Education Eminence Scheme Hits Funds Wall, Oversight Panel Defunct Since 2021
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 01 June 2025 | The Telegraph
The Institutions of Eminence (IoE) scheme, launched in 2017 to elevate select higher educational institutes to global standards, has failed to deliver the promised financial support of up to ₹1,000 crore each to eight public-funded institutions over seven financial years beginning 2018-19, data obtained under the RTI Act revealed.
The education ministry has also not reconstituted the empowered expert committee (EEC), which oversees the scheme's implementation since February 2021, when the first panel ended its three-year term. Against the avowed plan of providing up to ₹1,000 crore each to the eight institutions in the last seven financial years (or ₹8,000 crore in total), the government has sanctioned ₹6,198.97 crore (see chart), data accessed by The Telegraph showed…