10 percent increase in allocation for education sector in interim Budget

The Centre on February 1 earmarked Rs 93,847.64 crore for the education sector for 2019-20, an increase of over 10 per cent from the last budgetary allocation.

Last year, then finance minister Arun Jaitley had allocated Rs 85,010 crore for the education sector.

While Rs 37,461.01 crore has been allocated for higher education, Rs 56,386.63 crore has […]