(a) the total amount of aid received from the foreign countries/World Bank/international
agencies for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) during the last three years,
year-wise and country/agency-wise;
(b) the manner in which the said amount was utilised; and
(c) the details of the targets fixed under the programme and achieved so far, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (b): The World Bank along with two Development Partners namely Department
for International Development (DFID) and European Commission provides partial financial
assistance for implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) as sector wide support,
which means that funds are available as a consolidated resource pool, and not for component
specific investment. External assistance is provided through a reimbursement system, under
which expenditure is first incurred by the Government of India through the State
Implementation Societies for SSA, and thereafter reimbursed by the external agency as per
a pre-defined annual ceiling. The details of year wise funding received under SSA during
the last three years are:
(Rs. in crore) Year World Bank DFID EC
2009-2010 1702.99 372.44 178.25
2010-2011 1141.19 330.55 119.84
2011-2012 2420.65 584.95 -