Lok Sabha Question No. 1185 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Hostels for Eklavya Model Residential School
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Devji Mansingram Patel, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †1185

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.09.2020

## HOSTELS FOR EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL

†1185. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the setting up/construction of buildings/hostels for Eklavya Model Residential Schools in the country including Maharashtra and Rajasthan along with the funds allocated for this purpose during the said period, year-wise, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is considering to set up Eklavya Residential School in all the tribal tehsils of Maharashtra and Rajasthan including Madha Lok Sabha constituency of Maharashtra and Dhod and Ahore tehsils of Sikar and Jalore districts respectively in Rajasthan in view of educational backwardness of these districts; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

- (a): As  on  15.09.2020,  there are  566  sanctioned  Eklavya  Model  Residential  School (EMRS) across the country, out of which 285 schools have been made functional. EMRS are fully  residential  and  therefore  have  provisions  of  hostels  for  boy  and  girl  students. The  statewise numbers of EMRSs sanctioned in the country  alongwith release of funds during 2019-20 including Maharashtra and Rajasthan is at Annexure.
- (b)  &  (c): As  per  budget  announcement  2018-19,  every  block  having  50%  or  more  ST population and at least 20,000 ST persons is to have an EMRS by the year 2022.  Based on this criteria,  9 more blocks in Maharashtra and 1 more block in Rajasthan are to be sanctioned new EMRSs upto the year 2022 as indicated.

| State       |   Sl. No. | District   | Sub-District / Block   |
|-------------|-----------|------------|------------------------|
| Maharashtra |         1 | Amravati   | Dharni                 |
| Maharashtra |         2 | Dhule      | Sakri                  |
| Maharashtra |         3 | Nandurbar  | Talode                 |
| Maharashtra |         4 | Nashik     | Dindori                |
| Maharashtra |         5 | Nashik     | Peint                  |
| Maharashtra |         6 | Nashik     | Trimbakeshwar          |
| Maharashtra |         7 | Palghar    | Vikramgad              |
| Maharashtra |         8 | Palghar    | Mokhada                |
| Maharashtra |         9 | Palghar    | Vada                   |
| Rajasthan   |         1 | Udaipur    | Kherwara               |

## ANSWER

Annexure  as  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No. †1185 for  answer  on  19.09.2020 asked  by Shri  Sudhakar  Tukaram  Shrangare:  Shri Sumedhanand  Saraswati: Shri Devji M. Patel: Shri Ranjeetsingh Hindurao Naik Nimbalkar regarding 'Hostels for Eklavya Model Residential School'

| Sl. No   | State/UT                             |   No of Schools Sanctioned |   No of Functional Schools |   Funds released during 2019-20 (Rs. In lakh) |
|----------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |                         19 |                         19 |                                       5198.31 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                         10 |                          2 |                                       3239.25 |
| 3        | Assam                                |                         10 |                          1 |                                       3059.04 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |                          2 |                          0 |                                          0    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |                         71 |                         42 |                                      13052.5  |
| 6        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                          1 |                          0 |                                          0    |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |                         35 |                         35 |                                      13870    |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                          4 |                          4 |                                       2540.08 |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir                      |                          6 |                          0 |                                       2400    |
| 10       | Jharkhand                            |                         78 |                         13 |                                       8828.22 |
| 11       | Karnataka                            |                         12 |                         10 |                                       4867.77 |
| 12       | Kerala                               |                          4 |                          2 |                                        633.29 |
| 13       | Ladakh                               |                          2 |                          0 |                                          0    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |                         63 |                         45 |                                      31006.6  |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |                         30 |                         24 |                                       5629.87 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |                         15 |                          3 |                                       4050.6  |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |                         15 |                          0 |                                          0    |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |                         17 |                          2 |                                       3931.64 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |                         19 |                          3 |                                       1934.71 |
| 20       | Odisha                               |                         57 |                         19 |                                       4743    |
| 21       | Rajasthan                            |                         30 |                         18 |                                       9258    |
| 22       | Sikkim                               |                          4 |                          4 |                                       2967.1  |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                           |                          8 |                          8 |                                       6356.07 |
| 24       | Telangana                            |                         23 |                         16 |                                       7816.4  |
| 25       | Tripura                              |                         16 |                          5 |                                       2472.64 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        |                          4 |                          2 |                                       1147.09 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          |                          3 |                          1 |                                       1128.37 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          |                          8 |                          7 |                                       4301.25 |
|          | Grand Total                          |                        566 |                        285 |                                     144432    |