Ministry of Education
Department of School Education and Literacy; Department of Higher Education.
₹1,21,949 crore
spent in 2025–26, 2.46% of all union government spending. Revised estimate, not yet final.
Every year on record
| Year | Amount | Share of union spending | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | ₹1,21,949 crore | 2.46% | Revised estimate |
| 2024–25 | ₹1,10,736 crore | 2.38% | Actuals |
| 2023–24 | ₹1,23,365 crore | 2.78% | Actuals |
| 2022–23 | ₹97,196 crore | 2.32% | Actuals |
| 2021–22 | ₹80,352 crore | 2.12% | Actuals |
| 2020–21 | ₹84,219 crore | 2.40% | Actuals |
Its demands for grants
2 budget lines sit under this ministry. The total above is their sum, because a group carries no figure of its own anywhere in this dataset.
- Department of School Education and Literacy Samagra Shiksha, PM POSHAN mid-day meals, PM SHRI model schools, Kendriya and Navodaya Vidyalayas. ₹71,000 cr
- Department of Higher Education The IITs, NITs, IIMs and central universities, the UGC, and student scholarship and loan interest schemes. ₹51,000 cr
The ministry structure here is the one the 2026-27 Budget publishes, applied to every year so a demand keeps one place across time. A machinery-of-government change that moved a demand between ministries in an earlier year is therefore not reflected.
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