Eleventh Five Year Plan

36 Eleventh Five Year PlanBook Promotion1.3.83 An outlay of Rs 434 crore for the Languagesand Rs 67 crore for Book Promotion Sectors have beenallocated for the Tenth Plan and expenditures duringthe Plan period were Rs. 578.16 crore and Rs. 45.92crore, respectively.1.3.84 The main schemes under the sector are two:(i) National Book Trust (NBT) that undertakes theactivities such as promotion of Indian books abroad,assistance to authors and publishers, and promotionof children’s literature (National Centre for ChildrenLiterature) and (ii) Intellectual Property Education,Research, and Public Outreach (IPERPO) run by theBook Promotion and Copyright Division, MHRD.1.3.85 The existing schemes of IPERPO were operationalizedin the Tenth Plan for effective implementationof the cause of promoting awareness/research oncopyright/Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) andWTO matters. The Scheme will review the present IPRin the area of Education, Research, Literacy andstrengthen it to suit the objectives of a knowledge-basedeconomy. New initiatives need to be taken to strengthenthe Copyright Office, establish new IPR Chairs in alluniversities, other IPR Centre/Cells in GovernmentDepartments, PSUs, develop appropriate InternalMonitoring Systems, hold National Seminars and celebrateWorld Intellectual Property Day, and Publicawareness programmes.1.3.86 During the Eleventh Plan the NBT willstrengthen its three regional offices at Bangalore,Mumbai, and Calcutta and also strengthen its activitiesin the North Eastern Region. The subsidy projectfor assistance to authors and publishers for producingbooks of an acceptable standard at reasonable pricesfor students and teachers will continue.FINANCING EDUCATION IN THE ELEVENTH PLAN1.3.87 The government has pledged to raise publicspending on education to 6% of Gross Domestic Product(GDP). For accelerating public expenditure, theCentral Budget 2004 introduced a cess of 2% on majorcentral taxes/duties for elementary education andBudget 2007 a cess of 1% for secondary and highereducation. In the Eleventh Plan, Central Governmentenvisages an outlay of about Rs 2.70 lakh crore at currentprice (Rs 2.37 lakh crore at 2006–07 price) foreducation. This is a four-fold increase over the TenthPlan allocation of Rs 0.54 lakh crore at 2006–07 price.The share of education in the total plan outlay willcorrespondingly increase from 7.7% to 19.4%. Around50% of Eleventh Plan outlay is for elementary educationand literacy, 20% for secondary education, and30% for higher education (including technical education).The scheme wise details are given in Appendixto Volume III.1.3.88 This reflects the high priority being given to theeducation sector by the Central Government and representsa credible progress towards raising the publicspending of the Centre and the States combined to 6%of GDP. However, it is a shared responsibility betweenthe Centre and States to raise education expenditureto the targeted level. The State Governments shouldalso accord a high priority to education in the sectoralplan priorities/allocation.