Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan budget hiked four times to Rs 96 bn

The budget of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (Rusa) was on Wednesday increased four times, said Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar, after the Cabinet meeting. The scheme would now cost Rs 96 billion, of which the Centre would contribute Rs 71 billion. 

Rusa aims to increase enrollment in higher education by 30 per cent. The Cabinet also approved the second phase of the scheme. “It was about Rs 6 billion per year, totaling to Rs 24 billion for four years from 2013-14 to 2016-17. Now, it is Rs 71 billion for three years (2017-18 to 2019-20),” the minister