PM Modi To Address Education Ministry Webinar On Budget 2022 Implementation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a webinar on the Union Education Budget 2022-23 today i.e February 21. The webinar will commence at 11 am and is organised by the Ministry of Education. It will have sessions on different themes of relevance and will witness the participation of government officials of various ministries and state governments, industry representatives, skill development organizations, educationists, students and other experts.
The country’s education sector received an 11 per cent hike in the 2022-Budget. It set aside Rs 1.04 lakh crore for education–an increase of around Rs 11,000 crore. The allocation under the digital India e-learning programme, which includes the PM e-Vidya scheme, was lowered to ₹421.01 crore for 2022-23 from ₹645.61 crore in the last financial year.
