PROJECTIONS & PRIORITIES.

        
        
                                          
Five Year Plan Central Govt. State Govt. TOTAL
Second 14 86 100 (577) Third 16 84 100 (1056) Fourth 4 96 100 (4820) Fifth 6 94 100 (8009) Sixth 6 94 100 (23434)
Note : Figures in ( ) are in crores of rupees Source : Department of Education; Ministry of Human Resource Development.

2.5.2 The above Table would show that the share of the Central Government in Non-Plan expenditure has come down to 6% during the Sixth Five Year Plan, State Governments' share having gone up to 94%.

2.6.0 While the share of Education in the revenue budget is reasonably high, on the Capital side, its share is almost negligible. The share of Education in the Central budget as a percentage of Revenue and Capital expenditure is only 1.7%. In the budgets of States and UTs, the share is 18.9%. In this context, the following Table may be seen:

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