Lok Sabha Question No. 3671 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Students enrolled in EMRS
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3671

ANSWERED ON- 08/08/2022

## STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EMRS

3671.   DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  students  enrolled  till  now  in  established  Eklavya  Model  Residential Schools;
- (b) whether the Government plans to expand the number of schools and if so, district-wise details thereof, specifically to the State of Gujarat;
- (c) whether the Government is willing to reconsider admission criteria for enrollment in Eklavya Model Residential to give easy access and provide benefit to ST students across the country;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the details of funds allocated/utilized under the said EMRS during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The  number  of  students  enrolled  for  the  Academic  Year  2021-22  was  105463. However, admission procedure is going on for current Academic Year.
- (b): In  the  Union Budget of 2018-19, Government of India announced that every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons, is scheduled to have an EMRS. According to the criteria, this Ministry has set the target of establishing 740 schools in 28 States/UTs. As on date, 684 locations have been sanctioned, including 41 in Gujarat.District-wise details is at Annexure .

(c) and (d): As per the existing guidelines, after state level exam. the students are given choice to opt for any school within a state based on merit.   This Ministry has not received any request from any state to take National Level Test for admission and give option to student to choose a any school across country.   The basic purpose behind the concept of Eklavya was that the students should get quality education in their own environment.  The States  have  been  advised  to  select  teachers  who  know  the  local  language.   In  case  of National  level  test,  language  specially  Spoken  language  used  for  communication  with children would be a challenge.

(e): Ministry releases funds to National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), an  autonomous  society  under  the  Ministry  to  manage  and  implement  the  scheme  of EMRS. NESTS further releases funds to States/ UTs/ PSUs/ construction agencies/ State societies for construction of EMRSs and recurring cost for running of the schools.Funds released and utilization reported for EMRS during the last three years are as under:

## Amount (Rs. in lakh)

| 2019-20*      | 2019-20*             | 2020-21       | 2020-21              | 2021-22       | 2021-22              |
|---------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|
| Fund released | Utilization reported | Fund released | Utilization reported | Fund released | Utilization reported |
| 266140.83     | 226103.33            | 119997.88     | 119997.88            | 105774.00     | 29775.96             |

*  During 2019-20,  fund  was released  under  Article 275(1) of  the  Constitution  of  India along with other activities including EMRS

Annexure as referred to in  Part  (b)  of  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Qs.  No. 3671  for  08.08.2022  raised  by  Dr.  (Prof.)  Kirit  Premjibhai  Solanki  regarding 'Students enrolled in EMRS'.

## District-Wise EMRSs

| State             | District            |   Number of EMRS sanctioned in the district |
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | Chittoor            |                                           1 |
| Andhra Pradesh    | East Godavari       |                                           6 |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Prakasam            |                                           1 |
| Andhra Pradesh    | SPS Nellore         |                                           2 |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Srikakulam          |                                           2 |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatanam      |                                          11 |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Vizianagaram        |                                           4 |
| Andhra Pradesh    | West Godavari       |                                           1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | East Kameng         |                                           2 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Kurung Kumey        |                                           1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Lohit               |                                           1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Lower Dibang Valley |                                           1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Lower Subansari     |                                           1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Tawang              |                                           1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Tirap               |                                           1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | West Siang          |                                           2 |
| Assam             | Baksa               |                                           2 |
| Assam             | Barpeta             |                                           1 |
| Assam             | Dhemaji             |                                           1 |
| Assam             | Dima Hasao          |                                           2 |
| Assam             | Karbi Anglong       |                                           4 |
| Assam             | Kokrajhar           |                                           1 |
| Bihar             | Jamui               |                                           1 |
| Bihar             | Kaimur (Bhabua)     |                                           1 |
| Bihar             | West Champaran      |                                           1 |
| Chhattisgarh      | Balod               |                                           1 |
| Chhattisgarh      | Baloda Bazar        |                                           1 |
| Chhattisgarh      | Balrampur           |                                           6 |
| Chhattisgarh      | Bastar              |                                           6 |
| Chhattisgarh      | Bijapur             |                                           4 |
| Chhattisgarh      | Bilaspur            |                                           1 |

|                                | Dantewada               | 4   |
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-----|
|                                | Dhamtari                | 1   |
|                                | Gariyaband              | 2   |
|                                | Gaurella Pendra Marwahi | 2   |
|                                | Janjgir Champa          | 1   |
|                                | Jashpur                 | 4   |
|                                | Kabirdham               | 1   |
|                                | Kanker                  | 5   |
|                                | Kondagaon               | 5   |
|                                | Korba                   | 3   |
|                                | Koriya                  | 3   |
|                                | Mahasamund              | 1   |
|                                | Mungeli                 | 1   |
|                                | Narayanpur              | 2   |
|                                | Raigarh                 | 4   |
|                                | Rajnandgaon             | 3   |
|                                | Sukma                   | 3   |
|                                | Surajpur                | 4   |
|                                | Surguja                 | 5   |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman& |                         |     |
| Diu                            | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 1   |
| Gujarat                        | Arvalli                 | 2   |
|                                | Banas Kantha            | 3   |
|                                | Bharuch                 | 2   |
|                                | Chhota Udepur           | 3   |
|                                | Chhotaudepur            | 1   |
|                                | Dahod                   | 5   |
|                                | Dang                    | 2   |
|                                | Mahisagar               | 2   |
|                                | Narmada                 | 5   |
|                                | Navsari                 | 1   |
|                                | Panch Mahal             | 1   |
|                                | Sabar Kantha            | 2   |
|                                | Surat                   | 3   |
|                                | Tapi                    | 5   |
|                                | Vadodara                | 1   |
|                                | Valsad                  | 3   |
| Himachal Pradesh               | Chamba                  | 2   |
|                                | Kinnaur                 | 1   |
|                                | Lahaul and Spiti        | 1   |
| Jammu &Kashmir                 | Anantnag                | 1   |
|                                | Bandipora               | 1   |
|                                | Kulgam                  | 1   |
|                                | Poonch                  | 1   |
|                                | Rajouri                 | 2   |

| Jharkhand      | Chatra                  | 1   |
|----------------|-------------------------|-----|
|                | Dhanbad                 | 1   |
|                | Dumka                   | 5   |
|                | East Singhbhum          | 5   |
|                | Garhwa                  | 1   |
|                | Giridih                 | 1   |
|                | Godda                   | 1   |
|                | Gumla                   | 11  |
|                | Jamtara                 | 1   |
|                | Khunti                  | 6   |
|                | Latehar                 | 4   |
|                | Lohardaga               | 6   |
|                | Pakur                   | 3   |
|                | Palamu                  | 1   |
|                | Ranchi                  | 9   |
|                | Sahibganj               | 5   |
|                | Saraikela Kharsawan     | 3   |
|                | Simdega                 | 8   |
|                | West Singhbhum          | 16  |
| Karnataka      | Belgaum                 | 1   |
|                | Bellary                 | 1   |
|                | Chamarajanagar          | 1   |
|                | Chikmagalur Chitradurga | 1 1 |
|                | Kalaburagi              | 1   |
|                | Kodagu                  | 1   |
|                | Kolar                   | 1   |
|                | Mysore                  | 1   |
|                | Raichur                 | 1   |
|                | Tumkur                  | 1   |
|                | Yadgir                  | 1   |
| Kerala         | Idukki                  | 1   |
|                | Kasaragod               | 1   |
|                | Palakkad                | 1   |
| Ladakh         | Kargil                  | 2   |
| Madhya Pradesh | Leh                     | 1   |
|                | Alirajpur               | 4   |
|                | Anuppur                 | 2   |
|                | Balaghat                | 2   |
|                | Barwani                 | 5   |
|                | Betul                   | 4   |
|                | Bhopal                  | 1   |
|                | Burhanpur               | 1   |
|                | Chhindwara              | 4   |
|                | Dhar                    | 6   |

|             | Dindori              |   4 |
|-------------|----------------------|-----|
|             | Guna                 |   1 |
|             | Harda                |   1 |
|             | Hoshangabad          |   1 |
|             | Indore               |   2 |
|             | Jabalpur             |   3 |
|             | Jhabua               |   4 |
|             | Khandwa (East Nimar) |   1 |
|             | Khargone             |   4 |
|             | Mandla               |   5 |
|             | Ratlam               |   2 |
|             | Satna                |   2 |
|             | Sehore               |   1 |
|             | Seoni                |   2 |
|             | Shahdol              |   3 |
|             | Sheopur              |   1 |
|             | Sidhi                |   1 |
|             | Singrauli            |   1 |
|             | Umaria               |   1 |
| Maharashtra | Ahmadnagar           |   1 |
| Maharashtra | Amravati             |   2 |
| Maharashtra | Chandrapur           |   1 |
| Maharashtra | Dhule                |   2 |
| Maharashtra | Gadchiroli           |   7 |
| Maharashtra | Gondiya              |   1 |
| Maharashtra | Nagpur               |   1 |
|             | Nanded               |   1 |
|             | Nandurbar            |   6 |
|             | Nashik               |   8 |
|             | Palghar              |   5 |
|             | Thane                |   1 |
|             | Yavatmal             |   1 |
|             | Chandel              |   2 |
|             | Churachandpur        |   4 |
|             | Kamjong              |   1 |
|             | Kangpokpi            |   3 |
|             | Pherzawl             |   1 |
|             | Senapati             |   3 |
|             | Tamenglong           |   4 |
|             | Tengnoupal           |   1 |
|             | Ukhrul               |   2 |
| Meghalaya   | East Garo Hills      |   2 |
| Meghalaya   | East Jaintia Hills   |   2 |
| Meghalaya   | East Khasi Hills     |   4 |
| Meghalaya   | North Garo Hills     |   2 |
| Meghalaya   | Ri-Bhoi              |   2 |
| Meghalaya   | South Garo Hills     |   3 |

|           | South West Garo Hills   | 2   |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----|
|           | South West Khasi Hills  | 2   |
|           | West Garo Hills         | 4   |
|           | West Jaintia Hills      | 1   |
|           | West Khasi Hills        | 3   |
| Mizoram   | Aizawl                  | 3   |
|           | Champhai                | 3   |
|           | Kolasib                 | 1   |
|           | Lawngtlai               | 2   |
|           | Lunglei                 | 3   |
|           | Mamit                   | 2   |
|           | Serchhip                | 1   |
|           | Siaha                   | 2   |
| Nagaland  | Mon                     | 2   |
|           | Dimapur                 | 2   |
|           | Kiphire                 | 1   |
|           | Kohima                  | 3   |
|           | Longleng                | 1   |
|           | Mokokchung              | 5   |
|           | Peren                   | 2   |
|           | Phek                    | 1   |
|           | Tuensang                | 3   |
|           | Wokha                   | 1   |
|           | Zunheboto               | 1   |
| Odisha    | Baleshwar               | 1   |
|           | Bolangir                | 1   |
|           | Debagarh                | 1   |
|           | Dhenkanal               | 1   |
|           | Gajapati                | 4   |
|           | Jajapur                 | 1   |
|           | Jharsuguda              | 2   |
|           | Kalahandi               | 2   |
|           | Kandhamal               | 8   |
|           | Kendujhar               | 8   |
|           | Koraput                 | 9   |
|           | Malkangiri              | 5   |
|           | Mayurbhanj              | 23  |
|           | Nabarangpur             | 8   |
|           | Nuapada                 | 1   |
|           | Rayagada                | 9   |
|           | Sambalpur               | 4   |
|           | Sundargarh              | 16  |
| Rajasthan | Alwar                   | 2   |
|           | Banswara                | 6   |
|           | Baran                   | 1   |
|           | Dungarpur               | 4   |
|           | Jaipur                  | 2   |
|           | Karauli                 | 1   |
|           | Pratapgarh              | 4   |
|           | Sawai Madhopur Sirohi   | 1 1 |

|               | Tonk                     |   1 |
|---------------|--------------------------|-----|
|               | Udaipur                  |   8 |
| Sikkim        | East District            |   1 |
|               | North District           |   1 |
|               | South District           |   1 |
|               | West District            |   1 |
| Tamil Nadu    | Kanchipuram              |   1 |
|               | Namakkal                 |   1 |
|               | Salem                    |   2 |
|               | The Nilgiris             |   1 |
|               | Tirupattur               |   1 |
|               | Tiruvannamalai           |   1 |
|               | Villupuram (Kalakuruchi) |   1 |
| Telangana     | Adilabad                 |   3 |
|               | Bhadradri Kothagudem     |   7 |
|               | Kamareddy                |   1 |
|               | Khammam                  |   1 |
|               | Komaram Bheem Asifabad   |   1 |
|               | Mahabubabad              |   5 |
|               | Mahbubnagar              |   1 |
|               | Nagarkurnool             |   1 |
|               | Nizamabad                |   1 |
|               | Rajanna Sircilla         |   2 |
| Tripura       | Dhalai                   |   4 |
|               | Gomati                   |   5 |
|               | Khowai                   |   3 |
|               | North Tripura            |   3 |
|               | Sepahijala               |   1 |
|               | South Tripura            |   1 |
|               | Unakoti                  |   1 |
|               | West Tripura             |   3 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Bahraich                 |   1 |
|               | Kheri                    |   1 |
|               | Lalitpur                 |   1 |
|               | Sonbhadra                |   1 |
| Uttarakhand   | Dehradun                 |   2 |
|               | Udam Singh Nagar         |   2 |
| West Bengal   | Bankura                  |   1 |
|               | Barddhaman               |   1 |
|               | Birbhum                  |   1 |
|               | Dakshin Dinajpur         |   1 |
|               | Darjiling                |   1 |
|               | Jalpaiguri               |   1 |
|               | Jhargram                 |   1 |
|               | Purulia                  |   1 |
|               | GRAND TOTAL              | 684 |

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