Lok Sabha Question No. 3300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Tribal Hostels for Nagaland
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Tokheho Yepthomi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3300

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## TRIBAL HOSTELS FOR NAGALAND

3300.  SHRI TOKHEHO YEPTHOMI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Tribal Hostels sanctioned for Nagaland State from 2011 to 2021 March; and
- (b)  the details of the funds allocated under this scheme from 2011 to 2021 March?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &(b): Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) was earlier running a separate scheme 'Hostels for  ST  Girls  and  Boys'  under  which  funds  were  provided  to  State  Governments  for construction of hostels. The details of hostels sanctioned under this scheme during 2011-12 to 2017-18 are as under:

| Financial Year   |   Number of Hostels Sanctioned |   Funds Released (Rs. in lakh) |
|------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2013-14          |                              5 |                         810.95 |
| 2015-16          |                             17 |                        1002.5  |

As part of rationalization of schemes of the Ministry, the intervention of construction of hostels  has  been  subsumed  under  the schemes of 'Special  Central Assistance to  Tribal SubScheme (SCA to TSS) and Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution from 2018-19 on wards wherein funds are provided to the State Governments based on the proposal received from  them  after  appraisal  and  approval  of  the  Project  Appraisal  Committee  (PAC)  in  the Ministry. The details of the hostels sanctioned under (SCA to TSS) and Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution during 2014-15 to 2020-21 to State Government of Nagaland are as under:

| Financial Year   | Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme   | Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme   | Grants under Article 275(1)   | Grants under Article 275(1)   |
|------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                  | Number of Hostels Sanctioned                      | Funds Released (Rs. in lakh)                      | Number Hostels Sanctioned     | Funds Released (Rs. in lakh)  |
| 2014-15          | -                                                 | -                                                 | 12                            | 620.00                        |
| 2015-16          | -                                                 | -                                                 | 6                             | 500.00                        |
| 2016-17          | -                                                 | -                                                 | 15                            | 1255.66                       |
| 2017-18          | -                                                 | -                                                 | 10                            | 740.38                        |
| 2018-19          | 1                                                 | 133.00                                            | 14                            | 1605.00                       |
| 2019-20          | 3                                                 | 320.00                                            | 16                            | 1430.00                       |
| 2020-21          | 6                                                 | 640.00                                            | 0                             | 0.00                          |