Itanagar:The Arunachal Pradesh government has dedicated 2021 as the 'Year of Education with a planned investment of Rs 1,000 crore for the sector, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said on Friday.
"From a limited number of schools, today we have more than 3,000 schools but without quality education," he said.
The House later passed the state budget for 2021-22 by voice vote.
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On Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein had presented a Rs 578.50-crore deficit budget in the assembly.
Mein, who holds the planning, investment and finance portfolios, said the focus of the government will be on increasing capital expenditure to create assets in the state for overall development.
He projected a total receipt of Rs 22,581 crore for 2021-22 fiscal, up from the revised estimates of Rs 22,000 crore in the current fiscal.