Lok Sabha Question No. 1222 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Scheme for Tribal Students
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- †1222

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 11/12/2023

## SCHEME FOR TRIBAL STUDENTS

## †1222. SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state: -

- (a) the details of the schemes being implemented for the Tribal students in various States of the country;
- (b) the details of the beneficiaries under the said schemes during the last four years, State-wise and schemewise; and

(c) the details of the funds allocated and utilized for the said schemes during the last three years, State-wise including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing the following Scholarship Schemes to promote and encourage basic and higher education amongst ST population.

## i)    Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class IX and X)

It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented through respective State/UT administrations. This is an open-ended Scheme covering all ST students studying in Std. IXth & Xth, whose parental annual income is up to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. The contribution from Government of India is 75% and the state contribution is 25%. In respect of North East states and hilly states, the contribution from Government of India is 90% and the state contribution is 10%. In case of UTs like Andaman & Nicobar without Legislative Assembly and own grants, Govt. of India's contribution is 100%.

## ii)    Post Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class XI and above)

It  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme implemented through respective Ste/UT administrations. This is an open-ended Scheme covering all ST students studying in in class XI and above, whose parental annual income is up to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. The contribution from Government of India is 75% and the state contribution is 25%. In respect of North East states and hilly states, the contribution from Government of India is 90% and the state contribution is 10%. In case of UTs like Andaman & Nicobar without Legislative Assembly and own grants, Govt. of India's contribution is 100%.

- iii)    National Scholarship Scheme for Higher Education of ST Students (Top Class Scholarship Scheme).

Under this Scheme, Scholarship is provided for pursuing Graduate/Post Graduate courses in the selected top-class Government and Non-Government Institutes in professional fields such as Management, Medicine, Engineering, Information Technology, Law etc. All the ST students, with annual parental income of less than 6 lakhs per annum and studying in the 252 such notified institutes are eligible to receive scholarship.

## IV.   National Fellowship Scheme for Higher Education of ST Students

It is a Central Sector Scheme, fully funded by Ministry of Tribal Affairs to grant scholarship to meritorious ST students for pursuing M.Phil or Ph.D in India after completion of Master     degree. The total number of fresh fellowships for M.Phil/M.Phil+PhD/Ph.D every year will be 750. ST students with a minimum of 55% marks in Master Degree up to the age of 36 years are eligible to apply for fellowship under the Scheme. The       value of fellowship is at par with UGC rates.

## (v)    National Overseas Scholarship (NOS):

This is a Central Sector Scheme, fully funded and administered by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GOI, through Ministry of External Affairs. Under the scheme, 20 students are selected every year for pursuing Master's Degree, Ph.D and Post-Doctoral Research in top 1000 World ranking Universities abroad. ST students with family annual income not exceeding Rs.6,00,000/- are eligible to apply.

Under Central Sector Schemes, funds are directly released by the Ministry to the beneficiaries and institutions. Funds are not allocated state-wise.

Details of State-wise beneficiaries under these schemes during the last four years is given at Annexure-I

## II. EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL (EMRS)

Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  implementing  Central  Sector  Scheme  of  Eklavya  Model  Residential  School (EMRS) for providing quality education to tribal students in their own environment with special facilities for preserving local art and culture. For the first time since independence, in 2019, Government of India gave special attention to tribal education and decided to set up an EMRS in each block having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons (as per census 2011) in remote, forest areas, hilly and difficult areas.  Accordingly, Ministry has set the target to set up 740 EMRSs to enroll around 3.5 lakh ST students across the country. National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), an autonomous organization, has been established to manage and implement the scheme of EMRS. As on date, a total number of 694 EMRSs have been sanctioned across the country, out of which 401 are functional benefitting about 118982 students.

## III. GRANT IN AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR THE WELFARE OF STS

Ministry of Tribal Affairs is administering the scheme of "Grant in Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of STs'. The prime objective of the scheme is to enhance the reach of welfare schemes of the Government and fill gaps in the sectors such as education, health & livelihood through the efforts of voluntary organizations. The grants are provided to the non-governmental organizations as per guidelines, on application in a prescribed format providing relevant information, duly recommended by district and state authorities.

Annexure - I refer part (a) to (c) Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †1222 to be answered on 11/12/2023 by Shrimati Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai regarding 'Scheme for Tribal Students'.

DETAILS  OF BENEFICIARIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  2019-20  TO  2022-23  UNDER  NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP-(TOP CLASS)

| 2019-20       | 2020-21       | 2021-22       | 2022-23       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries |
| 1914          | 2449          | 2751          | 2828          |

## DETAILS OF BENEFICIARIES FOR THE YEAR 2019-20 TO 2022-23 UNDER "NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR ST STUDENTS'

| 2019-20       | 2020-21       | 2021-22       | 2022-23       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries |
| 2552          | 2625          | 2693          | 2938          |

## DETAILS OF BENEFICIARIES FOR THE YEAR 2019-20 TO 2022-23 UNDER NATIONAL OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP FOR ST STUDENTS

| 2019-20       | 2020-21       | 2021-22       | 2022-23       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries |
| 29            | 30            | 46            | 44            |

## DETAILS  OF  BENEFICIARIES  FOR  THE  YEAR  2019-20  TO  2022-23  UNDER  PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

| Sl.No.   | State Name                 | A.Y. 2019-20   | A.Y.2020-21   | A.Y.2021-22   | A.Y.2022-23   |
|----------|----------------------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl.No.   | State Name                 | Beneficiaries  | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries |
| 1        | ANDAMANAND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 247            | 278           | 199           | 450           |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH             | 28124          | 26676         | 35364         | 38900         |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH          | 1979           | 5849          | 5811          | 6120          |
| 4        | ASSAM                      | 2869           | 2710          | 2656          | 4767          |
| 5        | BIHAR                      | 39206          | 51818         | 42679         | 23138         |
| 6        | CHHATTISGARH               | 143986         | 134262        | 136546        | 90987         |
| 7        | DNH&DD                     | 5421           | 2760          | 2167          | 2017          |
| 8        | GOA                        | 3332           | 2504          | 2600          | 2108          |
| 9        | GUJARAT                    | 180123         | 160037        | 182679        | 102797        |
| 10       | HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 2709           | 1846          | 2160          | 2479          |
| 11       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR          | 1362           | 2621          | 5883          | 4999          |
| 12       | JHARKHAND                  | 106761         | 83511         | 136830        | 114875        |
| 13       | KARNATAKA                  | 87364          | 72626         | 92742         | 80477         |
| 14       | KERALA                     | 7858           | 9880          | 7071          | 7640          |
| 15       | LADAKH                     | *              | 421           | 1439          | 761           |
| 16       | MADHYA PRADESH             | 318870         | 314356        | 367454        | 416596        |
| 17       | MANIPUR                    | 24760          | 2368          | 3038          | NR            |
| 18       | MEGHALAYA                  | 136            | 616           | 2344          | 1776          |
| 19       | MIZORAM                    | 16890          | 11046         | 8148          | 10210         |
| 20       | NAGALAND                   | 1500           | 446           | 1354          | NR            |
| 21       | ODISHA                     | 219875         | 173833        | 137545        | 198038        |
| 22       | PUDUCHERRY                 | 60             | 19            | 38            | NR            |
| 23       | RAJASTHAN                  | 184163         | 215040        | 191728        | 44471         |
| 24       | SIKKIM                     | 415            | 414           | 296           | 355           |
| 25       | TAMIL NADU                 | 13423          | 14822         | 16854         | 16854         |
| 26       | TELANGANA                  | 10412          | 7623          | 3175          | 225           |
| 27       | TRIPURA                    | 10980          | 9404          | 17544         | 15279         |
| 28       | UTTAR PRADESH              | **             | 1874          | 3528          | 1605          |
| 29       | UTTARAKHAND                | 287            | 5081          | 1287          | 1584          |
| 30       | WEST BENGAL                | 37333          | 30050         | 10454         | 18767         |
|          | Total                      | 1450445        | 1344791       | 1421613       | 1208275       |

## DETAILS  OF  BENEFICIARIES  COVERED  FOR  THE  YEAR  2019-20  TO  2022-23  UNDER  POSTMATRIC SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

| Sl.No.   | State Name               | A.Y. 2019-20   | A.Y. 2020-21   | A.Y. 2021-22   | A.Y. 2022-23   |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl.No.   | State Name               | Beneficiaries  | Beneficiaries  | Beneficiaries  | Beneficiaries  |
| 1        | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS | 449            | 312            | 332            | 170            |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH           | 158195         | 71820          | 117089         | 220440         |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        | 20500          | 31916          | 44144          | 46719          |
| 4        | ASSAM                    | 25163          | 54846          | 74408          | 74171          |
| 5        | BIHAR                    | 5675           | 9006           | 16027          | NR             |
| 6        | CHHATTISGARH             | 144453         | 140163         | 173228         | 162336         |
| 7        | DNH&DD                   | 5969           | 3549           | 3352           | 2208           |
| 8        | GOA                      | 5870           | 4833           | 4047           | 4452           |
| 9        | GUJARAT                  | 202667         | 202413         | 259360         | 179226         |
| 10       | HIMACHAL PRADESH         | 3009           | 2415           | 3282           | 4254           |
| 11       | JAMMU &KASHMIR           | 10685          | 4940           | 8264           | 10772          |
| 12       | JHARKHAND                | 79823          | 78755          | 119698         | 85918          |
| 13       | KARNATAKA                | 118083         | 112038         | 133748         | 131454         |
| 14       | KERALA                   | 16583          | 15820          | 14558          | 10769          |
| 15       | LADAKH                   | **             | 8200           | 8631           | 8619           |
| 16       | MADHYAPRADESH            | 244126         | 279722         | 426996         | 220440         |
| 17       | MAHARASHTRA              | 139550         | 157503         | 105693         | 154517         |
| 18       | MANIPUR                  | 30969          | 39787          | 47793          | 54962          |
| 19       | MEGHALAYA                | 6159           | 16399          | 58443          | 64287          |
| 20       | MIZORAM                  | 38174          | 33798          | 42575          | 18861          |
| 21       | NAGALAND                 | 40164          | 37183          | 40744          | 40840          |
| 22       | ODISHA                   | 171532         | 155309         | 154347         | 202291         |
| 23       | PUDUCHERRY               | 23             | 22             | 50             | NR             |
| 24       | RAJASTHAN                | 286652         | 206011         | 188614         | 221510         |
| 25       | SIKKIM                   | 4431           | 3488           | 4457           | 5348           |
| 26       | TAMIL NADU               | 29478          | 20324          | 24441          | 22529          |
| 27       | TELANGANA                | 129243         | 118347         | 126708         | 114911         |
| 28       | TRIPURA                  | 23720          | 26092          | 35921          | 37914          |
| 29       | UTTAR PRADESH            | 17984          | 19782          | 1566           | 6427           |
| 30       | UTTARAKHAND              | 8631           | 8396           | 3760           | 3062           |
| 31       | WEST BENGAL              | 62234          | 58156          | 2690           | 61767          |
|          | Total                    | 2030194        | 1921345        | 2244966        | 2171174        |

## DETAILS OF BENEFICIARIES COVERED FOR THE YEAR 2019-20 TO 2022-23 UNDER EKALAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL (EMRS)

| S. No.      | State                                | Sanctioned   | Functional EMRSs   | Enrolment   | Enrolment   | Enrolment   | Enrolment     |
|-------------|--------------------------------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
| S. No.      | State                                | Sanctioned   | Functional EMRSs   | 2019-20     | 2020-2 1    | 2021-22     | 2022-23       |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh                       | 28           | 28                 | 3424        | 4609        | 5795        | 7087          |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 10           | 3                  | 208         | 100         | 220         | 290           |
| 3           | Assam                                | 14           | 1                  | 480         | 480         | 480         | Not Report ed |
| 4           | Bihar                                | 3            | 0                  | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0             |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh                         | 74           | 73                 | 7961        | 11519       | 15581       | 19123         |
| 6           | Dadra &Nagar Hav eli and Daman &Di u | 1            | 1                  | 0           | 120         | 179         | 238           |
| 7           | Gujarat                              | 43           | 34                 | 10156       | 10974       | 10973       | 10985         |
| 8           | Himachal Pradesh                     | 4            | 4                  | 312         | 422         | 552         | 673           |
| 9           | Jammu &Kashmir                       | 6            | 6                  | 0           | 0           | 0           | 294           |
| 10          | Jharkhand                            | 89           | 7                  | 3558        | 3084        | 3051        | 3201          |
| 11          | Karnataka                            | 12           | 12                 | 3053        | 3638        | 4027        | 4185          |
| 12          | Kerala                               | 4            | 4                  | 535         | 520         | 560         | 697           |
| 13          | Ladakh                               | 3            | 0                  | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0             |
| 14          | Madhya Pradesh                       | 70           | 63                 | 12946       | 20657       | 23393       | 24281         |
| 15          | Maharashtra                          | 37           | 37                 | 5067        | 6272        | 7062        | 8048          |
| 16          | Manipur                              | 21           | 3                  | 1440        | 1439        | 1431        | 1440          |
| 17          | Meghalaya                            | 27           | 0                  | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0             |
| 18          | Mizoram                              | 17           | 6                  | 396         | 856         | 1061        | 1250          |
| 19          | Nagaland                             | 22           | 3                  | 619         | 640         | 671         | 681           |
| 20          | Odisha                               | 106          | 32                 | 5821        | 6711        | 7317        | 8495          |
| 21          | Rajasthan                            | 31           | 30                 | 4947        | 5938        | 7224        | 8222          |
| 22          | Sikkim                               | 4            | 4                  | 979         | 987         | 1008        | 1131          |
| 23          | Tamil Nadu                           | 8            | 8                  | 2186        | 2506        | 2867        | 2488          |
| 24          | Telangana                            | 23           | 23                 | 3960        | 5815        | 6795        | 7113          |
| 25          | Tripura                              | 21           | 6                  | 1740        | 1824        | 1899        | 1984          |
| 26          | Uttar Pradesh                        | 4            | 2                  | 473         | 495         | 480         | 617           |
| 27          | Uttarakhand                          | 4            | 4                  | 393         | 514         | 765         | 752           |
| 28          | West Bengal                          | 8            | 7                  | 2737        | 400         | 2072        | Not Report ed |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                          | 694          | 401                | 73391       | 90520       | 105463      | 113275        |

DETAILS OF BENEFICIARIES COVERED FOR THE YEAR 2019-20 TO 2022-23 UNDER THE SCHEME OF 'GRANT-IN-AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR WELFARE OF STs

| State             | 2019-20   |   2020-21 | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 16645     |     16650 | 25750     | 16123     |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 200478    |    141222 | 12893     | 3797      |
| ASSAM             | 81279     |     58514 | 80770     | 59256     |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 1745      |      8762 | 16317     | 400       |
| DELHI             | 50        |        50 | 50        | -         |
| GUJARAT           | 83935     |     90771 | 106142    | 72677     |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 1134      |      1386 | 1391      | 956       |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | -         |       140 | 140       | -         |
| JHARKHAND         | 246172    |    158836 | 148950    | 155095    |
| KARNATAKA         | 60805     |     52867 | 55763     | 45270     |
| KERALA            | 111038    |     77798 | 83501     | 82752     |
| LADAKH            | 172       |       947 | 380       | -         |
| MADHYAPRADESH     | 3124      |      4081 | 2996      | 2790      |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 3588      |     14045 | 24481     | 3138      |
| MANIPUR           | 26676     |      7658 | 19138     | 10312     |
| MEGHALAYA         | 74544     |     87620 | 128513    | 79457     |
| MIZORAM           | 2938      |      2466 | 1040      | -         |
| ODISHA            | 71441     |     70885 | 71740     | 28633     |
| RAJASTHAN         | 1016      |      1519 | 1727      | -         |
| SIKKIM            | 301       |       301 | -         | -         |
| TAMIL NADU        | 82682     |     80823 | 98659     | 29805     |
| TELANGANA         | 393       |       418 | 96        | -         |
| TRIPURA           | 200       |       821 | 189       | 89        |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 242       |       242 | 242       | -         |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 1707      |       493 | 200       | 200       |
| WEST BENGAL       | 102608    |     96178 | 117317    | 116152    |
| TOTAL             | 1174913   |    975493 | 998385    | 706902    |

DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED DURING 2020-21 TO 2022-23 UNDER THE SCHEME "SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (TOP CLASS EDU)

(Rs. In Crore)

| 2020-21       | 2021-22       | 2022-23       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Fund Released | Fund Released | Fund Released |
| 29.3          | 35.17         | 34.48         |

DETAILS  OF  FUNDS  RELEASED  DURING  THE  LAST  THREE  YEARS  UNDER  THE  SCHEME "NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR ST STUDENTS'

(Rs. In Crore)

| 2020-21       | 2021-22       | 2022-23       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Fund Released | Fund Released | Fund Released |
| 90.70         | 84.83         | 110.52        |

DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED DURING 2020-21 TO 2022-23 UNDER THE NATIONAL OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP SCHEM FOR ST STUDENTS

(Rs. In Crore)

| 2020-21       | 2021-22       | 2022-23       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Fund Released | Fund Released | Fund Released |
| 4.76          | 4.95          | 4.00          |

DETAILS OF FUND RELEASED DURING 2020-21 TO 2022-23 UNDER PRE-MATRIC SCHEME

[Rs in Lakh]

|   Sl.No. | State Name                |   A.Y.2020-21 |   A.Y.2021-22 |   A.Y.2022-23 |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|        1 | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS |          6.75 |          8.03 |         13.5  |
|        2 | ANDHRA PRADESH            |       2800.99 |       3447.99 |       3792.75 |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |         74.63 |        142.49 |        257.62 |
|        4 | ASSAM                     |         17.27 |        102.19 |        107.41 |
|        5 | BIHAR                     |        699.54 |        768.22 |        416.48 |
|        6 | CHHATTISGARH              |       2668.04 |       2492.25 |       2393.01 |
|        7 | DNH&DD                    |        105.8  |         59.46 |         52.02 |
|        8 | GOA                       |         57.41 |         45.11 |         27    |
|        9 | GUJARAT                   |       3670.43 |       4307.92 |       2679.05 |
|       10 | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |         63.41 |         44.96 |         67.17 |
|       11 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR         |         70.77 |        142.64 |        135.96 |
|       12 | JHARKHAND                 |       1411.24 |       1164.27 |       3877.03 |
|       13 | KARNATAKA                 |        590.17 |       2086.69 |       1147.68 |
|       14 | KERALA                    |        229.36 |        188.02 |        210.8  |

| 15   | LADAKH        |    53.09 |    63.41 |    23.19 |
|------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 16   | MADHYAPRADESH |  7073.01 |  8817.93 | 10114.3  |
| 17   | MANIPUR       |    65.59 |    80.26 |     0    |
| 18   | MEGHALAYA     |    17.05 |    74.46 |    41.02 |
| 19   | MIZORAM       |   354.22 |   450.18 |   343.59 |
| 20   | NAGALAND      |    20.25 |    36.56 |     0    |
| 21   | ODISHA        |  6576.83 |  4783.46 |  6576.6  |
| 22   | PUDUCHERRY    |     0.58 |    17.94 |     0    |
| 23   | RAJASTHAN     |  4768.63 |  4837.14 |  1354.88 |
| 24   | SIKKIM        |     3.12 |     7.87 |     9.97 |
| 25   | TAMIL NADU    |   296.59 |   369.37 |   387.85 |
| 26   | TELANGANA     |    17.06 |   223.5  |     4.28 |
| 27   | TRIPURA       |   252.09 |   542.63 |   652.68 |
| 28   | UTTAR PRADESH |    56.88 |    31.29 |    31.11 |
| 29   | UTTARAKHAND   |    94.74 |    21.84 |    26.87 |
| 30   | WEST BENGAL   |   692.8  |   514.85 |   901.16 |
|      | Total         | 32808.3  | 35872.9  | 35645    |

| Sl.No.   | State Name               | A.Y. 2020-21   | A.Y. 2021-22   | A.Y. 2022-23   |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl.No.   | State Name               | Fund Released  | Fund Released  | Fund Released  |
| 1        | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS | 9.10           | 10.34          | 4.10           |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH           | 6906.99        | 11661.17       | 6413.67        |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        | 8117.43        | 10168.77       | 11262.04       |
| 4        | ASSAM                    | 5413.54        | 3168.87        | 6845.48        |
| 5        | BIHAR                    | 0.00           | 751.30         | 0.00           |
| 6        | CHHATTISGARH             | 6023.73        | 5119.26        | 7305.66        |
| 7        | DNH&DD                   | 653.24         | 517.19         | 493.31         |
| 8        | GOA                      | 684.42         | 430.66         | 236.87         |
| 9        | GUJARAT                  | 24889.00       | 36801.38       | 23948.55       |
| 10       | HIMACHAL PRADESH         | 456.57         | 519.61         | 758.00         |
| 11       | JAMMU &KASHMIR           | 685.39         | 709.00         | 258.61         |
| 12       | JHARKHAND                | 5366.00        | 4829.40        | 12082.04       |
| 13       | KARNATAKA                | 12276.20       | 9148.21        | 4319.41        |
| 14       | KERALA                   | 1866.83        | 1305.91        | 1118.03        |
| 15       | LADAKH                   | 1476.00        | 1476.00        | 1945.09        |
| 16       | MADHYAPRADESH            | 15130.36       | 26537.64       | 25096.53       |
| 17       | MAHARASHTRA              | 18952.66       | 22876.13       | 21362.78       |
| 18       | MANIPUR                  | 3103.15        | 4768.72        | 2742.01        |
| 19       | MEGHALAYA                | 2634.62        | 9386.34        | 5233.45        |
| 20       | MIZORAM                  | 2205.17        | 3615.07        | 3611.37        |
| 21       | NAGALAND                 | 3378.44        | 3614.22        | 2108.38        |
| 22       | ODISHA                   | 13198.71       | 21146.77       | 10902.76       |
| 23       | PUDUCHERRY               | 5.63           | 17.94          | 0.00           |
| 24       | RAJASTHAN                | 17388.11       | 14147.23       | 24281.25       |
| 25       | SIKKIM                   | 786.16         | 932.65         | 503.80         |
| 26       | TAMIL NADU               | 3348.75        | 2505.84        | 2631.14        |
| 27       | TELANGANA                | 9421.27        | 18886.77       | 7790.79        |
| 28       | TRIPURA                  | 4965.64        | 5560.63        | 6058.34        |
| 29       | UTTAR PRADESH            | 507.28         | 39.17          | 999.95         |
| 30       | UTTARAKHAND              | 552.38         | 455.72         | 252.32         |
| 31       | WEST BENGAL              | 2963.80        | 1655.65        | 3055.76        |
|          | Total                    | 173366.57      | 222763.55      | 193621.49      |

| Financial year         | 2020-21     | 2021-22     | 2022-23     |
|------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Fund released to NESTS | 1199.98 cr. | 1057.74 cr. | 1999.90 cr. |

Ministry  releases  funds  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. Funds released by the Ministry to NESTS for EMRSs across the country, including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, during the last three years are as under:

DETAILS OF FUND RELEASED DURING 2020-21 TO 2022-23 UNDER THE SCHEME OF "GRANT IN AID TO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WORKING FOR THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES"

Rs. lakhs

| State             |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |     50.26 |    162.29 |    183.01 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |    271.84 |    237.79 |    213.91 |
| ASSAM             |     40.62 |    185.12 |    214.46 |
| CHATTISGARH       |     49    |    130.37 |    138.42 |
| DELHI             |     13.16 |     14.29 |      8.31 |
| GUJARAT           |    120.98 |    104.03 |    284.73 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |    224.25 |    131.55 |    226.02 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR |     46.39 |     26.73 |     36.76 |
| JHARKHAND         |    501.37 |    697.12 |    881.91 |
| KARNATAKA         |    116.51 |    222.94 |    290.59 |
| KERALA            |    120.82 |    142.81 |    129.48 |
| LADAKH            |      0    |     43.09 |     74.33 |
| MADHYAPRADESH     |    223.89 |   1102.69 |   1091.13 |
| MAHARASHTRA       |    402.57 |    673.98 |   1358.81 |
| MANIPUR           |    280.92 |    602.03 |    207.54 |
| MEGHALAYA         |    845.01 |    776.02 |   2132.05 |
| MIZORAM           |     69.64 |    111.51 |     51.5  |
| ODISHA            |   1536.82 |   2424.82 |   2049.49 |
| RAJASTHAN         |    189.8  |    101.66 |    269.21 |
| SIKKIM            |      9.46 |     27.18 |     46.81 |
| TAMIL NADU        |    117.03 |    274.74 |    250.31 |
| TELANGANA         |     54.82 |     56.64 |     39.99 |
| TRIPURA           |     33.54 |      1.56 |     95.69 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     |    112.23 |     32.21 |     61.49 |
| UTTARAKHAND       |     48.54 |     64.22 |    112.93 |
| WEST BENGAL       |    470.51 |    577.61 |    476.1  |
| TOTAL             |   5950    |   8925    |  10925    |

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