgarh is 77.9 per cent, while the rate for Bihar is 70.9 per cent, one of the lowest in the country.
The States that have spent a higher portion of their budget expenditure on education are Delhi, Assam, and Himachal Pradesh.
They allocated 22 per cent, 20 per cent and 19 per cent, respectively.
At 96.2 per cent, Kerala has the highest literacy rate in the country, while it is 82.9 per cent in Tamil Nadu.
The national average of the allocation to education in the net budget expenditure in FY23 was 15.4 per cent.
The other States that have allocated a comparatively smaller proportion of their net expenditure to education include Andhra Pradesh (12.7 %), Karnataka (12.73 %), Uttar Pradesh (12.89 %), and Punjab (13.05 %).
The overall observation says that Tamilnadu is planning on increasing its literacy rates further though it is already higher.
The Central Government allocated Rs 44,094 crores on education, that is, 16.51% of the total budget.