Central Government Schemes for Indian Higher Education: A brief study

Abstract

Mrs. Sunena

Dr. Kuldeep Singh

Government funding in form of different schemes works as the backbone for the education sector specially for the government education institutes who are totally depends upon the funding and schemes of the government. So this study is focused on the review of different schemes of the Indian government for the development of higher education and its students. Quantitative data of FY 2022-23 to 2024-25  related to the funds allocation  by central  government to higher education department, budget allocation to the different autonomous institution like UGC, IITs, Deemed Universities etc under different scheme included in the study which is taken from different budget report, govt. budget website etc. Brief explanation of some important scheme is the part of the research paper.  Study also included the data during the period of 2015-16 to 2021-22  regarding status of different universities and higher education institutions. The study revealed that funding in government scheme is continuously increased by the central government. No. of universities and colleges are also increasing  at large scale.