Question

Given below are two statements: Assertion (A): Since last five years the Government of India is spending six percent of GDP on education. Reason (R): The NEP 2020 reiterates Kothari Commission's recommendation to spend six percent of GDP on education. Choose the most appropriate answer.

• A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
• B. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• C. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
• D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Hint:

A recommendation to spend \(6\%\) of GDP on education is different from actually spending \(6\%\) of GDP.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The Kothari Commission recommended that India should spend about: \[ 6\% \] of GDP on education. The National Education Policy 2020 also reiterates this recommendation. So Reason (R) is correct. Now check Assertion (A). Assertion (A) says that for the last five years the Government of India has been spending six percent of GDP on education. This is not correct as a factual statement. The recommendation exists, but actual spending has not consistently reached six percent of GDP. Therefore, Assertion (A) is incorrect. Since Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true, the correct answer is: \[ \text{(A) is not correct but (R) is correct}. \]