Lok Sabha Question No. 261 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-18
Subject: Upliftment of Tharu Tribe in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Ram Shiromani Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO *261

TO BE ANSWERED ON-18/12/2025

## UPLIFTMENT OF THARU TRIBE IN UTTAR PRADESH

## *261 Shri Ram Shiromani Verma:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government proposes to formulate any special scheme to strengthen tribal welfare, education, health and livelihood in the Tharu tribe-dominated forest regions of Shravasti and Balrampur districts of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
2. (b) whether any approval has been granted for expansion of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS), tribal students' hostels or scholarship schemes in these districts and if so, the details thereof;
3. (c)  whether  there  is  any  provision  to  provide  training,  marketing  and  financial  assistance  for  empowering/ strengthening  Tharu  tribal  community-based  handicrafts,  Minor  Forest  Produce  (MFP),  Self-Help  Groups (SHGs) and livelihood groups and if so, the details thereof;
4. (d) whether local Gram Panchayats, forest committees and tribal organisations are being given participation/participating in the implementation of such schemes and if so, the details thereof; and
5. (e) the details of welfare works conducted during the last three years, ongoing projects and upcoming proposed schemes thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JUAL ORAM)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*261 for answer on 18.12.2025 regarding 'Upliftment of Tharu Tribe in Uttar Pradesh'

- (a):     The  Government  is  committed  to  development  of  tribal  communities  across  the  country  including  the Tharu-dominated  forest  regions  of  Shravasti  and  Balrampur  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh.  The  Hon'  ble  Prime Minister  has   launched  a  special  mega  multi-sectoral mission  named  'Dharti  Aaba  Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh Abhiyan' (DAJGUA) on 2nd October,2024 .The program aims at the holistic and sustainable development of tribal populations in tribal villages through the convergence of schemes of 17 ministries including Ministry of Tribal Affairs' (MoTA ) with 25 interventions. The mission aims to improve access to education, healthcare, and skills for tribal community. The program encompasses a total of 63,843 villages in 549 districts and 2,911 blocks across  all  tribal-dominated  villages  in  26  States  and  4  Union  Territories.  This  includes  16  and  2  villages respectively in Balrampur & Shravasti districts of the State of Uttar Pradesh.

(b): In the Union Budget 2018-19, the Government of India announced that, to provide quality education to tribal children in their own environment, Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) would be established in every block having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons, as per the 2011 Census. The EMRSs are to be at par with Navodaya Vidyalayas with special facilities for preserving local art and culture besides providing training in sports and skill development. National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), an autonomous organization, has been established to manage and implement the scheme of EMRS in co-ordination with State EMRS Societies No EMRS has been sanctioned in Shravasti and Balrampur districts of Uttar Pradesh, as none of its blocks fulfil the prescribed twin criteria.

The  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  implementing  the  following  scholarship  schemes  to  promote  and encourage basic and higher education amongst the ST population in the country including Uttar Pradesh:

- i)     Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class IX and X)
2. ii)    Post Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class XI and above)
3. iii)    National Fellowship for Higher Education for ST students.
4. iv)    National Scholarship for Higher Education for ST Students (Top Class)
- v)     National Overseas Scholarship for ST students.

Under the 'Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan' (DAJGUA), Ministry of Tribal Affairs has approved following projects in Shravasti and Balrampur Districts in Uttarpradesh.

|   S. No. | Intervention                                                | District   |   Unit |   Fund Approved (in Lakh) |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Teacher &staff quarters in residential school               | Shravasti  |      1 |                       175 |
|        2 | Construction of Toilet complex in Ashram/Tribal area School | Balrampur  |      3 |                        60 |
|        3 | Construction of Toilet complex in Ashram/Tribal area School | Shravasti  |      1 |                        20 |

(c):   Tribal Multipurpose Marketing Centres (TMMCs) are one of the 25 key interventions under the DAJGUA . TMMCs focus specifically on the economic and marketing aspects of tribal welfare and ensure that the unique products  of  tribal  communities  can  thrive  in  the  market.  TMMCs  helps  complement  skill  development  and entrepreneurship efforts. The Ministry has sanctioned one TMMC for an amount of Rs. 100 lakh in Uttar Pradesh under DAJGUA.

Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited ( TRIFED), operates Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK) across 29 States / UTs which aims to strengthen tribal entrepreneurship initiatives and facilitate livelihood opportunities.The tribal beneficiaries under the VDVKs are trained in trainings related to value addition, entrepreneurship awareness and development which help them to further improve their products as per the prevalent market standards. TRIFED empanel tribal artisans/ suppliers, which comprise of individual tribal artisans, tribal SHG groups, reputed NGOs, Govt. agencies etc. working with tribal artisans.

A total number of 5927 suppliers/producers are empanelled with TRIFED as on 31.03.2025, which are associated with 3, 05,485 families. TRIFED has empanelled 132 THARU TRIBES Artisans, which are associated with 2716 families across the country. It includes 01 empanelled THARU TRIBE Artisan in Balrampur District, Uttar Pradesh, who is associated with 10 families.

- (d): The implementation of schemes involves participation of Gram Panchayats, Forest Rights Committees, Joint Forest Management Committees and tribal organizations in accordance with the provisions of relevant Acts and scheme guidelines including the Forest Rights Act, 2006. In order to accelerate benefit of  various schemes to the forest right holders in full measure, Ministry under DAJGUA has inter alia taken several initiatives like Mapping of Potential Area under FRA, digitization of legacy data and claim process, support to Gram Sabha for preparation  and  execution  of  Community  Forest  Resource  Rights(CFR)  Management  plans  and  setting  up dedicated  FRA  Cells  at  the  State  and  district/subdivision  levels  for  a  period  of  two  years  to  facilitate  the supplement claim process under FRA. The Ministry also supports FRA patta holders through convergence with several schemes of Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, where the respective scheme guidelines have been modified to limit the beneficiary to only 10% wherever needed. For the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, MoTA has approved an amount of 34.52 lakh for establishment of FRA cells including the districts of Balrampur and Sharavasti.

Under the Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan in Uttar Pradesh, Gram Panchayats, forest committees and tribal organizations are actively involved through Special Gram Sabhas, where community needs are identified and adopted as Gram Sabha resolutions. Tribal organizations, SHGs and trained Adi Saathis and Sahiyogis support mobilisation, facilitation and follow-up, ensuring community-led implementation.

- (e):         The  welfare  works  undertaken  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  under  DAJGUA  since  its  inception  in October,2024 by the Ministry on the basis of proposals received  from the State inter alia include Construction of  Toilet  complex  in  Ashram/Tribal  area  Schools,  Teacher  &  staff  quarters  in  residential  school,  FRA  Cell, TMMC, SCD Awareness and counselling/ASHA Honorarium + TOT .

The details of physical progress of various interventions under DAJGUA are given in Annexure 1.

Annexure 1 Annexure I referred to in reply to part (e) of the Starred Question No.261 for answer on 18.12.2025

## (a) District-wise status of DAJGUA interventions under Ministry of Tribal Affairs in Uttar Pradesh

|   S. No. | State   | Intervention                                                | District        |   Unit |   Fund Approved |
|----------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|--------|-----------------|
|        1 | U P     | Teacher &staff quarters in residential school               | Shravasti       |      1 |             175 |
|        2 | U P     | Teacher &staff quarters in residential school               | Bahraich        |      1 |             175 |
|        3 | U P     | Teacher &staff quarters in residential school               | Bijnaur         |      1 |             175 |
|        4 | U P     | Construction of Toilet complex in Ashram/Tribal area School | Lakhimpur Kheri |      4 |              80 |
|        5 | U P     | Construction of Toilet complex in Ashram/Tribal area School | Balrampur       |      3 |              60 |
|        6 | U P     | Construction of Toilet complex in Ashram/Tribal area School | Bahraich        |      1 |              20 |
|        7 | U P     | Construction of Toilet complex in Ashram/Tribal area School | Shravasti       |      1 |              20 |
|        8 | U P     | Construction of Toilet complex in Ashram/Tribal area School | Maharajganj     |      2 |              40 |
|        9 | U P     | TMMC                                                        | Varanasi        |      1 |             100 |

## (b) : State-wise progress from line-Ministries under DAJGUA

## 1. Ministry of Rural Development- PMAY (G)

| Name of the state     |   SanctionedCompletion |   SanctionedCompletion |
|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH        |                      1 |                   1376 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH     |                      0 |                    780 |
| ASSAM                 |                  54590 |                  67245 |
| BIHAR                 |                     17 |                    215 |
| CHHATTISGARH          |                 306967 |                 161927 |
| DADRA ANDNAGAR HAVELI |                      0 |                   1191 |
| DAMANAND DIU          |                      0 |                      8 |
| GOA                   |                      0 |                      0 |
| GUJARAT               |                  73341 |                  61756 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH      |                   2345 |                    975 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR     |                     21 |                  18468 |
| JHARKHAND             |                  55126 |                   4120 |
| KARNATAKA             |                  11485 |                   1969 |
| KERALA                |                    670 |                    117 |
| LADAKH                |                      0 |                      0 |
| LAKSHADWEEP           |                      0 |                      0 |
| MADHYAPRADESH         |                 283512 |                 101688 |
| MAHARASHTRA           |                 335850 |                  59073 |
| MANIPUR               |                    152 |                   4158 |
| MEGHALAYA             |                      0 |                  39115 |
| MIZORAM               |                      0 |                   6697 |
| NAGALAND              |                      0 |                  16430 |
| ODISHA                |                  17563 |                  84304 |

| Name of the state   |   SanctionedCompletion |        |
|---------------------|------------------------|--------|
| RAJASTHAN           |                 129214 |  29358 |
| SIKKIM              |                      0 |      8 |
| TAMIL NADU          |                    110 |    453 |
| TRIPURA             |                      0 |  10411 |
| UTTAR PRADESH       |                      0 |     65 |
| UTTARAKHAND         |                      0 |     23 |
| WEST BENGAL         |                      0 |    297 |
| Grand Total         |                1270964 | 672227 |

## 2. Ministry of Jal Shakti

| States                             |   Total DAJGUA Villages |   SanctionedSaturated |       |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------|
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |                     321 |                   321 |   321 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli And Daman &Diu |                      76 |                    76 |    76 |
| Goa                                |                      25 |                    25 |    25 |
| Gujarat                            |                    4247 |                  4247 |  4247 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |                     264 |                   264 |   264 |
| Lakshadweep                        |                       2 |                     2 |     2 |
| Mizoram                            |                     379 |                   379 |   379 |
| Telangana                          |                     909 |                   909 |   909 |
| Bihar                              |                     707 |                   698 |   678 |
| Uttarakhand                        |                     128 |                   128 |   106 |
| Nagaland                           |                     606 |                   605 |   493 |
| Sikkim                             |                     119 |                   119 |    92 |
| Ladakh                             |                     143 |                   143 |   110 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |                     114 |                   114 |    81 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                     517 |                   516 |   358 |
| Meghalaya                          |                    1432 |                  1428 |   953 |
| Karnataka                          |                    1082 |                  1080 |   640 |
| Maharashtra                        |                    4952 |                  4929 |  2699 |
| Odisha                             |                    7537 |                  7494 |  3531 |
| Assam                              |                    3083 |                  3005 |  1375 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |                   11309 |                 11228 |  4733 |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     |                     387 |                   387 |   113 |
| Jharkhand                          |                    7107 |                  7039 |  1786 |
| Manipur                            |                     509 |                   508 |   117 |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |                     868 |                   867 |   199 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |                    6681 |                  6677 |  1413 |
| West Bengal                        |                    3191 |                  3179 |   594 |
| Rajasthan                          |                    5898 |                  5709 |  1031 |
| Tripura                            |                     353 |                   353 |    37 |
| Kerala                             |                      89 |                    89 |     0 |
| Grand Total                        |                   63035 |                 62518 | 27362 |

## 3. Department of Telecommunication

| S.N.   | State             | Villages to be covered   | Survey pending and issues   | Already Covered   | Villages Planned under DBN Schemes   | Villages Covered in DBN schemes   | Total Villages Covered   |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
| S.N.   | State             | A                        | B                           | C                 | D                                    | E                                 | F=(E+C)                  |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 287                      | 17                          | 35                | 235                                  | 216                               | 251                      |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 77                       | 6                           | 14                | 57                                   | 34                                | 48                       |
| 3      | ASSAM             | 224                      | 26                          | 55                | 143                                  | 113                               | 168                      |
| 4      | BIHAR             | 38                       | 3                           | 1                 | 34                                   | 28                                | 29                       |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH      | 513                      | 50                          | 85                | 378                                  | 220                               | 305                      |
| 6      | GOA               | 10                       | 2                           | 1                 | 7                                    | 3                                 | 4                        |
| 7      | GUJARAT           | 162                      | 9                           | 20                | 133                                  | 99                                | 119                      |
| 8      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 32                       |                             | 2                 | 30                                   | 24                                | 26                       |
| 9      | JAMMUANDKASHMIR   | 10                       | 1                           |                   | 9                                    |                                   |                          |
| 10     | JHARKHAND         | 238                      | 3                           | 51                | 184                                  | 131                               | 182                      |
| 11     | KARNATAKA         | 19                       | 1                           | 3                 | 15                                   | 8                                 | 11                       |
| 12     | LADAKH            | 18                       |                             | 1                 | 17                                   | 10                                | 11                       |
| 13     | LAKSHADWEEP       | 1                        |                             |                   | 1                                    | 1                                 | 1                        |
| 14     | MADHYAPRADESH     | 776                      | 24                          | 72                | 680                                  | 402                               | 474                      |
| 15     | MAHARASHTRA       | 954                      | 101                         | 194               | 659                                  | 428                               | 622                      |
| 16     | MANIPUR           | 104                      | 6                           | 50                | 48                                   | 11                                | 61                       |
| 17     | MEGHALAYA         | 98                       | 1                           | 78                | 19                                   | 9                                 | 87                       |
| 18     | MIZORAM           | 54                       | 10                          | 23                | 21                                   | 9                                 | 32                       |
| 19     | NAGALAND          | 124                      |                             | 2                 | 122                                  | 69                                | 71                       |
| 20     | ODISHA            | 874                      | 34                          | 83                | 757                                  | 459                               | 542                      |
| 21     | RAJASTHAN         | 337                      | 15                          | 54                | 268                                  | 183                               | 237                      |
| 22     | SIKKIM            | 1                        |                             | 1                 |                                      |                                   | 1                        |
| 23     | TAMIL NADU        | 87                       |                             | 3                 | 84                                   | 78                                | 81                       |
| 24     | TELANGANA         | 62                       | 1                           | 5                 | 56                                   | 32                                | 37                       |
| 25     | TRIPURA           | 81                       | 1                           | 10                | 70                                   | 58                                | 68                       |
| 26     | UTTAR PRADESH     | 53                       | 4                           | 3                 | 46                                   | 29                                | 32                       |
| 27     | UTTARAKHAND       | 12                       | 1                           | 6                 | 5                                    | 5                                 | 11                       |
| 28     | WEST BENGAL       | 6                        |                             | 1                 | 5                                    | 1                                 | 2                        |
| Total  | Total             | 5252                     | 316                         | 853               | 4083                                 | 2660                              | 3513                     |

## 4. Ministry of Rural Development- PMGSY

|    | S.NoName of State/UT   | Tentative DA-JGUA Length (km)   | Proposal Status (Stage: DPR scrutiny/Pre-EC/FC, etc.)   |
|----|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1  | Jammu and Kashmir      | 266.301                         | Sanctioned on 05.06.2025                                |
| 2  | Chhattisgarh           | 1,499.757                       | File approved by HMRD. Clearance letter to be issued    |
| 3  | Himachal Pradesh       | 254.625                         | File with HMRD                                          |
| 4  | Sikkim                 | 35.47                           | Pre-EC meeting held on 22.08.2025                       |
| 5  | Rajasthan              | 324.515                         | File with HMRD                                          |
| 6  | Madhya Pradesh         | 1,158.51                        | Pre-EC meeting held on 28.10.2025                       |
| 7  | Odisha                 | 785.81                          | Pre-EC meeting held on 08.10.2025                       |
| 8  | Assam                  | 368.36                          | Pre-EC meeting held on 03.11.2025                       |
|    | Total                  | 4,722.968                       |                                                         |

## 5. Ministry of Women and Child Development

|   S. No. | State            | Sanctioned AWCs AWCs operationalized   | Sanctioned AWCs AWCs operationalized   |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Rajasthan        | 135                                    | 134                                    |
|        2 | Tamil Nadu       | 3                                      | 3                                      |
|        3 | Mizoram          | 41                                     | -                                      |
|        4 | Bihar            | 45                                     | 42                                     |
|        5 | Assam            | 49                                     | -                                      |
|        6 | Andhra Pradesh   | 177                                    | -                                      |
|        7 | Jharkhand        | 50                                     | -                                      |
|        8 | Karnataka        | 164                                    | 164                                    |
|        9 | Madhya Pradesh66 |                                        | 66                                     |

|   S. No. | State     |   Sanctioned AWCs AWCs operationalized | Sanctioned AWCs AWCs operationalized   |
|----------|-----------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|       10 | Meghalaya |                                     26 | -                                      |
|       11 | Tripura   |                                    119 | -                                      |

## 6. Ministry of Power

| Sr. No.   | State/ UTs        | Physical Progress         | Physical Progress               | Physical Progress   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|
| Sr. No.   | State/ UTs        | SanctionedHHs& PIs (Nos.) | Electrification Progress (Nos.) | %of electrification |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 5,103                     | 3,897                           | 76%                 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,947                     | 719                             | 37%                 |
| 3         | Bihar             | 7,117                     | 415                             | 6%                  |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      | 39,579                    | 4,893                           | 12%                 |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh  | 100                       | 1                               | 1%                  |
| 6         | Jammu& Kashmir    | 13,824                    | 0                               | 0%                  |
| 7         | Jharkhand         | 21,377                    | 0                               | 0%                  |
| 8         | Karnataka         | 5,288                     | 662                             | 13%                 |
| 9         | Kerala            | 1,097                     | 195                             | 18%                 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh    | 59,822                    | 5,043                           | 8%                  |
| 11        | Maharashtra       | 6,961                     | 5,228                           | 75%                 |
| 12        | Rajasthan         | 83,037                    | 0                               | 0%                  |
| 13        | Telangana         | 27,197                    | 10,502                          | 38.6%               |
| 14        | Tripura           | 8,189                     | 2,285                           | 28%                 |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh     | 6,897                     | 58                              | 1%                  |
| 16        | Uttarakhand       | 226                       | 134                             | 59%                 |
|           | Total (A)         | 287,761                   | 34,032                          | 11.83%              |

## 7. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

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|   Sl. | NoName of the State   |   Sanctioned skilling CentersName | of the Districts   |
|-------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|     1 | Bihar                 |                                 1 | Paschim Champaran  |
|     2 | Chhattisgarh          |                                10 | Bastar             |
|     2 | Chhattisgarh          |                                10 | Surguja            |
|     2 | Chhattisgarh          |                                10 | Kondagoan          |
|     2 | Chhattisgarh          |                                10 | Sukma              |
|     3 | Gujarat               |                                 3 | Valsad             |
|     3 | Gujarat               |                                 3 | Surat              |
|     4 | Jharkhand             |                                 6 | Ranchi             |
|     4 | Jharkhand             |                                 6 | Simdega            |
|     4 | Jharkhand             |                                 6 | Dumka              |
|     5 | Karnataka             |                                 1 | Raichur            |
|     6 | Madhya Pradesh        |                                10 | Dhar               |
|     6 | Madhya Pradesh        |                                10 | Mandala            |
|     6 | Madhya Pradesh        |                                10 | Dindori            |
|     6 | Madhya Pradesh        |                                10 | Ratlam             |
|     7 | Uttar Pradesh         |                                 1 | Sonbhadra          |

## 8. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

| State Name     |   TotalMMU operational | District name   |   No of MMU |
|----------------|------------------------|-----------------|-------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH |                     13 | Eluru           |           3 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH |                     13 | KURNOOL         |           3 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH |                     13 | Nandyal         |           1 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH |                     13 | Palnadu         |           4 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH |                     13 | PRAKASAM        |           1 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH |                     13 | Tirupati        |           1 |
| CHHATTISGARH   |                      4 | DHAMTARI        |           4 |
| GUJARAT        |                     28 | AHMADABAD       |           1 |
| GUJARAT        |                     28 | DANG            |           1 |
| GUJARAT        |                     28 | DEVBHUMIDWARKA  |           1 |

| State Name        | TotalMMU operational   | District name         |   No of MMU |
|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|                   |                        | DOHAD                 |           3 |
|                   |                        | NARMADA               |           7 |
|                   |                        | NAVSARI               |           7 |
|                   |                        | SABAR KANTHA          |           4 |
|                   |                        | SURAT                 |           1 |
|                   |                        | TAPI                  |           3 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 1                      | ANANTNAG              |           1 |
| JHARKHAND         | 5                      | GIRIDIH               |           5 |
| KERALA            | 4                      | MALAPPURAM            |           1 |
|                   |                        | PALAKKAD              |           3 |
| LADAKH            | 1                      | KARGIL                |           1 |
| MADHYAPRADESH     | 2 4                    | GUNA                  |           2 |
| MAHARASHTRA       |                        | NASHIK                |           4 |
| NAGALAND          | 2                      | KOHIMA                |           1 |
|                   |                        | PEREN                 |           1 |
| ODISHA            | 21                     | GAJAPATI              |           2 |
|                   |                        | JAJAPUR               |           1 |
|                   |                        | KENDUJHAR             |           4 |
|                   |                        | MALKANGIRI            |           9 |
|                   |                        | RAYAGADA              |           5 |
| TAMIL NADU        | 4                      | DHARMAPURI            |           1 |
|                   |                        | DINDIGUL              |           1 |
|                   |                        | THENI                 |           1 |
|                   |                        | TIRUCHIRAPPALLI       |           1 |
| TELANGANA         | 4                      | KUMURAMBHEEM ASIFABAD |           4 |
| TRIPURA           | 6                      | Dhalai                |           1 |
|                   |                        | Gomati                |           1 |
|                   |                        | Khowai                |           1 |

| State Name   | TotalMMU operational   | District name   | No of MMU   |
|--------------|------------------------|-----------------|-------------|
|              |                        | North Tripura   | 1           |
|              |                        | South Tripura   | 1           |
|              |                        | Unakoti         | 1           |
| Total        | 99                     |                 |             |

## 9.  Department of School Education and Literacy

|   S. No | States/UTs        |     |   SanctionedFoundation Stone Laid | Construction Status                                 |
|---------|-------------------|-----|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Assam             | 209 |                               209 | No Progress                                         |
|       2 | Madhya Pradesh    | 104 |                                 0 | Under Tendering                                     |
|       3 | Rajasthan         |  58 |                                 0 | Proposal not received for 1 st Installment          |
|       4 | Arunachal Pradesh |  45 |                                14 | 14 hostels till plinth level                        |
|       5 | Manipur           |  44 |                                16 | No Progress                                         |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh      |  42 |                                 0 | No Progress                                         |
|       7 | Odisha            |  40 |                                 0 | Under Tendering                                     |
|       8 | Nagaland          |  23 |                                23 | No Progress                                         |
|       9 | Maharashtra       |  22 |                                 0 | Proposal not received for 1 st Installment          |
|      10 | Bihar             |  19 |                                19 | Proposal not received for 1 st Installment          |
|      11 | Tripura           |  15 |                                 6 | No Progress                                         |
|      12 | Karnataka         |  14 |                                 0 | Under Tendering                                     |
|      13 | Mizoram           |  13 |                                 0 | Proposal not received for 1 st Installment          |
|      14 | Telangana         |  10 |                                 8 | 4 hostels till groundwork                           |
|      15 | Gujrat            |   9 |                                 0 | Undertakings are pending                            |
|      16 | Jharkhand         |   5 |                                 2 | Undertakings are pending                            |
|      17 | Sikkim*           |   5 |                                 5 | 4 hostels till plinth level &Hill cutting work in 1 |
|      18 | Andhra Pradesh    |   4 |                                 2 | Undertakings are pending                            |
|      19 | Uttar Pradesh     |   3 |                                 3 | No Progress                                         |
|      20 | Uttarakhand       |   3 |                                 0 | Proposal not received for 1 st Installment          |

|   S. No | States/UTs       |   SanctionedFoundation |   Stone Laid | Construction Status   |
|---------|------------------|------------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|      21 | Himachal Pradesh |                      2 |            2 |                       |
|      22 | Kerala           |                      2 |            0 |                       |
|      23 | Ladakh           |                      1 |            0 |                       |

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