Lok Sabha Question No. 1875 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Eklavya Model Residential Schools
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Sambit Patra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1875

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025

## EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

† 1875. DR. SAMBIT PATRA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  amend  the  guiding  principles  for  establishing  Eklavya  Model Residential Schools and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of schools opened by 2024 under the Eklavya Model Residential School Scheme along with State-wise details thereof;
- (c)  the  number  of  States  which  have  not  yet  provided  free  land  under  the  above  scheme  along  with  the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is any proposal to relax the rules for requirement/availability of land for establishing these schools and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to implement any specific policy under the Eklavya Model Residential Schools to promote education among girl children in tribal-dominated areas and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):      The requirement of EMRSs is reviewed from time to time.
- (b):      Till March 2024, 404 EMRSs were made functional. State wise details are at Annexure I .
- (c):       The  state-wise  details  of  number  of  EMRSs  against  which  encumbrance  free  land  has  not been provided by States is given at Annexure II .
- (d):      In September, 2020, the criteria of requirement of 15 acres of land was relaxed to 10 acres. The 10 acres of land can accommodate the required buildings and sports facilities. Only the size of the playground and other sports courts has to be reduced proportionately in case of smaller plots.
- (e):       The  EMRSs,  when  functional  till  XII  standard  have  a  total  maximum  sanctioned  strength  of  480 students per school, with equal number of seats reserved for boys and girls.

Annexure  as  referred  in  part  (b)  of  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1875  for 11.12.2025 raised by Dr. Sambit Patra regarding 'Eklavya Model Residential Schools'

## State wise details of EMRSs made operational till March, 2024

| Sl. No   | State / UT                         |   Functional EMRS |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                28 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                 5 |
| 3        | Assam                              |                 1 |
| 4        | Bihar                              |                 0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                       |                74 |
| 6        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                 1 |
| 7        | Gujarat                            |                34 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                 4 |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                 6 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                          |                 7 |
| 11       | Karnataka                          |                12 |
| 12       | Kerala                             |                 4 |
| 13       | Ladakh                             |                 0 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                63 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                        |                37 |
| 16       | Manipur                            |                 3 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                          |                 0 |
| 18       | Mizoram                            |                 6 |
| 19       | Nagaland                           |                 3 |
| 20       | Odisha                             |                32 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                          |                30 |
| 22       | Sikkim                             |                 4 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                         |                 8 |
| 24       | Telangana                          |                23 |
| 25       | Tripura                            |                 6 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                 2 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                        |                 4 |
| 28       | West Bengal                        |                 7 |
|          | Total                              |               404 |

Annexure II Annexure  as  referred  in  part  (c)  of  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1875  for 11.12.2025 raised by Dr. Sambit Patra regarding 'Eklavya Model Residential Schools'

## State-wise details of EMRSs against which encumbrance free land not provided by States

|   Sl. No | State / UT        |   No. of EMRSs against which encumbrance free land not provided by States |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                         1 |
|        2 | Meghalaya         |                                                                         4 |
|        3 | Odisha            |                                                                         3 |
|        4 | Manipur           |                                                                         1 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                                                         4 |
|        6 | Jharkhand         |                                                                         3 |
|        7 | Maharashtra       |                                                                         1 |

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