Lok Sabha Question No. 441 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Residential Schools for SC/ST Girls
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.441 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2023

## RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR SCIST GIRLS

441. SHRI BHOLANATH (BP. SAROJ):

## Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be to state: Will the pleased

- to establish any residential schools for girls belonging to (a) whether the Government proposes Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes categories in the country;
- (b) ifso, the details along with the present status thereof, State/UT-wise;
- details thereof and the time by which these schools would start functioning; and (d) if s0, the
- Government would consider to set up such schools in Uttar Pradesh; district(c) whether the wise, particularly in Machhlisahr Parliamentary Constituency;
- (e) ifnot, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMES (SHRI A. NARAYANASWAMY)

~PRADHAN MANTRI ANUSUCHIT JAATI ABHYUDAY (a) & (b): Under the Scheme there  is a YOJANA (PM-AJAY) of Department Schools under which the Districts/States/Central Ministry can propose provision of Residential Navodaya Vidyalaya Society/Eklavya Model to set up residential Schools through the Jawahar Further, project for Residential Schools Society and similar Governmentlautonomous bodies: rsidential schools in SC concentrated Districts is given preference expansion of the existing the existing infrastructure of accommodate more SC students in these Schools by expanding\_ to capacity is utilized to enroll more SC students to the JNV , EMRS or the like. The extent of the capacity increase. expanded

- residential schools has been received from Uttar Pradesh under the (c) to (e) No proposal of sanctioned 4 EMRSs in the State scheme However; Ministry of Tribal Affairs has PM-AJAY at Annexure-2): As per the existing nors; no more of Uttar Pradesh (status details is attached for establishment of blocks have been identified in Machhlisahr Parliamentary Constituency EMRS.

Affairs is also implementing the central sector scheme of Eklavya The Ministry of Tribal to the tribal children, for both Model Residential School (EMRS) to quality education Government decided to establish EMRSs in every boys and girls, in their own environment: (as per census than 50% ST and at least 20,000 tribal block having more Ministry has set the target of establishing 2011) at par with Navodaya Vidyalayas Accordingly. including Uttar Pradesh: 740 EMRSs to benelit about 3.5 lakh ST students across the country; EMRSs have been sanctioned, out of which 401 are reported functional countryPresently, 694 wide. The State wise details of EMRSs is at Annexure-1 provide persons population

## Annexure referred in reply to Para-II of Part- a&b Of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.441 to be answered on 05.12.2023 regarding Residential Schools for SCIST Girls

## State wise details of EMRSs in India

|    | State UT                         | Sanctioned EMRSs   | Functional EMRSs   |
|----|----------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|    | Andhra Pradesh                   | 28                 | 28                 |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh                | 10                 | 3                  |
| 3  | Assam                            | 14                 | 0                  |
| 4  | Bihar                            | 3                  |                    |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh                     | 74                 | 73                 |
| 6  | Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu |                    | 1                  |
| 7  | Gujarat                          | 43                 | 34                 |
| 8  | Himachal Pradesh                 | 4                  | 4                  |
| 9  | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 6                  | 6                  |
| 10 | Jharkhand                        | 89                 | 7                  |
| 11 | Karnataka                        | 12                 | 12                 |
| 12 | Kerala                           | 4                  | 4                  |
| 13 | Ladakh                           | 3                  | 0                  |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh_                  | 70                 | 63                 |
| 15 | Maharashtra                      | 37                 | 37                 |
| 16 | Manipur                          | 21                 | 3                  |
| 17 | Meghalaya                        | 27                 | 0                  |
| 18 | Mizoram                          | 17                 | 5                  |
| 19 | Nagaland                         | 22                 |                    |
| 20 | Odisha                           | 106                |                    |
| 21 | Rajasthan                        | 31                 | 30                 |
| 22 | Sikkim                           | 4                  | 4                  |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu                       | 8                  | 8                  |
| 24 | Telangana                        | 23                 | 23                 |
| 25 | Tripura                          | 21                 | 2                  |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh                    | 4                  |                    |
| 27 | Uttarakhand                      | 4                  | 4                  |
| 28 | West Bengal                      | 8                  | 7                  |
|    | Grand Total                      | 694                | 401                |

## Annexure referred in reply to Part- € to e of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.441 to be answered on 05.12.2023 regarding Residential Schools for SCIST Girls

## Status of EMRSs in Uttar Pradesh

|   S.No: | District   | Block/ Taluka   | Name of the School   | Functional     |
|---------|------------|-----------------|----------------------|----------------|
|       1 | Bahraich   | Mihinpurwa      | EMRS Bojhiya         | Functional     |
|       2 | Kheri      | Palia           | EMRS Saunaha         | Functional     |
|       3 | Lalitpur   | Bar             | EMRS Lalitpur        | Non Functional |
|       4 | Sonbhadra  | Chopan          | EMRS Piparkhand_     | Non Functional |

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