The National Education Mission is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12, launched in 2018. It was allocated a budget of ₹385.72 billion in the 2019 Interim Union Budget of India.
Chief Minister MK Stalin accuses the central government of coercion, while Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan denies Hindi imposition and defends the policy's linguistic inclusivity.
