Lok Sabha Question No. 2486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Establishment of Schools under PM-SHRI Scheme in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri G M Harish Balayogi, Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar, Shri Santosh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 2486 ANSWERED ON - 04/08/2025

## Establishment of Schools under PM-SHRI Scheme in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh

†2486. Shri Santosh Pandey: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar:

Shri G M Harish Balayogi:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Prime Minister School of Rising India (PM SHRI) Schools established in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, district-wise particularly in Eluru and Konaseema districts of Andhra Pradesh including their current operational status and enrolment figures;
- (b) the details of funds allocated, released and utilised or financial assistance provided under PM SHRI scheme in the above States and districts during the last three years and the current year, year-wise;
- (c) whether any delay or challenges have been encountered in implementing PM SHRI Scheme in Eluru and Konaseema districts of Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the positions currently vacant in PM SHRI Schools in Eluru and Konaseema districts, including the steps taken to fill these posts; and
- (e) whether any proposals is pending with the Government for establishing PM-SHRI Schools in Eluru and Konaseema districts of Andhra Pradesh along with the reasons for their pendency, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a): Under PM SHRI scheme, 341 PM SHRI schools have been selected from the State of Chhattisgarh and 935 PM SHRI schools have been selected from the State of Andhra Pradesh through transparent challenge method. The details of PM SHRI schools may be accessed on the website of PM SHRI scheme at the link: https://pmshri.education.gov.in/state. Further, a total of 37 PM SHRI schools from Eluru district and 28 PM SHRI schools from Konaseema district have been selected under the PM SHRI scheme . The details of PM SHRI schools selected in Eluru and Konaseema districts including enrolment figures is attached as Annexure-I .

(b): The  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of  PM  SHRI  was  approved  by  Cabinet  on  7th September,  2022.  Subsequent  to  the  approval,  the  details  of  funds  allocated,  released  and utilised under PM SHRI scheme during FY 2023-24 and 2024-25 in the States of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh are as follows:

(Rs. in crore)

|         |                | FY: 2023-24          | FY: 2023-24                           | FY: 2023-24                  | FY: 2024-25          | FY: 2024-25                           | FY: 2024-25                  | FY: 2025-26          | FY: 2025-26                           |
|---------|----------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S. No . | States/UTs     | Appro ved PAB outlay | Central Share of Approv ed PAB outlay | Total Central Share Released | Approv ed PAB outlay | Central Share of Approve d PAB outlay | Total Central Share Released | Approv ed PAB outlay | Central Share of Approve d PAB outlay |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh | 354.85               | 212.91                                | 106.46                       | 782.39               | 469.43                                | 294.12                       | 555.76               | 333.46                                |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh   | 65.79                | 39.47                                 | 19.74                        | 201.41               | 120.85                                | 37.35                        | 196.77               | 118.06                                |

Further,  the  details  of  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilised  in  the  districts  of  Eluru  and Konaseema, as informed by the State of Andhra Pradesh, under PM SHRI scheme during FY 2023-24, FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 are as follows:

(Rs. in lakhs)

| District   | FY: 2023-24   | FY: 2023-24      | FY: 2023-24   | FY: 2024-25   | FY: 2024-25   | FY: 2024-25   | FY: 2025-26                | FY: 2025-26   | FY: 2025-26   |
|------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------|---------------|---------------|
| District   | Sanctioned    | ReleasedUtilised |               | Sanctioned    | Released      | Utilised      | SanctionedReleasedUtilised |               |               |
| Eluru      | 1595.61       | 1232.28          | 1228.28       | 2775.08       | 1628.05       | 1603.03       | 3465.46                    | 690.36        | 585.36        |
| Konaseema  | 1213.54       | 965.69           | 958.28        | 2065.0        | 1203.97       | 1195.82       | 2609.04                    | 534.73        | 527.0         |

(c) to (e): Under the PM SHRI scheme, there is a provision of setting up of more than 14500 PM SHRI Schools by strengthening the existing schools from amongst schools managed by  Central  government/State/UT  Government/local  bodies  out  of  which  a  total  of  13,076 schools have been selected from 33 States/UTs along with KVS/NVS/NCERT in seven phases of selection process out of which 935 schools have been selected from the State of Andhra Pradesh.

Education  is  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  and  matters  related  to  the implementation of schemes, recruitment and rational deployment of teachers come under the purview of respective State Government. Recruitment of teachers in schools is a continuous process  as  vacancies  keep  arising  due  to  factors  like  retirement,  resignation  and  additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength/new schools. The onus of recruitment of teachers through a comprehensive technology-based planning and forecasting exercise lies on the respective State Government. However, the State of Andhra Pradesh has informed that all the positions in PM SHRI Schools in Eluru and Konaseema districts have been filled.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2486  ANSWERED  ON  04.08.2025  ASKED  BY  SHRI  SANTOSH PANDEY, SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR, SHRI G M HARISH BALAYOGI HON'BLE MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING  'ESTABLISHMENT  OF  SCHOOLS UNDER PM-SHRI SCHEME IN CHHATTISGARH AND ANDHRA PRADESH'

The details of PM SHRI schools selected in Eluru and Konaseema districts including enrolment figures is as follows:

|   Sl. No. | DISTRICT   | SCHOOLNAME                                |   UDISE CODE |   ENROL MENT |
|-----------|------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
|         1 | ELURU      | ZPHS JEELUGUMILLI                         |  28150101606 |          294 |
|         2 | ELURU      | ZPHS BUTTAYAGUDEM                         |  28150202528 |          374 |
|         3 | ELURU      | ZPHS GUTALA                               |  28150302306 |          258 |
|         4 | ELURU      | ZPHS GAVARAVARAM                          |  28150601303 |          218 |
|         5 | ELURU      | ZPHS LAKKAVARAM                           |  28150701808 |          494 |
|         6 | ELURU      | ZPHS BORRAMPALEM                          |  28150801204 |          369 |
|         7 | ELURU      | ZPHS ERRAGUNTAPALLI                       |  28150901107 |          357 |
|         8 | ELURU      | ZPHS RANGAPURAM                           |  28151001504 |          227 |
|         9 | ELURU      | ZPHS TADIKALAPUDI                         |  28151101615 |          328 |
|        10 | ELURU      | APSWREIS (G) JR. COLLEGE DWARAKATHIRUMALA |  28151201112 |          450 |
|        11 | ELURU      | ZPHS BOMMIDI                              |  28151900704 |          180 |
|        12 | ELURU      | ZPHS GUNDUGOLANU                          |  28152000808 |          617 |
|        13 | ELURU      | ZPHS KOPPAKA                              |  28152102410 |          396 |
|        14 | ELURU      | ZPHS PEDAPADU                             |  28152200916 |          474 |
|        15 | ELURU      | ZPHS, KOVVALI                             |  28152402606 |          474 |
|        16 | ELURU      | ZPHS PEDANINDRAKOL ANU                    |  28152500606 |          252 |
|        17 | ELURU      | ZPHS (GIRLS) GANAPAVARAM                  |  28152600408 |          274 |
|        18 | ELURU      | ZPHS VELERUPADU                           |  28154700208 |          207 |
|        19 | ELURU      | MPPS RAMASINGARAM                         |  28154801509 |          106 |
|        20 | ELURU      | ZPHS ADAVINEKKALAMM                       |  28162201705 |          247 |
|        21 | ELURU      | ZPHS PALLERLAMUDI                         |  28162302406 |          233 |
|        22 | ELURU      | ZPHS CHINNAMPETA                          |  28162400403 |          226 |
|        23 | ELURU      | AP RES SL(G)MUSUNURU                      |  28162501010 |          403 |
|        24 | ELURU      | ZPHS MUDINEPALLI                          |  28164601809 |          299 |
|        25 | ELURU      | ZPHS MANDAVALLI                           |  28164702205 |          495 |
|        26 | ELURU      | GOVTHS ATAPAKA                            |  28164800205 |          482 |
|        27 | ELURU      | ZPHS KORUKOLLU                            |  28164900708 |          345 |
|        28 | KONA SEEMA | ZPHS TAPESWARAM                           |  28143201008 |          362 |
|        29 | KONA SEEMA | ZPHS HASANBADA                            |  28143901802 |          363 |
|        30 | KONA SEEMA | ZPHS RAYAVARAM                            |  28144000211 |          294 |
|        31 | KONA SEEMA | ZPHS MACHARA                              |  28144101305 |          178 |

|   32 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS MULASTANAM                            |   28144200811 |   264 |
|------|--------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------|-------|
|   33 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS PERAVARAM                             |   28144300104 |   179 |
|   34 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS VEDIRESWARAM                          |   28144400508 |   238 |
|   35 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS (G) KOTHA PETA                        |   28144600326 |   341 |
|   36 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS PATHAGANNAVARAM                       |   28144700709 |   540 |
|   37 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS AMBAJIPETA                            |   28144801115 |   435 |
|   38 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS SIRIPALLI                             |   28144901104 |   374 |
|   39 | KONA SEEMA   | GHS ANANTHAVARAM                           |   28145000908 |   295 |
|   40 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS I POLAVARAM                           |   28145100808 |   413 |
|   41 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS KATRENIKONA                           |   28145200615 |   394 |
|   42 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS GOLLAVILLI                            |   28145301007 |   554 |
|   43 | KONA SEEMA   | APRES SAMANASA                             |   28145401710 |   304 |
|   44 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS DEVAGUPTAM                            |   28145501111 |   249 |
|   45 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS MAMIDIKUDURU                          |   28145600510 |   395 |
|   46 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS KADALI                                |   28145700827 |   293 |
|   47 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS BATTELANKA                            |   28145800705 |   367 |
|   48 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS RAMESWARAM                            |   28145900308 |   302 |
|   49 | ELURU        | KASTURIBAI MPL HS (GIRLS), 16TH DIV, ELURU |   28152390293 |   773 |
|   50 | ELURU        | ZPHS(G) NUZVID                             |   28162390532 |   611 |
|   51 | ELURU        | ZPHS SRR BOYS NUZVID                       |   28162390531 |   559 |
|   52 | ELURU        | ZPHS PULLA                                 |   28152000712 |   408 |
|   53 | ELURU        | APSWREIS (G) JR. COLLEGE16TH WARDJR GUDEM  |   28150701423 |   444 |
|   54 | ELURU        | ZPHS GUDIVAKALANKA                         |   28152301805 |   173 |
|   55 | KONA SEEMA   | MPL HS VETCHAVARI AGRAHARAM                |   28145490152 |   535 |
|   56 | KONA SEEMA   | SIG MPL HS (CHS) NAGAR                     |   28143990940 |   333 |
|   57 | KONA SEEMA   | SG MPL HS ANKASANI CHERUVU                 |   28143290533 |   316 |
|   58 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS (G) MUMMIDIVARAM                      |   28145000726 |   369 |
|   59 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS DANGERU                               |   28144501511 |   308 |
|   60 | ELURU        | ZPHS KAMAVARAPUKOT A                       |   28151101112 |   606 |
|   61 | ELURU        | APSWREIS (G) JR. COLLEGE S VATLURU         |   28152200208 |   493 |
|   62 | ELURU        | APSWREIS (B) JR. COLLEGE PEDAVEGI          |   28152101329 |   402 |
|   63 | ELURU        | ZPHS CHINTALAPUDI                          |   28150902821 |   461 |
|   64 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS YEDITHA                               |   28143201408 |   450 |
|   65 | KONA SEEMA   | ZPHS (G) VEMAVARAM                         |   28145100609 |   451 |

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