The State Education Minister Arvind Pandey said that there are 789 Government school buildings in the State which need repair. Answering a question of Dhanaulti MLA Pritam Singh Panwar during the question hour on the second day of the winter session of the Vidhan Sabha, the minister said that a budget of Rs 21 crore has been sought from the Union Government for repair of these buildings. He said that the repair and construction of new buildings of schools is done under NABARD, district plan and BAPDP.
The Minister added that under the State plan, proposals worth Rs 421 lakh have remained pending for repair and construction of new school buildings. He said that recently the Centre had merged the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan ( RMSA). Raising a supplementary question, BJP MLA Navin Dumka asked about the amount a MLA can spend on the repair of school buildings under their local area development funds. In response to the question, the education minister said that the MLAs can spend 10 % of their local area development fund on repair of the school buildings.