Lok Sabha Question No. 871 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: Establishment of EMRS in Tribal-dominated Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Giridhari Yadav, Shri Rajesh Ranjan, Shri E Tukaram, Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 871

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24/07/2025

## ESTABLISHMENT OF EMRS IN TRIBAL-DOMINATED AREAS

†871. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV:

SHRI E TUKARAM:

SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) established in the country, State and district-wise;
- (b) the average annual expenditure incurred by the Government on each EMRS;
- (c) whether EMRS are still required in various tribal-dominated areas including Purnia of Bihar and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  establish  EMRS  in  Kudligi  Taluk  of  Vijayanagar  district  of Karnataka;
- (e) if so, the details and approval status thereof and the time by which the said schools are likely to be established in the said tribal-dominated areas including Purnia and Kudligi Taluk; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

- (a) : The State and district-wise details of the Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) sanctioned, functional and building completed are at Annexure-I.
- (b): Details of expenditure incurred on EMRSs is as under :
1.   The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) has been established as an autonomous society under Ministry of Tribal Affairs to establish, endow, maintain, control and manage the EMRSs across  the  country.  Ministry  released  funds  to  NESTS.  Funds  under  Grant-in-Aid-Creation  of  Capital Assets are released by NESTS based on the physical and financial progress of construction activities and as per actual requirements. The financial allocation for the construction of each EMRS is:
-     ₹38.60 crore for schools located in plain areas, and
-     ₹48.00 crore for those in hilly, North Eastern, and Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas.
2.    NESTS  released  a  recurring  grant  of  ₹1,09,000  per  student  per  annum  till  FY  2024-25  and  Rs. 147062/- from FY 2025-26 per student per annum under Grant-in-Aid-General, towards the operational and maintenance expenses of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs).
3.   For the upgradation of existing schools sanctioned under Article 275(1), an amount of ₹5.00 crore per school is sanctioned for the each EMRS.

(c):  to  (f): In  Union  Budget  of  2018-19,  Government  of  India  announced  that  to  provide  quality education  to  the  tribal  children  in  their  own  environment,  EMRSs  will  be  established  in  every  block having  more  than  50%  ST  population  and  at  least  20,000  tribal  persons  (as  per  census  2011). Accordingly,  EMRSs  are  approved  by  the  Union  Cabinet.  Since,  the  twin  criteria  for  EMRS  is  not fulfilled  in  Purnia,  Bihar  and  Kudligi  Taluk  of  Vijaynagar  district  of  Karnataka,  no  EMRS  has  been sanctioned in these blocks.

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Annexure I as referred in part (a) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred question No. 871 raised by Shri  Giridhari  Yadav,  Shri  Dinesh  Chandra  Yadav,  Shri  E  Tukaram  and  Shri  Rajesh  Ranjan regarding 'Establishment of EMRS in Tribal-dominated Areas'.

## State and District-wise details of  EMRSs

|   S.No. | State/UT and Districts   | EMRS sanctioned   | No. of Functional   | EMRSs Building Completed   |
|---------|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh- Total    | 28                | 28                  | 21                         |
|       1 | Alluri Sitharama Raju    | 17                | 17                  | 11                         |
|       2 | Eluru                    | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       3 | Manyam Paravathipuram    | 5                 | 5                   | 4                          |
|       4 | Prakasam                 | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       5 | SPS Nellore              | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       6 | Srikakulam               | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       7 | Tirupathi                | 2                 | 2                   | 2                          |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh- Total | 10                | 5                   | 7                          |
|       1 | East Kameng              | 2                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       2 | Kurung Kumey             | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       3 | Lohit                    | 1                 | -                   | 1                          |
|       4 | Lower Dibang Valley      | 1                 | -                   | 1                          |
|       5 | Lower Subansiri          | 1                 | -                   | -                          |
|       6 | Papum Pare               | -                 | -                   | -                          |
|       7 | Tawang                   | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       8 | Tirap                    | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       9 | West Siang               | 2                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       3 | Assam- Total             | 17                | 1                   | 6                          |
|       1 | Baksa                    | 3                 | 1                   | 2                          |
|       2 | Barpeta                  | 1                 | -                   | 1                          |
|       3 | Dhemaji                  | 1                 | -                   | 1                          |
|       4 | Dima Hasao               | 4                 | -                   | 1                          |
|       5 | Goalpara                 | 1                 | -                   | -                          |
|       6 | Kamrup                   | 1                 | -                   | -                          |
|       7 | Karbi Anglong            | 3                 | -                   | 1                          |
|       8 | Kokrajhar                | 1                 | -                   | -                          |
|       9 | Udalguri                 | 1                 | -                   | -                          |
|      10 | West Karbi Anglong       | 1                 | -                   | -                          |
|       4 | Bihar- Total             | 3                 | 2                   | 2                          |
|       1 | Jamui                    | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       2 | Kaimur (Bhabua)          | 1                 | -                   | -                          |
|       3 | West Champaran           | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh- Total      | 75                | 75                  | 31                         |
|       1 | Balod                    | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       2 | Baloda Bazar             | 1                 | 1                   | 1                          |
|       3 | Balrampur                | 6                 | 6                   | 1                          |

|   4 | Bastar                                    |   6 |   6 | 2   |
|-----|-------------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|
|   5 | Bijapur                                   |   4 |   4 | 1   |
|   6 | Dantewada                                 |   4 |   4 | 1   |
|   7 | Dhamtari                                  |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|   8 | Gariyaband                                |   2 |   2 | 1   |
|   9 | Gaurella Pendra Marwahi                   |   3 |   3 | 2   |
|  10 | Janjgir Champa                            |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  11 | Jashpur                                   |   6 |   6 | 2   |
|  12 | Kabirdham                                 |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  13 | Kanker                                    |   5 |   5 | 2   |
|  14 | Kondagaon                                 |   5 |   5 | 1   |
|  15 | Korba                                     |   3 |   3 | 1   |
|  16 | Korea                                     |   3 |   3 | 1   |
|  17 | Mahasamund                                |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  18 | Mungeli                                   |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  19 | Narayanpur                                |   2 |   2 | 1   |
|  20 | Raigarh                                   |   4 |   4 | 2   |
|  21 | Rajnandgaon                               |   3 |   3 | 2   |
|  22 | Sukma                                     |   3 |   3 | 1   |
|  23 | Surajpur                                  |   4 |   4 | 1   |
|  24 | Surguja                                   |   5 |   5 | 2   |
|   6 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu- Total |   1 |   1 | -   |
|   1 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                       |   1 |   1 | -   |
|   7 | Gujarat- Total                            |  47 |  38 | 25  |
|   1 | Arvalli                                   |   2 |   2 | 2   |
|   2 | Banas Kantha                              |   3 |   3 | 2   |
|   3 | Bharuch                                   |   2 |   2 | 1   |
|   4 | Chhota Udepur                             |   4 |   3 | 2   |
|   5 | Dahod                                     |   7 |   5 | 3   |
|   6 | Mahisagar                                 |   2 |   2 | 1   |
|   7 | Narmada                                   |   5 |   4 | 2   |
|   8 | Navsari                                   |   2 |   1 | 1   |
|   9 | Panch Mahals                              |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  10 | Sabar Kantha                              |   3 |   3 | 1   |
|  11 | Surat                                     |   4 |   3 | 1   |
|  12 | Tapi                                      |   5 |   3 | 3   |
|  13 | The Dangs                                 |   3 |   2 | 2   |
|  14 | Vadodara                                  |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  15 | Valsad                                    |   3 |   3 | 2   |
|   8 | Himachal Pradesh- Total                   |   4 |   4 | 1   |
|   1 | Chamba                                    |   2 |   2 | -   |
|   2 | Kinnaur                                   |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|   3 | Lahaul and Spiti                          |   1 |   1 | -   |
|   9 | Jammu &Kashmir- Total                     |   6 |   6 | 2   |

|   1 | Anantnag            |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|-----|---------------------|-----|-----|-----|
|   2 | Bandipora           |   1 | 1   | -   |
|   3 | Kulgam              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   4 | Poonch              |   1 | 1   | -   |
|   5 | Rajouri             |   2 | 2   | -   |
|  10 | Jharkhand- Total    |  90 | 51  | 50  |
|   1 | Chatra              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   2 | Dhanbad             |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   3 | Dumka               |   5 | 3   | 4   |
|   4 | East Singhbum       |   5 | 4   | 4   |
|   5 | Garhwa              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   6 | Giridih             |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   7 | Godda               |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   8 | Gumla               |  12 | 1   | 2   |
|   9 | Jamtara             |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  10 | Khunti              |   6 | 4   | 4   |
|  11 | Latehar             |   4 | 3   | 3   |
|  12 | Lohardaga           |   6 | 5   | 5   |
|  13 | Pakur               |   3 | 2   | 2   |
|  14 | Palamu              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  15 | Ranchi              |   9 | 5   | 5   |
|  16 | Sahebganj           |   5 | 1   | 1   |
|  17 | Saraikela Kharsawan |   3 | 1   | 2   |
|  18 | Simdega             |   9 | 3   | 3   |
|  19 | West Singhbhum      |  16 | 12  | 8   |
|  11 | Karnataka- Total    |  12 | 12  | 12  |
|   1 | Ballari             |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   2 | Belagavi            |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   3 | Chamarajanagar      |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   4 | Chikkamagaluru      |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   5 | Chitradurga         |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   6 | Kalaburagi          |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   7 | Kodagu              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   8 | Kolar               |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   9 | Mysuru              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  10 | Raichur             |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  11 | Tumakuru            |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  12 | Yadgir              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  12 | Kerala- Total       |   4 | 4   | 2   |
|   1 | Idukki              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   2 | Kasargod            |   1 | 1   | -   |
|   3 | Palakkad            |   1 | 1   | -   |
|   4 | Wayanad             |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  13 | Ladakh- Total       |   3 | -   | -   |
|   1 | Kargil              |   2 | -   | -   |

|   2 | Leh                   |   1 |   - | -   |
|-----|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|
|  14 | Madhya Pradesh- Total |  71 |  63 | 47  |
|   1 | Alirajpur             |   4 |   4 | 3   |
|   2 | Anuppur               |   2 |   1 | 1   |
|   3 | Balaghat              |   2 |   2 | 2   |
|   4 | Barwani               |   6 |   5 | 3   |
|   5 | Betul                 |   4 |   3 | 1   |
|   6 | Bhopal                |   1 |   1 | -   |
|   7 | Burhanpur             |   1 |   1 | -   |
|   8 | Chhindwara            |   4 |   4 | 4   |
|   9 | Dhar                  |   7 |   5 | 4   |
|  10 | Dindori               |   4 |   4 | 2   |
|  11 | Guna                  |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  12 | Harda                 |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  13 | Hoshangabad           |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  14 | Indore                |   2 |   2 | 1   |
|  15 | Jabalpur              |   3 |   3 | 2   |
|  16 | Jhabua                |   4 |   4 | 4   |
|  17 | Khandwa               |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  18 | Khargone              |   4 |   2 | 3   |
|  19 | Mandla                |   5 |   5 | 2   |
|  20 | Ratlam                |   2 |   2 | 2   |
|  21 | Satna                 |   2 |   2 | 2   |
|  22 | Sehore                |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  23 | Seoni                 |   2 |   1 | 1   |
|  24 | Shahdol               |   3 |   3 | 1   |
|  25 | Sheopur               |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  26 | Sidhi                 |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  27 | Singrauli             |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  28 | Umaria                |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  15 | Maharashtra- Total    |  39 |  37 | 18  |
|   1 | Ahmednagar            |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|   2 | Amravati              |   2 |   2 | 1   |
|   3 | Chandrapur            |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|   4 | Dhule                 |   2 |   2 | 1   |
|   5 | Gadchiroli            |   7 |   7 | 1   |
|   6 | Gondia                |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|   7 | Nagpur                |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|   8 | Nanded                |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|   9 | Nandurbar             |   6 |   6 | 2   |
|  10 | Nashik                |   8 |   8 | 5   |
|  11 | Palghar               |   7 |   5 | 1   |
|  12 | Thane                 |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  13 | Yavatmal              |   1 |   1 | 1   |
|  16 | Manipur- Total        |  21 |   5 | 5   |

|   1 | Chandel                |   2 | -   | -   |
|-----|------------------------|-----|-----|-----|
|   2 | Churachandpur          |   4 | 1   | 1   |
|   3 | Kamjong                |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   4 | Kangpokpi              |   3 | 1   | 1   |
|   5 | Pherzawl               |   1 | -   | -   |
|   6 | Senapati               |   3 | -   | -   |
|   7 | Tamenglong             |   4 | 1   | 1   |
|   8 | Tengnoupal             |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   9 | Ukhrul                 |   2 | -   | -   |
|  17 | Meghalaya- Total       |  37 | -   | 2   |
|   1 | East Garo Hills        |   3 | -   | 1   |
|   2 | East Jaintia Hills     |   2 | -   | -   |
|   3 | East Khasi Hills       |   7 | -   | -   |
|   4 | North Garo Hills       |   2 | -   | -   |
|   5 | Ri Bhoi                |   3 | -   | 1   |
|   6 | South Garo Hills       |   4 | -   | -   |
|   7 | South West Garo Hills  |   2 | -   | -   |
|   8 | South West Khasi Hills |   2 | -   | -   |
|   9 | West Garo Hills        |   5 | -   | -   |
|  10 | West Jaintia Hills     |   3 | -   | -   |
|  11 | West Khasi Hills       |   4 | -   | -   |
|  18 | Mizoram- Total         |  17 | 11  | 9   |
|   1 | Aizawl                 |   3 | 2   | 1   |
|   2 | Champhai               |   3 | 1   | 1   |
|   3 | Kolasib                |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   4 | Lawngtlai              |   2 | 2   | 2   |
|   5 | Lunglei                |   3 | 1   | 1   |
|   6 | Mamit                  |   2 | 1   | -   |
|   7 | Serchhip               |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   8 | Siaha                  |   2 | 2   | 2   |
|  19 | Nagaland- Total        |  22 | 3   | 3   |
|   1 | Mon                    |   2 | 1   | 1   |
|   2 | Dimapur                |   2 | 1   | 1   |
|   3 | Kiphire                |   1 | -   | -   |
|   4 | Kohima                 |   3 | -   | -   |
|   5 | Longleng               |   1 | -   | -   |
|   6 | Mokokchung             |   5 | -   | -   |
|   7 | Peren                  |   2 | -   | -   |
|   8 | Phek                   |   1 | -   | -   |
|   9 | Tuensang               |   3 | 1   | 1   |
|  10 | Wokha                  |   1 | -   | -   |
|  11 | Zunheboto              |   1 | -   | -   |
|  20 | Odisha- Total          | 111 | 47  | 51  |
|   1 | Balangir               |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   2 | Balasore               |   1 | 1   | 1   |

|   3 | Deogarh                    |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|-----|----------------------------|-----|-----|-----|
|   4 | Dhenkanal                  |   1 | -   | -   |
|   5 | Gajapati                   |   5 | 3   | 2   |
|   6 | Jajapur                    |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   7 | Jharsuguda                 |   2 | 1   | 1   |
|   8 | Kalahandi                  |   2 | 2   | 2   |
|   9 | Kandhamal                  |  10 | 2   | 2   |
|  10 | Kendujhar                  |   8 | 3   | 5   |
|  11 | Koraput                    |  12 | 5   | 5   |
|  12 | Malkangiri                 |   6 | 3   | 3   |
|  13 | Mayurbhanj                 |  23 | 13  | 16  |
|  14 | Nabarangpur                |   8 | 1   | 1   |
|  15 | Nuapada                    |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  16 | Rayagada                   |   9 | 3   | 2   |
|  17 | Sambalpur                  |   4 | 1   | 1   |
|  18 | Sundargarh                 |  16 | 5   | 6   |
|  21 | Rajasthan- Total           |  31 | 30  | 30  |
|   1 | Alwar                      |   2 | 2   | 2   |
|   2 | Banswara                   |   6 | 6   | 6   |
|   3 | Baran                      |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   4 | Dungarpur                  |   4 | 4   | 4   |
|   5 | Jaipur                     |   2 | 1   | 1   |
|   6 | Karauli                    |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   7 | Pratapgarh                 |   4 | 4   | 4   |
|   8 | Sawai Madhopur             |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   9 | Sirohi                     |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  10 | Tonk                       |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  11 | Udaipur                    |   8 | 8   | 8   |
|  22 | Sikkim- Total              |   4 | 4   | 4   |
|   1 | Gyalshing                  |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   2 | Mangam                     |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   3 | Namchi                     |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   4 | Pakyong                    |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  23 | Tamil Nadu- Total          |   8 | 8   | 7   |
|   1 | Kalakuruchi (Villupuram)   |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   2 | Kanchipuram (Chengalpattu) |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   3 | Namakkal                   |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   4 | Salem                      |   2 | 2   | 1   |
|   5 | The Nilgiris               |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   6 | Thiruvanna Malai           |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|   7 | Tirupattur                 |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|  24 | Telangana- Total           |  23 | 23  | 20  |
|   1 | Adilabad                   |   3 | 3   | 3   |
|   2 | Bhadradri Kothagudem       |   7 | 7   | 5   |
|   3 | Kamareddy                  |   1 | 1   | 1   |

| 4   | Khammam                |   1 | 1   | 1   |
|-----|------------------------|-----|-----|-----|
| 5   | Komaram Bheem Asifabad |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 6   | Mahabubabad            |   5 | 5   | 4   |
| 7   | Mahabubnagar           |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 8   | Nagarkurnool           |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 9   | Nizamabad              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 10  | Rajanna Sircilla       |   2 | 2   | 2   |
| 25  | Tripura- Total         |  21 | 6   | 9   |
| 1   | Dhalai                 |   4 | 1   | 2   |
| 2   | Gomati                 |   6 | 2   | 3   |
| 3   | Khowai                 |   3 | 1   | 2   |
| 4   | North Tripura          |   3 | -   | -   |
| 5   | Sepahijala             |   1 | -   | -   |
| 6   | Unakoti                |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 7   | West Tripura           |   3 | 1   | 1   |
| 26  | Uttar Pradesh- Total   |   4 | 3   | 4   |
| 1   | Bahraich               |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 2   | Kheri                  |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 3   | Lalitpur               |   1 | -   | 1   |
| 4   | Sonbhadra              |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 27  | Uttarakhand- Total     |   4 | 4   | 2   |
| 1   | Dehradun               |   2 | 2   | 1   |
| 2   | Udam Singh Nagar       |   2 | 2   | 1   |
| 28  | West Bengal- Total     |   8 | 8   | 7   |
| 1   | Bankura                |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 2   | Birbhum                |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 3   | Dakshin Dinajpur       |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 4   | Jalpaiguri             |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 5   | Jhargram               |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 6   | Kalimpong              |   1 | 1   | -   |
| 7   | Paschim Bardhaman      |   1 | 1   | 1   |
| 8   | Purulia                |   2 | 1   | 1   |
|     | Grand Total            | 722 | 479 | 377 |

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