(a) the contribution of education in Gross Domestic Product
in India and other countries, each separately; and
(b) the comparative figure of expenditure on education in
India and other countries, each separately?
(a) the contribution of education in Gross Domestic Product
in India and other countries, each separately; and
(b) the comparative figure of expenditure on education in
India and other countries, each separately?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a): As per the data available with the Ministry of Human
Resource Development, Government of India, the expenditure
on education in India out of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
was 3.64 % (Provisional) during 2006-07. Similar data for
other countries is not being maintained by this Ministry.
However , as per the figures published by UNESCO Institute
of Statistics (UIS) in its publication titled, “Global
Education Digest 2009â€, contribution of education in Gross
Domestic Product in some of other countries were Egypt
(3.8%), Belarus (5.2%), Ukraine (5.4%), Tajikistan (3.4.%),
Cambodia (1.6%), Hong Kong SAR of China (3.5%), New Zealand
(6.3%), Thailand (3.9%), Peru (2.5%), Jamaica (6.5%),
Pakistan (2.9%), Bangladesh (2.6%), Ethiopia (5.5.%), South
Africa (5.4%) and Zambia (1.5%) during 2007.
(b): The expenditure on education in India was
Rs.137383.99 crore (provisional) during 2006-07. However,
expenditure on education for other countries is not
maintained by this Ministry.