Lok Sabha Question No. 3265 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Eklavya Schools
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur

## 3265. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the increase in budget allocation for Eklavya Schools since 2014;
- (b) the increase in student enrollment since 2014, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the increase in teacher recruitment since 2014, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3265

ANSWERED ON 20.03.2025

## EKLAVYA SCHOOLS

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SH. DURGADAS UIKEY)

- (a) Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) is implementing the Central Sector Scheme of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) to provide quality education to the tribal children (from class VI to XII) in their own environment from the year 2018-19. Under the new scheme of EMRS, Ministry releases funds to National Education Society for  Tribal  Students  (NESTS),  the  autonomous  organization  under  the  Ministry  to  manage  and  implement  the scheme of EMRS, 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. Prior to 202021, this scheme was a component under Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India and therefore no separate budget allocation was made for the scheme of EMRS. Budget allocation under new EMRS scheme from 2020-21 onwards are as under:
- (b) Prior to 2019-20, the enrollment data was maintained by the respective State/UT EMRS Societies. The statewise enrollment in EMRSs, as reported by NESTS, since 2019-20 is as follows:
- (c) Till the time , EMRS was a component under Article 275(1), all matters regarding management of school, including recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff, were solely dealt by the respective State EMRS Society and the information was not maintained centrally. Later, a separate central sector scheme of EMRS carved out in 2018-19. During 2021-22, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance approved creation of 38,480 posts for teaching and non-teaching staff for all EMRSs across the country with the advise to make the recruitment to fill these posts in a phased manner from 2022-23 to 2026-27. Accordingly, NESTS initiated the centralized recruitment in the year 2023 for direct recruitment of 10391 posts through ESSE-2023 and staff selected were posted during 2024-2025. Accordingly, a total of 9075 posting orders including 7050 teaching posting orders have been issued.

| Financial Year   | Expenditure (in Crore)   |
|------------------|--------------------------|
| 2020-21          | 1199.98                  |
| 2021-22          | 1057.74                  |
| 2022-23          | 1999.98                  |
| 2023-24          | 2447.61                  |
| 2024-25          | 4,748.92                 |

| Sl. No      | State / UTs                          | Enrollment in Academic Year   | Enrollment in Academic Year   | Enrollment in Academic Year   | Enrollment in Academic Year   | Enrollment in Academic Year   | Enrollment in Academic Year   |
|-------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sl. No      | State / UTs                          | 2024- 2025                    | 2023- 24                      | 2022- 23                      | 2021- 22                      | 2020- 21                      | 2019- 20                      |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh                       | 9905                          | 8810                          | 7087                          | 5795                          | 4609                          | 3424                          |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 734                           | 451                           | 290                           | 220                           | 100                           | 208                           |
| 3           | Assam                                | NR*                           | NR                            | NR                            | 480                           | 480                           | 480                           |
| 4           | Chhattisgarh                         | 24464                         | 21943                         | 19123                         | 15581                         | 11519                         | 7961                          |
| 5           | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 346                           | 300                           | 238                           | 179                           | 120                           | -                             |
| 6           | Gujarat                              | 11471                         | 11066                         | 10985                         | 10973                         | 10974                         | 10156                         |
| 7           | Himachal Pradesh                     | 906                           | 794                           | 673                           | 552                           | 422                           | 312                           |
| 8           | Jammu &Kashmir                       | 806                           | 577                           | 294                           | -                             | -                             | -                             |
| 9           | Jharkhand                            | 3289                          | 3202                          | 3201                          | 3051                          | 3084                          | 3558                          |
| 10          | Karnataka                            | 4525                          | 4236                          | 4185                          | 4027                          | 3638                          | 3053                          |
| 11          | Kerala                               | 969                           | 862                           | 697                           | 560                           | 520                           | 535                           |
| 12          | Madhya Pradesh                       | 24842                         | 23084                         | 24281                         | 23393                         | 20657                         | 12946                         |
| 13          | Maharashtra                          | 10083                         | 9010                          | 8048                          | 7062                          | 6272                          | 5067                          |
| 14          | Manipur                              | 1441                          | 1435                          | 1440                          | 1431                          | 1439                          | 1440                          |
| 15          | Mizoram                              | 1901                          | 1197                          | 1250                          | 1061                          | 856                           | 396                           |
| 16          | Nagaland                             | 744                           | 712                           | 681                           | 671                           | 640                           | 619                           |
| 17          | Odisha                               | 11519                         | 9625                          | 8495                          | 7317                          | 6711                          | 5821                          |
| 18          | Rajasthan                            | 9611                          | 8375                          | 8222                          | 7224                          | 5938                          | 4947                          |
| 19          | Sikkim                               | 1247                          | 1254                          | 1131                          | 1008                          | 987                           | 979                           |
| 20          | Tamil Nadu                           | 2491                          | 2226                          | 2488                          | 2867                          | 2506                          | 2186                          |
| 21          | Telangana                            | 9256                          | 8194                          | 7113                          | 6795                          | 5815                          | 3960                          |
| 22          | Tripura                              | 2086                          | 1994                          | 1984                          | 1899                          | 1824                          | 1740                          |
| 23          | Uttar Pradesh                        | 898                           | 652                           | 617                           | 480                           | 495                           | 473                           |
| 24          | Uttarakhand                          | 1105                          | 963                           | 752                           | 765                           | 514                           | 393                           |
| 25          | West Bengal                          | 3037                          | 2879                          | NR                            | 2072                          | 400                           | 2737                          |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                          | 137676                        | 123841                        | 113275                        | 105463                        | 90520                         | 73391                         |

*NR : Not Reported

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