Chart on Central Government Expenditure on Social Sector in India
The Economic Survey for 2008-09 shows that the Government has been increasing its outlays in the social sector substantively. The Economic Survey 2008-09, tabled in Parliament today states that the share of the Central Government’s expenditure on social services including rural development in total expenditure (plan and non-plan) has increased from 11.23% in 2002-03 to 19.44% in 2008-09. Expenditure on education as a proportion of total expenditure has increased from 9.5% in 2003-04 to 10.8% in 2008-09. However the reach of public and quasi public goods and services supplied by the State to people still shows leakages in the schemes and the benefits in full do not reach the targeted groups.
Source: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=49549
Read more on the socio-economic profile of India at: http://india-reports.com/summary/socio.aspx
