Lok Sabha Question No. 457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: Schools Selected under PM SHRI Scheme
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, Shri Murari Lal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 457 ANSWERED ON - 02/02/2026

## Schools Selected under PM SHRI Scheme

† 457.  Shri Murari Lal Meena:

Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of schools selected under the PM-SHRI scheme (Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India) sanctioned, approved and made operational across the country including Ranga Reddy and Vikarabad districts  of Telangana and State of Rajasthan including Dausa  Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency since the launch;
- (b) the criteria adopted for selection of schools under PM SHRI scheme in these districts and whether rural, tribal and educationally backward mandals of Vikarabad district along with priority  to  the  tribal  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  of  Dausa,  Rajasthan  have  been  adequately covered under the scheme;
- (c) the amount of funds sanctioned/released and spent/utilised and pending for infrastructure upgradation, modernization, smart classrooms, skill-based education and green infrastructure, teacher training and digital learning facilities in PM SHRI schools in these districts;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  impact  of  PM  SHRI  schools  on  learning outcomes, enrolment and reduction of dropout rates in the said districts and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the progress made in implementing the provisions of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in PM SHRI schools along with the details of plans of the Government to develop other general schools also according to this model?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b): The centrally sponsored scheme of PM SHRI was approved by Cabinet on 7th September, 2022. Subsequent to the approval, a total of 13,076 PM SHRI schools have been selected  from  33  States/UTs  along  with  KVS/NVS/NCERT  in  seven  phases  of  selection process. Further, a total of 41 and 30 PM SHRI schools have been selected from Ranga Reddy and Vikarabad districts of Telangana, respectively. Further, 639 PM SHRI schools have been selected from the State of Rajasthan out of which, as informed by the State, 17 PM SHRI schools are from the Dausa Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency. Further, the list of PM SHRI schools across the country may be accessed on the website of PM SHRI scheme at the link: https://pmshri.education.gov.in/state.

Under PM SHRI scheme, a maximum of two schools per block/ULB are selected with an upper limit on the total number of schools across India. Further, the criteria adopted by the Government  for  selecting  the  schools  under  the  PM  SHRI  scheme  are  provided  under 'Selection Methodology (Page no. 13-22)' of the PM SHRI Framework, available at the link: https://pmshri.education.gov.in/assets/pdf/part1\_pmshri.pdf.

- (c): The amount of funds sanctioned and utilised in different activities eligible under PM SHRI scheme including  infrastructure  upgradation,  modernization,  smart  classrooms,  skillbased  education  and  green  infrastructure,  teacher  training  and  digital  learning  facilities  in Ranga Reddy and Vikarabad districts of Telangana and State of Rajasthan including Dausa Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency, as informed by the States of Telangana and Rajasthan, are as follows:

(Rs. in crores)

|   S.No. | Districts/Parliamentary Constituency   |   Funds sanctioned |   Funds utilization |
|---------|----------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Ranga Reddy                            |              38.59 |               22.27 |
|       2 | Vikarabad                              |              25.92 |               14.11 |
|       3 | Dausa                                  |               3.49 |                2.44 |

- (d): Dropout rate is the proportion of pupil from a cohort enrolled in a given level at a given school year who are no longer enrolled at any grade in the following school year. The data pertaining to enrolment of students may be accessed at link: https://dashboard.udiseplus.gov.in/#/.  Further,  the  data  pertaining  to  learning  outcomes  of students may be accessed at link: https://dashboard.parakh.ncert.gov.in/en.
- (e): In  alignment  with  the  National  Education  Policy,  2020,  PM  SHRI  scheme  has  a provision to saturate PM SHRI schools across the country with 21 NEP components such as computer  lab/ICT  lab/smart  classrooms,  library with good  furniture, internet facility, vocational skill education, guidance and career counselling, fully equipped integrated science lab/physics  lab/chemistry  lab/biology  lab,  playground  with  well-equipped  sports  facilities, school innovation council, youth and eco club for mission life, BaLa features and jaadui pitara for primary school children, 10 bagless days for students, child tracking software for tracking the  children  attendance,  fully  functioning  handwashing  facility  and  toilets,  green  school features etc. So far, PM SHRI schools have achieved 91% saturation under above mentioned components. These PM SHRI schools are to showcase all the initiatives of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, be the exemplar schools, and also offer benchmarking leadership to other schools in the neighbourhood.

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