Which education policy first recommended 6% of GDP as public expenditure on education in India?

The National Policy on Education of 1968 was the first to recommend spending 6 percent of national income, or GDP, on education, following the Kothari Commission.

The 1986 policy reaffirmed the 6 percent goal but did not originate it.

The revised programme of action of 1992 updated implementation of the 1986 policy rather than first proposing the target.

NEP 2020 again endorsed the 6 percent commitment, restating a long-standing aim rather than introducing it.

The Kothari Commission of 1964 to 1966 supplied the analysis on which the 1968 recommendation rested.

Actual public spending on education in India has generally remained below this 6 percent mark.