Rajasthan announced a Rs 12,500 crore roadmap to modernise government schools in all 41 districts, prepared on the directions of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.
It is a three-year plan covering the financial years 2026-27 to 2028-29.
The outlay breaks up into Rs 2,487.75 crore for 3,587 new school buildings, Rs 8,378.30 crore for 83,783 additional classrooms, Rs 1,129.45 crore for major repairs in 22,589 schools and Rs 340.40 crore for 13,616 new toilet complexes.
The state told the Legislative Assembly that 611 government schools have no building of their own, 2,047 lack functional toilets and 1,049 have no drinking water facility.
School works worth Rs 3,006.34 crore are already sanctioned or at various stages of tendering and implementation.
Makes free and compulsory education a right for children aged 6-14 years
Key: Prescribes school infrastructure norms including classrooms, separate toilets for boys and girls and safe drinking water
Centrally sponsored umbrella scheme for school education from pre-primary to Class XII
Key: Funds classroom construction, repairs and school facilities in the states
Works for the benefit of people and areas affected by mining
Key: A non-profit trust set up in mining-affected districts under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957; its funds are spent through the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
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A non-profit trust set up in every district affected by mining operations under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, financed by contributions from mining leaseholders
Funds placed at the disposal of a legislator for small development works in the constituency