Lok Sabha Question No. 488 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Eklavya Model Residential School
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- †488

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 06/02/2023

## EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL

†488.  SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY: SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRI JAYANT SINHA: SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  or  proposed  to  set  up  more  Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in the country, State-wise including Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts of Jharkhand, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, district-wise, Mumbai of  Maharashtra,  Rajasthan  and  Madhya  Pradesh  during  the  last  five  years  to bridge the gap in education of tribal children in remote areas, location-wise;
- (b) the locations out of the above mentioned locations where EMRS have not been started yet along with the target to start construction and teaching at said EMRS and the steps taken to operationalise those which are not functional so far, State-wise;
- (c) the total amount planned to be spent per student per year in these schools, State-wise;
- (d)  the  total  number  of  sanctioned  and  functional  EMRS  in  the  country,  State-wise including  in  Hazaribagh  and  Ramgarh  of  Jharkhand  along  with  the  funds  sanctioned during the current year;
- (e) whether the Government is aware of the digital gap in the country especially among the  tribal  children  who  were  unable  to  attend  online  classes  due  to  lack  of  critical technical  infrastructure  for  online  classes  during  the  pandemic,  if  so,  the  steps  being taken by the Government to enhance the technology capability of EMRS schools; and
- (f) whether mobile facility is also likely to be provided in such schools in future to solve the problem of connectivity and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  to  (d): Government  has  decided  to  establish  Eklavya  Model  Residential  Schools (EMRS)  in  every  block  with  50%  or  more  ST  population  and  atleast  20,000  tribal persons. A total number of 740 EMRSs are scheduled to be established across the country by  the  year  2025-26,  out  of  which  690  schools  have  already  been  sanctioned  and  401 EMRSs are reported to be functional. Since no block fulfils the criteria for establishment of  EMRS  as  per  the  schematic  guidelines,  no  EMRSs  have  been  sanctioned  in Hazaribagh and Ramgarh district of Jharkhand, and Mumbai district of Maharashtra.

The State-wise details of sanctioned and functional EMRSs including that of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh during the last five years are at Annexure-I . District-wise and location-wise list of EMRSs sanctioned in Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh during the last five years with their functional and construction status is at Annexure-II. Ministry in coordination with National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), an autonomous organization to manage and implement the scheme of EMRS,  is continuously coordinating and following up with the State Governments to get suitable land free from all encumbrances, including forest clearance. States have been advised to run schools in alternative buildings preferably in Government Buildings till the construction of schools is completed.

The approved capital cost for construction of EMRS is Rs.37.80 crores for plain areas which can go upto Rs. 48.00 crores in case of Northeast, Hilly and LWE affected areas. Recurring cost of Rs.1,09,000.00 per student per year is given to schools towards running and managing the school. Fund is released to NESTS and NESTS further releases funds to  States/  UTs/  PSUs/ Construction Agencies/ State Societies as per their requirements for  construction  of  EMRSs  and  recurring  cost  for  running  of  the  schools.  During  the current financial year, i.e. 2022-23, Ministry has released an amount of Rs.1,465.27 crore to NESTS for implementation of the scheme of EMRS (as on 31.01.2023).

(e) and (f): Government is sensitive about the digital gap in the country especially among the tribal children. In order to ensure digital connectivity, Ministry has planned to set up technology enabled classrooms in coordination with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) through ERNET in 175 EMRSs, with dedicated lease line through BSNL in phase-I.

## Annexure-I

Annexure-Ias  referred  in  part  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  †488  to  be  answered  on  06.02.2023  raised  by  Shri  Omprakash Bhupalsinh  Alias  Pawan  Rajenimbalkar,  Shri  Vinayak  Raut,  Shri  Bhagirath Choudhary,  Shri  Gajanan  Kirtikar,  Shrimati  Delkar  Kalaben  Mohanbhai,  Shri Jayant Sinha, Shri Sanjay Jadhav, Shrimati Keshari Devi Patel regarding "Eklavya Model Residential School".

| S. No.   | State                              |   Total EMRS Sanctioned as on 31.1.2023 |   Functional as on 31.1.2023 |   EMRSs sanctioned during last five year (2017-18 to 2021-22) |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                      28 |                           28 |                                                            14 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                      10 |                            3 |                                                             4 |
| 3        | Assam                              |                                      14 |                            1 |                                                             6 |
| 4        | Bihar                              |                                       3 |                            0 |                                                             1 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                       |                                      74 |                           73 |                                                            48 |
| 6        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                       1 |                            1 |                                                             1 |
| 7        | Gujarat                            |                                      42 |                           35 |                                                            17 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                       4 |                            4 |                                                             3 |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                       6 |                            6 |                                                             3 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                          |                                      88 |                            7 |                                                            68 |
| 11       | Karnataka                          |                                      12 |                           12 |                                                             0 |
| 12       | Kerala                             |                                       4 |                            4 |                                                             2 |
| 13       | Ladakh                             |                                       3 |                            0 |                                                             2 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                      70 |                           63 |                                                            37 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                        |                                      37 |                           37 |                                                            20 |
| 16       | Manipur                            |                                      21 |                            3 |                                                            16 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                          |                                      27 |                            0 |                                                            26 |
| 18       | Mizoram                            |                                      17 |                            6 |                                                            11 |
| 19       | Nagaland                           |                                      22 |                            3 |                                                            17 |
| 20       | Odisha                             |                                     104 |                           32 |                                                            77 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                          |                                      31 |                           30 |                                                            13 |
| 22       | Sikkim                             |                                       4 |                            4 |                                                             0 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                         |                                       8 |                            8 |                                                             2 |
| 24       | Telangana                          |                                      23 |                           23 |                                                            14 |
| 25       | Tripura                            |                                      21 |                            6 |                                                            15 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                       4 |                            2 |                                                             0 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                        |                                       4 |                            3 |                                                             3 |
| 28       | West Bengal                        |                                       8 |                            7 |                                                             1 |
|          | Grand Total                        |                                     690 |                          401 |                                                           421 |

## Annexure-II

Annexure-II  as  referred  in  part  (a)  to  (d)  of  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  †488  to  be  answered  on  06.02.2023  raised  by  Shri  Omprakash Bhupalsinh  Alias  Pawan  Rajenimbalkar,  Shri  Vinayak  Raut,  Shri  Bhagirath Choudhary,  Shri  Gajanan  Kirtikar,  Shrimati  Delkar  Kalaben  Mohanbhai,  Shri Jayant Sinha, Shri Sanjay Jadhav, Shrimati Keshari Devi Patel regarding "Eklavya Model Residential School".

|   S. No. | State                              | District            | Block               | Village     | Year of sanction   | Functional Status   | Building Status         |
|----------|------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | Shelti      | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|        2 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Alirajpur           | Alirajpur           | Alirajpur   | 2019-20            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|        3 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Alirajpur           | Jobat               | Jobat       | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|        4 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Anuppur             | Pushparajgarh       | Harra Tola  | 2021-22            | Non Functional      | Pre- construction stage |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Balaghat            | Baihar              | Baihar      | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|        6 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Barwani             | Newali              | Puruskheda  | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|        7 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Barwani             | Pati                | Budi        | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|        8 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Barwani             | Rajpur              | Rajpur      | 2019-20            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|        9 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Betul               | Bhainsdehi          | Bhaisedhi   | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       10 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Betul               | Bhimpura            | Ratamati    | 2021-22            | Non Functional      | Pre- construction stage |
|       11 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Betul               | Chicholi            | Chicholi    | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Bhopal              | Phanda              | Bawadiya    | 2019-20            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Burhanpur           | Khaknar             | Manjrodkala | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Chhindwara          | Harrai              | Harrai      | 2018-19            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Chhindwara          | Tamia               | Tamia       | 2018-19            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Dhar                | Bagh                | Banda       | 2021-22            | Non Functional      | In Progress             |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Dhar                | Dahi                | Pithanpur   | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Dhar                | Gandhwani           | Gandhwani   | 2019-20            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Dhar                | Manawar             | Dewla       | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Dindori             | Karanjiya           | karanjiya   | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Dindori             | Menhadwani          | Menhadwani  | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       22 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Dindori             | Shahpura            | Pipradi     | 2018-19            | Functional          | In Progress             |
|       23 | Madhya Pradesh                     | Harda               | Rehatgaon           | Rehatgaon   | 2020-21            | Functional          | In Progress             |

|   24 | Madhya Pradesh   | Indore     | Mhow         | Jamaniya             | 2019-20   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|------|------------------|------------|--------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------|-------------------------|
|   25 | Madhya Pradesh   | Jabalpur   | Panagar      | Mahganva             | 2019-20   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   26 | Madhya Pradesh   | Jhabua     | Meghnagar    | Meghnagar            | 2019-20   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   27 | Madhya Pradesh   | Jhabua     | Petlawad     | Kardawad (Rural)     | 2019-20   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   28 | Madhya Pradesh   | Khargone   | Bhagwanpura  | Bhagwanpura          | 2021-22   | Non Functional | In Progress             |
|   29 | Madhya Pradesh   | Khargone   | Jhiranya     | Jhirnya              | 2019-20   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   30 | Madhya Pradesh   | Khargone   | Segaon       |                      | 2021-22   | Non Functional | Pre- construction stage |
|   31 | Madhya Pradesh   | Mandla     | Ghughari     | Chatarpur            | 2020-21   | Functional     | Pre- construction stage |
|   32 | Madhya Pradesh   | Mandla     | Narayanganj  | Sanghanpur Chowki    | 2020-21   | Functional     | Pre- construction stage |
|   33 | Madhya Pradesh   | Mandla     | Niwas        | Niwas                | 2020-21   | Functional     | Pre- construction stage |
|   34 | Madhya Pradesh   | Ratlam     | Bajna        | Ratlam               | 2020-21   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   35 | Madhya Pradesh   | Seoni      | Dhanora      | Dhanaura             | 2021-22   | Non Functional | Pre- construction stage |
|   36 | Madhya Pradesh   | Shahdol    | Jaitpur      | Birodi               | 2020-21   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   37 | Madhya Pradesh   | Shahdol    | Sohagpur     | Harri                | 2019-20   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   38 | Madhya Pradesh   | Sheopur    | Karahal      | Panwada              | 2020-21   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   39 | Rajasthan        | Banswara   | Bagidora     | Bansia               | 2020-21   | Functional     | Completed               |
|   40 | Rajasthan        | Banswara   | Banswara     | Dabrimal             | 2018-19   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   41 | Rajasthan        | Banswara   | Garhi        | Parkhela             | 2020-21   | Functional     | Completed               |
|   42 | Rajasthan        | Dungarpur  | Dungarpur    | Gumanpura            | 2019-20   | Functional     | Completed               |
|   43 | Rajasthan        | Dungarpur  | Sagwara      | Surajgaon            | 2020-21   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   44 | Rajasthan        | Pratapgarh | Arnod        | Nagdera              | 2020-21   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   45 | Rajasthan        | Pratapgarh | Dhariawad    | Panchagurah          | 2020-21   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   46 | Rajasthan        | Pratapgarh | Peepalkhoont | Mathugamda           | 2018-19   | Functional     | Completed               |
|   47 | Rajasthan        | Udaipur    | Jhadol       | Jotana               | 2020-21   | Functional     | Completed               |
|   48 | Rajasthan        | Udaipur    | Kherwara     | Khandiovri Uplaphala | 2021-22   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   49 | Rajasthan        | Udaipur    | Lasadiya     | Kun                  | 2020-21   | Functional     | Completed               |
|   50 | Rajasthan        | Udaipur    | Salumbar     | Prem Nagar           | 2020-21   | Functional     | In Progress             |
|   51 | Rajasthan        | Udaipur    | Sarada       | Peepalkhunt          | 2019-20   | Functional     | Completed               |

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