The schools come under the purview of respective state governments and the Ministry of Defence. In his Union Budget of 2008, Finance minister, P Chidambaram, allocated 2 crore to each of the 25 Sainik schools, to counter rising attrition in the defence forces, especially at the officer level. The first Sainik School was opened by Dr Sampoorna Nand in Uttar Pradesh in 1960 under the Government of Uttar Pradesh and there after other Sainik schools were opened. Sainik School, Lucknow located near Amausi Airport remains the only Sainik School under State Government.