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5.2.9 Trend levels of existing Plan and Non-Plan expenditure. At present, budgetary expenditures by states and centre on general higher education (education budget) are available up to 2003-04. Trend estimates of expenditure for the 11^th Plan period have been estimated at 2006-07 prices and have been used to estimate the additional requirements.

5.2.10 Estimates of Total Financial Requirements. Since enrolment data vary across sources, three different scenarios have been used to estimate financial requirements: (i) SES enrolment data for General and B. Ed. Education, assuming no enrolment in private unaided institutions is included in these estimates (Tables 7.A); (ii) SES enrolment data as before, but including a component of private enrolment (Tables 8.B); (iii) Census based enrolment estimates, with private enrolment share increasing as discussed above (Tables 9.C). Similarly, two different recurring cost scenarios (norm based – Rs 26250 per student and mark-up based – Rs 21.200 per student) have been considered. The estimates proposed for the 11^th Plan are based on official enrolment data (SES) assuming that the data coverage is only for government financed institutions.