Report of Experts' Committee on Educational Expenditure (Maharaj Krishna Kaw)

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Report of Experts’ Committee on Educational Expenditure (Maharaj Krishna Kaw)

Planning Commission

1999

This Expert Committee reiterates the commitment of investment of 6% GDP on education from the government sector at the earliest and should be done in the years 1999-2000. It recommends setting a definite time frame for Universal Elementary Education (UEE) and establishing a ‘cluster approach’ rather than a distance approach so as to cover all habitations. It envisages that to reach the 6% target of GDP by 2007, government expenditure on education should be Rs. 1,31,423 crore if GDP increased by 6% rate over this period at 1996-97 prices. It recommends a convergence of services/schemes/projects in order to save effort, money as well as ensure better educational efficiency and setting up an independent Statistical Unit by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) to overcome the difficulty of estimating private expenditure and local body expenditure on a continuing basis.

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January 17th, 2024

On 10th January 2024, CPR received a notice from the Ministry of Home Affairs cancelling its FCRA status. The basis of this decision is incomprehensible and disproportionate, and some of the reasons given challenge the very basis of the functioning of a research institution. This includes the publication on our website of policy reports emanating from our research being equated with current affairs programming.

During the tenure of our suspension, we sought and obtained interim redress from the honourable Delhi High Court and will continue to seek recourse in all avenues possible.

This cancellation comes after a decision to suspend the FCRA status in February 2023. These actions followed an Income Tax “survey” that took place in September 2022. The actions have had a debilitating impact on the institution’s ability to function by choking all sources of funding. This has undermined the institution’s ability to pursue its well established objective of producing high quality, globally recognised research on policy matters, which it has been recognised for over its 50 years’ existence. During this time the institution has been home to some of the country’s most distinguished academics, diplomats and policymakers.

CPR firmly reiterates that it is in complete compliance with the law, and has been cooperating fully and exhaustively at every step of the process. We remain steadfast in our belief that this matter will be resolved in line with constitutional values and guarantees.

From the President, CPR

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Report of Experts’ Committee on Educational Expenditure (Maharaj Krishna Kaw)