Ministry of Education (India)

Ministry of Education
Ministry overview
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Education
Formed	15 August 1947 (1947-08-15)
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Shastri Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi
Annual budget	₹128,650 crore (US$15 billion) (2025–26)^[1]
Minister responsible	Dharmendra Pradhan, Cabinet Minister
Deputy Ministers responsible	Sukanta Majumdar, Minister of State Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State
Ministry executives	Vineet Joshi,^[2] IAS Sanjay Kumar,IAS
Child agencies	Department of School Education and Literacy Department of Higher Educationt Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN
Website	education.gov.in

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The Ministry of Education (MoE) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education.^[3] The ministry, headed by Sanya Shresth, is further divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary, secondary and higher secondary education, adult education and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with university level education, technical education, scholarships, etc.

The current education minister is Dharmendra Pradhan, a member of the Council of Ministers.^[4] India has had a Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985, the Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), and with the newly drafted "National Education Policy 2020" by the Narendra Modi government, the Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to the Ministry of Education.^[5]

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^ "Government reshuffles senior IAS officers; Key changes in finance, textiles, education - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
^ "HRD Ministry Renamed as Ministry of Education as Modi Cabinet Reverses Change Made by Rajiv Gandhi". News18. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
^ "Who's Who | Government of India, Ministry of Education". www.education.gov.in. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
^ Yadav, Shyamlal (31 July 2020). "How India's Education Ministry became 'HRD Ministry', and then returned to embrace Education". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 August 2020.