Lok Sabha Question No. 3297 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Financial Assistance to EMRS
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. † 3297

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EMRS

† 3297. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of financial assistance given to the Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) in the country during the last three years, district-wise;
- (b) whether it is a fact that there is only one EMRS in Assam, which is located at Bakasa district;
- (c) whether the Government has received any proposal for setting up EMRS at each place having huge population of the tribals and if not, whether the Government has any proposal in this regard;
- (d) whether it is true that the EMRS at Bakasa district in Assam has not got any assistance from the Government and even the money for the food meant for the children is not reaching there; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides financial assistance to the State Governments for setting up and running of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs). A statement showing financial assistance given to various State Governments in the country for EMRSs during the last three years is attached at Annexure . The Ministry does not provide financial assistance directly to the districts.
- (b) So far, Ministry has sanctioned five EMRSs in Assam at (i) Barama (Baksa), (ii) Bajali (Barpeta), (iii) Chapar (Kokrajhar), (iv) Diphu (KarbiAnalong), and (v) Haflong (Dima Hasao). However, no EMRS is presently reported functional by the State Government.
- (c)  Government  has  decided  to  set  up  EMRS  in  every  block  having  50%  or  more  ST population and at least 20,000 or more tribal persons by the year 2022. A total number of 462 suchblocks/ sub-districts without an EMRS have been identified in the country, out of which  150  schools  have  already  been  sanctioned  during  2018-19  and  2019-20.The remaining 312 blocks are to be covered by 2022.
- (d) & (e) As reported by the Government of Assam, presently there is nofunctional EMRS at Baksain Assam.

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## Annexure as referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Qs No.†3297 for 09.12.2019

## Statement showing fund released to the States across the country for EMRSs for the last three years

(Rs. in Lakh)

| S.N.   | States            |   2016-17 Total Release EMRS |   2017-18 Total Release EMRS |   2018-19 Total Release EMRS |
|--------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |                       680.4  |                      3791.11 |                      1994    |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |                       698.93 |                      4550.8  |                       683.6  |
| 3      | Assam             |                       200    |                         0    |                       736    |
| 4      | Bihar             |                      1000    |                       900    |                         0    |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |                      6431.47 |                      5999    |                      6886.25 |
| 7      | Gujarat           |                      4552.26 |                      6580.78 |                      7963.78 |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh  |                        88.2  |                       688.02 |                      1275.15 |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir   |                      1955.19 |                       800    |                      2634.68 |
| 10     | Jharkhand         |                      5332.61 |                      4026    |                      5668.08 |
| 11     | Karnataka         |                       999.6  |                       896.38 |                      1780.59 |
| 12     | Kerala            |                       221.76 |                       644.02 |                       769    |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    |                      5770.92 |                      7007.28 |                      7087.06 |
| 14     | Maharashtra       |                      5112    |                      5938.4  |                      4331.35 |
| 15     | Manipur           |                      1619.4  |                      1141.4  |                      1841.55 |
| 16     | Meghalaya         |                       200    |                         0    |                      2105.15 |
| 17     | Mizoram           |                       168    |                      1554.78 |                      2629.16 |
| 18     | Nagaland          |                       583.96 |                      1897.6  |                      1174.54 |
| 19     | Odisha            |                      4942.8  |                      7242.8  |                      4314.8  |
| 20     | Rajasthan         |                      2433.8  |                      2970    |                      4162.25 |
| 21     | Sikkim            |                       905    |                       416.5  |                       662.12 |
| 22     | Tamil Nadu        |                       798    |                      1420.8  |                      1218.4  |
| 23     | Telangana         |                      1344    |                      4394.57 |                      3541.83 |
| 24     | Tripura           |                      1165.8  |                      1969.5  |                      1555.2  |
| 25     | Uttar Pradesh     |                       689    |                       952    |                      1145.45 |
| 26     | Uttarakhand       |                         0    |                      1687.06 |                       902.8  |
| 27     | West Bengal       |                      1049.16 |                      1049.16 |                      3767.13 |
| Total  | Total             |                     48942.3  |                     68518    |                     70829.9  |