evidence: GOVERNMENT’S SPENDING ON SOCIAL SERVICES INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE PANDEMIC [...] HEALTH EXPENDITURE ALLOCATION IN 2021-22 RISES BY 73%; EDUCATION BY 20% [...] DECLINE IN DROP-OUT RATES AT PRIMARY, UPPER PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS IN 2019-20 26.45 CRORE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN SCHOOLS IN 2019-20; REVERSAL IN TREND OF DECLINING GROSS ENROLLEMNT RATIO IN PREVIOUS YEARS