Summary:
For 2017-18, the Gujarat government allocated 14.1 per cent of the total budget for education, which declined marginally to 13.9 per cent in the 2018-19 Budget estimates. Gujarat government's expenditure on key sectors such as education and health is much lower than a number of other states, a report by PRS Legislative Research said on Thursday. A large chunk of the budget allocation went to social sectors, but a closer look reveals a mixed bag for various sectors. The PRS analysis shows that the 2018-19 allocation for education went up by 1.70 per cent. The report said that the average allocation of the 19 states (the states surveyed by the research group) for education in 2017-18 was 16.1 per cent more than Gujarat..