Financial Assistance for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan from IDA

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For the Centrally Sponsored Scheme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Government of India has signed a financial agreement with the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) for an amount of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 651.00 million (equivalent to US$1006.2 million) on 29th May, 2014. The IDA credit is effective from 27th August, 2014 till 30th September, 2017 and forms part of the central share of funds released under SSA.  In addition, an agreement has been signed with European Union (EU) for an amount of Euro € 80 million for education upto Secondary level out of which € 54 million is earmarked for the SSA, for elementary education.  Details of the financial assistance received during the period 2014-15 to 2016-17 for the SSA programme are as under:

                                                                                       (Rs. in crore)

Year Amount disbursed by World Bank (IDA) Amount disbursed by EU
2014-15 1200.166 Nil
2015-16 1910.948 171.86
2016-17 1510.766 Nil
Total 4621.880

171.86

 

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