17% of total budget outlay on education: Dhumal

Shimla: With education being its top
priority, the Himachal Pradesh government has allocated 17 per
cent of the budget outlay for the financial year 2010-11 on
the sector, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said on Sunday.

The government has proposed 99 per cent subsidy under
Pandit Deen Dayal Kisan Bagwaan Samridhi Yojana to BPL
families, Dhumal said, addressing a public meeting at Bandrol
in Kullu district.

After laying foundation stone of Jawahar Navodaya
Vidyalya at Bandrol, he lauded the organisation for providing
free education to rural children in the country.

"The quality education being imparted through these
schools help poor and deserving rural children to gain
new heights in their career," he said.

PTI