Lok Sabha Question No. 3800 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: SRESHTA for SCs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3800 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2025

## SRESHTA FOR SCS

3800. SHRI KRISHNA PRASAD TENNETI:

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

- (a) the total number of Scheduled Castes (SCs) student beneficiaries (male, female and others) of the Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High School in Targeted Areas (SRESHTA) during the last five years in the country, State and district-wise including Andhra Pradesh and Bapatla Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (b) the details regarding the list of schools selected under the SRESHTA scheme during the last five years in the country, State and district-wise in Andhra Pradesh and Bapatla Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (c) the details regarding the total amount of funding allocated, released and utilised during the last five years in the country, State and district-wise in Andhra Pradesh and Bapatla Lok Sabha Constituency; and
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any campaigns to promote/raise awareness about the SRESHTA scheme, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

- (a) : Under the Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESTA), which is a Central Sector Scheme, data is maintained school/project wise and not district-wise. · The details of beneficiaries (School/Project wise) located in States/Union Territories is at Annexure-I.

There is no school under SHRESHTA scheme in the Bapatla Lok Sabha Constituency.

- (b) : The details State-wise are at Annexure-II.
- (c): The details State-wise are at Annexure-III
- (d) : Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has taken various measures like writing to States/Union Territories to publicize the Scheme amongst schools and motivate SC students to participate in the SHRESHTA Scheme, facilitating SC students in getting their SC certificates, etc., apart from publishing Scheme guidelines and National Eligibility Test for SHRESHTA (NETS), etc., through website of the Department and print media as well.

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Total number of Scheduled Castes (SCs) students beneficiaries under mode-ll of Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA) (School/Project wise) located in States/Union Territories from 2021-22 to 2024-25

| S.No   | Name of State/UTs   | 2021-22               | 2022-23               | 2023-24               | 2024-25               |
|--------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| S.No   | Name of State/UTs   | Total No. of Students | Total No. of Students | Total No. of Students | Total No. of Students |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh      | 1050                  | 255                   | 509                   | 472                   |
| 2      | Gujarat             | 200                   | 141                   |                       | 98                    |
| 3      | Haryana             |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 4      | Karnataka           |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 5      | Madhya Pradesh      |                       |                       |                       |                       |
|        | Maharashtra         |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 7      | Orissa              |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 8      | Rajasthan           |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 9      | Tamil Nada          |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 10     | Uttar Pradesh       |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 11     | Uttarakhand         |                       |                       |                       |                       |
|        | West Bengal         |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 13     | NCT of Delhi        |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 14     | Assam               |                       |                       |                       |                       |
|        | Manipur             |                       |                       |                       |                       |
|        | Telangana           |                       |                       |                       |                       |
| 17     | Meghalaya           | 300                   | 148                   |                       |                       |
|        | Grand Total         | 19350                 | 14074                 | 11681                 | 8371                  |

## Annexure referred to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3800 to be answered on 12.08.2025

Details of fund released during the year 2021-22 to 2025-26, (as per School/Projects located) State-wise under the SRESHTA.

(Rs. In Lakh)

| S.No.   | State/UTs        |   Fund released 2021-22 | Fund released 2022-23   | Fund released 2023-24   | Fund released 2024-25   | Fund. released 2025-26   |
|---------|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh   |                  218.32 | 261.32                  | 667.24                  | 1018.01                 | 435.25                   |
|         | Bihar            |                  192.75 | 246.1                   | 142.29                  | 132.29                  | 72.46                    |
| 3.      | Chhattisgarh     |                   51.5  | 154.5                   | 274.75                  | 385.35                  | 120.80                   |
|         | Gujarat          |                   14.71 | |31.62             | 32.18                   | 92.56                   | 6.75                     |
|         | Haryana          |                    8.75 | 75.18                   | 361.62                  | 888.94                  | 200.00                   |
| 6.      | Himachal Pradesh |                    9.25 | 42.64                   | 67.4                    | 86.07                   | 17.15                    |
| 7       | Jammu & Kashmir  |                    0    | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                        |
| 8.      | Jharkhand        |                   33.09 | 129.6                   | 70.71                   | 89.89                   | 2.37                     |
| 9.      | Karnataka        |                  327.59 | 279.77                  | 454.52                  | 603.26                  | 51.64                    |
| 10.     | Kerala           |                    2.2  | 232.9                   | 339.99                  | 331.00                  | 95.50                    |
| 11.     | Madhya Pradesh   |                  176.07 | 253.87                  | 379.28                  | 430.44                  | 149.8                    |
| 12.     | Maharashtra      |                  504.63 | 744.29                  | 878.5                   | 913.99                  | 206.31                   |
| 13.     | Orissa           |                  336.21 | 415.36                  | 485.06                  | 355.44                  | 180.10                   |
| 14.     | Punjab           |                    0    | 20.25                   | 48.25                   | 55.34                   | 14.05                    |
| 15.     | Puducherry       |                    0    | 8.52                    | 9.8                     | 5.00                    | 4.05                     |
| 16.     | Rajasthan        |                  350.94 | 486.9                   | 1286.45                 | 2000.12                 | 602.40                   |
| 17.     | Tamil Nadu       |                  154.28 | 347.02                  | 404.64                  | 375.49                  | 155.85                   |
| 18.     | Tripura          |                    2    | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                        |
| 19.     | Uttar Pradesh    |                 1046.44 | 1034.38                 | 1674.65                 | 2427.01                 | 584.63                   |
| 20.     | Uttarakhand      |                   43.3  | 62.26                   | 94.64                   | 121.75                  | 0                        |
| 21.     | West Bengal      |                  106.55 | 38.54                   | 88.76                   | 63.66                   | 21.75                    |
| 22      | A &N Island      |                    0    | 2.25                    | 2.45                    | 1.25                    | 0                        |
| 23.     | NCT of Delhi     |                   81.62 | 105.82                  | 155.1                   | | 170.22           |                          |
| 24.     | Assam            |                   64.86 | 64.04                   | 6.00                    | 3.75                    |                          |
|         | 25. Manipur      |                   14.31 |                         | 11.00                   | 26.46                   | 16.20                    |
|         | 26. Telangana    |                   39.81 | 54.18                   | 96.76                   | 84.00                   |                          |
|         | 27. Meghalaya    |                   24.87 | 21.66                   |                         |                         |                          |
|         | Grand Total      |                 3804.05 | 5112.97                 | 8032.04                 | 10661.29                | 2937.06                  |

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