Lok Sabha Question No. 1535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: SC/ST Hostels
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

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

## UNSTARRED  QUESTTON No.ls3s TO BE ANSWERED  ON 29.07.2025

## SC/ST HOSTELS

## 1535. SHRI SAPTAGIRI  SANKAR ULAKA:

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

- (a) the total number of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) hostels currently operational  in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the status of infrastructure, capacity  and occupancy in these hostels;
- (c) whether they are fully operational  and the extent of vacancies;
- (d) if so, the total number  of students currently residing in SC and ST hostels, disaggregated  by gender and category;
- (e) whether the Ministry is undertaking any upgrades  or expansions of existing hostels or plans to establish  new ones in under served areas; and
- (0 if so, the details  of proposed  projects, location  plan and expected  timelines  for their completion?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): Under the Pradhan  Mantri Anusuchit  Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY), Hostel component central assistance  is provided  for the construction  of new hostel buildings for Scheduled Caste (SC) students,  with separate  hostels for boys and girls. Since 2007-08,909 hostels (544 girls and 365 boys) have been sanctioned under this component covering  74,629 beneficiaries.  Out of these, 771 hostels have been reported  as completed. State-wise details  are provided in the Annexure-I.  The hostel component of Pradhan  Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY)  is implemented  by State Governments/UT Administrations,  Central Universities/Institutes and the central assistance  is provided to implementing  agencies  based on proposals received.  The implementing agencies are responsible  for maintaining the details regarding current status, capacity,  and occupancy ofthe  hostels.

In the case of Ministry of Tribal Affairs, under the Scheme  of "Hostels for ST Girls and Boys" funds were being provided to State Governments  for construction  of Hostels for ST Girls and Boys till 2016-17. As a part of rationalization  of schemes,  the intervention  for construction of hostels  was subsumed under the schemes of 'Special Central Assistance to tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)' and 'Grants under Article 275(l) of the Constitution' from 2018-19 onwards. From 2024-25  onwards  Government  has launched a scheme  named "Dharti Aaba Janjatiya  Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan  (DAJGUA) under which Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides  funds for construction of hostels to the State Governments based on the proposals received from them. Total number of hostels sanctioned state wise under DAJGUA is mentioned  at Annexure-Il. The implementation, administration  and maintenance  of Hostels for STs is done by the StatefuTs Govemments.

- (d) & (e): Under the Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday  Yojana (PM-AJAY),  there is no provision  for upgradation  or expansion  of existing hostels. Only fresh proposals  for construction of new hostels  are considered  by the Department,  based on need assessment surveys and recommendations  received  from State/Union  Tenitory.  However, central assistance  for repair of operational hostels is provided to implementing  agencies, once in every five years after operationalization  of the hostel.  It is limited to a maximum of Rs. 5.00 lakhs for one hostel of 50 students, Rs. 10.00lakhs for 100 students,  Rs. 15.00lakhs for 150 students  and so on.

## Annexure in Unstarred 1535 on Status of India

Details  of SC hostels  sanctioned  under Hostel Comnonent  of PM-AJAY (erstwhile  BJRCY) since FY 2007-08

| sl. No.   | State/UT           | Total No. of Hostels Sanctioned   | Total No. of Hostels Sanctioned   | Funds sanctioned (Rs. in lakh)   | No. of beneficiaries   | No. of hostels completed   |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| sl. No.   | State/UT           | Girls                             | Boys                              | Funds sanctioned (Rs. in lakh)   | No. of beneficiaries   | No. of hostels completed   |
| I         | Andhra Pradesh *   | 2A                                | 13                                | 9,654                            | 3265                   | 5                          |
| 2         | Assam              | 20                                | 24                                | 6,323.45                         | 2924                   | 36                         |
| J         | Bihar *            | 7                                 | t2                                | 2,268.40                         | I 890                  | t6                         |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh       | 28                                | 20                                | 1,996.83                         | 2420                   | 46                         |
| 5         | GuJarat            | 8                                 | 9                                 | 2,332.13                         | 3270                   | t7                         |
| 6         | Haryana            | 13                                | 3                                 | 2.658.65                         | 1740                   | l4                         |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh f | 5                                 | 4                                 | 2,385.90                         | tt25                   | 7                          |
| 8         | Iammu and Kashmir  | J                                 | 2                                 | 6,02.66                          | 400                    | 4                          |
| 9         | Iharkhand          | 8                                 | l3                                | 9,63.05                          | 1450                   | t6                         |
| 10        | Karnataka          | l8                                | 27                                | 4,939.90                         | 3136                   | 35                         |
| 1l        | Kerala             | 2                                 | 7                                 | 1,349.83                         | 730                    | 9                          |
| t2        | Madhya Pradesh     | 49                                | 38                                | 13964.56                         | 66s0                   | 77                         |
| l3        | Maharashtra*       | 27                                | 3Z                                | 7,648.71                         | 5273                   | 55                         |
| t4        | Manipur            | 20                                | 4                                 | 5,126.44                         | 2t55                   | t6                         |
| 15        | Mizoram            | J                                 | 0                                 | 1,575.00                         | 450                    | 0                          |
| t6        | Nagaland           | 9                                 | 0                                 | 4,365.00                         | I 3s0                  | 0                          |
| t7        | Odisha *           | 161                               | t6                                | 6,330.81                         | r4834                  | 169                        |
| l8        | Puducherry         | J                                 | I                                 | 1,000.00                         | 500                    | I                          |
| l9        | Punjab             | ll                                | 4                                 | 2,889.99                         | 1226                   | l5                         |
| 20        | Rajasthan          | 36                                | 68                                | 8,851.94                         | 4475                   | l0l                        |
| 2l        | sikk m             | 5                                 | I                                 | 2,100.00                         | 600                    | 4                          |
| 22        | Iamil Nadu         | 20                                | 30                                | 4,269.92                         | 4641                   | 45                         |
| 23        | Ielangana          | 8                                 | J                                 | 2,305.00                         | I 500                  | 4                          |
| 24        | fripura            | 7                                 | I                                 | 1,479.56                         | 520                    | 5                          |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh      | t6                                | t6                                | 5,097.81                         | 2734                   | 24                         |
| 26        | Uttarakhandx       | 3                                 | 3                                 | 1,044.42                         | 3s0                    | 2                          |
| 27        | West Bengal        | 34                                | t4                                | 8,626.34                         | 502t                   | 48                         |
|           | Iotal              | 544                               | 36s                               | 1,12,150.3                       | 74,629                 | 771                        |

## Details of State wise new constructions  of hostels sanctioned under DAJGUA as on 30th June 2025.

| S.No.   | State             | No. of Hostels   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------|
| I       | Assam             | 50               |
| 2.      | Chhattisearh      | 186              |
| a J.    | Himachal Pradesh  | 4                |
| 4.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 44               |
| 5.      | Odisha            | 92               |
| 6.      | Tamil Nadu        | 2                |
| 7.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 31               |
| 8.      | Guiarat           | 43.              |
| 9.      | Jharkhand         | 43               |
| 10.     | Kerala            | 2                |
| il      | Maharashtra       | 63               |
| 12.     | Raiasthan         | 32               |
| 13.     | Arunachal Pradesh | 0l               |
| 14.     | Tripura           | 20               |
| 15.     | Sikkim            | 07               |
|         | Total             | 620              |

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