SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN STUDENT KITS SCHEME

Current Context: Recently, Andhra Pradesh launched the Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Vidyarthi Mitra Kits, supplying free educational kits to 35.94 lakh students (Classes I–X), with a total budget of ₹953.71 crore.

 About the scheme

• Namesake: Honours Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India’s second President and philosopher, denoting education over politics.
• Coverage: Govt and aided schools; budget shares: ₹778.68 cr (state) + ₹03 cr (centre).
• Kit Components:
  • Uniforms (3 sets), shoes, socks, belt, school bag.
  • Textbooks, notebooks, workbooks; dictionaries: Oxford English-Telugu (Class 6), pictorial (Class 1); regional languages included .