Lok Sabha Question No. 1042 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Status of EMRSs and Vacancies
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. Bag Mitali

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1042

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026

## STATUS OF EMRSs AND VACANCIES

1042.   SMT. BAG MITALI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  funds  (in  Rs.)  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilised  under  Eklavya  Model Residential  Schools (EMRSs) since the inception of the scheme, States/UT-wise and  yearwise;
- (b)  the  details  of  faculty  and  non-faculty  sanctioned  and  vacant  posts  in  EMRSs  as  of,  01 January 2026, category-wise and State-wise;
- (c)  the  number  of  EMRSs with no faculty, less  than 10 faculty members and less than 20 faculty members, category-wise; and
- (d) the details/numbers of the dropout of students of EMRS since the inception of the scheme, year-wise and State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)       Details of funds Sanctioned and released under the scheme of EMRS over the years are as under:

Rs. in Crore

|   Sr. No. | Financial Year   | Funds Allocated (RE)   | Actual Expenditure   |
|-----------|------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | 2019-20          | -                      | -                    |
|         2 | 2020-21          | 1,200.00               | 936.28               |
|         3 | 2021-22          | 1,153.00               | 1,322.78             |
|         4 | 2022-23          | 1,999.90               | 2,014.95             |
|         5 | 2023-24          | 2,471.81               | 2,446,24             |
|         6 | 2024-25          | 4,748.92               | 4,713,21             |
|         7 | 2025-26          | 4,900.00               | 3,390.38             |

The State-wise/Union Territory-wise and year-wise funds released for the establishment and operation of EMRS since inception till 22.01.2026 are given at Annexure I .

(b)  &  (c)          31  teaching  posts  and  21  non-teaching  posts  are  sanctioned  per  EMRS  for EMRSs with classes upto class 12th having a full strength of 480 students. NESTS carried out  its  first  drive  for  direct  recruitment  of  10391  posts  through  ESSE-2023  and  selected teaching and non-teaching staff have been posted in various EMRSs. In addition to the direct recruitment,  NESTS  also  has  advised  State  Governments  to  depute  staff  on  deputation. Further, directions have been issued to State EMRS Societies to engage guest teachers against vacancies, and non-teaching staff on outsourcing basis/local engagement, so that academic activities are not hampered.

(d) The State/UT-wise details of dropout rates of students for the last five years are given at Annexure II.

ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  IN  PART  (A)  OF  THE  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1042  FOR  05.02.2026  RAISED  BY  SMT.  BAG MITALI REGARDING 'STATUS OF EMRSs AND VACANCIES'

## STATE-WISE/UNION  TERRITORY-WISE  AND  YEARWISE  FUNDS  RELEASED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF EMRS SINCE INCEPTION TILL 22.01.2026

Rs. In lakhs

| S.No   | Name of the State/UT   | 2020-21   | 2021-22     | 2022-23     | 2023-24     | 2024-25     | 2025-26     |
|--------|------------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh         | 6,199.12  | 14,591.28   | 12,600.57   | 10,795.05   | 23,669.35   | 20,396.61   |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh (NE) | 200.24    | 119.54      | 1,010.87    | 693.91      | 2,021.21    | 3,937.14    |
| 3      | Assam (NE)             | 750.00    | 1,800.00    | 1,433.65    | 2,732.67    | 10,654.29   | 11,409.47   |
| 4      | Bihar                  | 10.00     | -           | -           | 8.95        | 34.12       | 1,948.30    |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh           | 6,968.12  | 13,259.66   | 19,435.93   | 15,888.89   | 86,649.55   | 37,597.79   |
| 6      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli    | 95.70     | 252.55      | 568.22      | 163.45      | 353.32      | 4,516.78    |
| 7      | NESTS Headquarters     | 1,406.04  | 2,523.79    | 4,438.96    | 14,129.47   | 9,376.35    | 436.65      |
| 8      | Gujarat                | 4,755.86  | 1,060.00    | 10,088.95   | 15,667.55   | 27,444.15   | 20,066.54   |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh       | 255.06    | 599.11      | 483.18      | 829.76      | 1,616.71    | 1,382.67    |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir        | -         | 392.40      | 1,200.00    | 891.40      | 824.19      | 970.08      |
| 11     | Jharkhand              | 2,205.73  | 11,309.20   | 23,562.27   | 23,915.13   | 64,305.31   | 55,355.44   |
| 12     | Karnataka              | 2,495.83  | 3,672.86    | 1,768.84    | 2,677.67    | 7,933.24    | 3,926.78    |
| 13     | Kerala                 | -         | 229.56      | 1,515.66    | 249.00      | 1,252.21    | 1,433.67    |
| 14     | Ladakh                 | -         | 10.00       | 450.00      | 800.00      | 17.41       | 400.00      |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh         | 14,459.36 | 3,560.00    | 31,817.79   | 13,157.19   | 37,339.69   | 34,484.85   |
| 16     | Maharashtra            | 2,787.16  | 4,393.74    | 12,919.16   | 8,525.91    | 30,489.87   | 16,788.02   |
| 17     | Manipur                | 1,268.00  | 398.08      | 2,369.98    | 3,044.92    | 2,397.58    | 12,692.25   |
| 18     | Meghalaya (NE)         | 1,123.45  | 1,100.00    | 800.00      | 21,014.66   | 31,942.72   | 9,145.53    |
| 19     | Mizoram                | 3,283.73  | 6,085.41    | 2,094.54    | 1,242.52    | 14,619.30   | 3,421.03    |
| 20     | Nagaland               | 5,885.51  | 9,481.60    | 557.71      | 18,377.12   | 698.27      | 534.61      |
| 21     | Odisha                 | 6,174.27  | 10,648.82   | 28,164.31   | 48,934.80   | 64,965.47   | 51,916.13   |
| 22     | Rajasthan              | 12,944.17 | 18,214.71   | 19,463.30   | 13,687.79   | 14,322.63   | 11,462.41   |
| 23     | Sikkim                 | 800.33    | 1,037.88    | 1,047.35    | 1,118.83    | 1,058.36    | 1,239.46    |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu             | 1,225.14  | 1,190.62    | 1,098.78    | 1,099.80    | 1,738.95    | 2,797.39    |
| 25     | Telangana              | 9,517.30  | 19,695.52   | 12,794.53   | 14,276.17   | 16,813.70   | 12,450.42   |
| 26     | Tripura                | 6,064.89  | 5,715.44    | 6,435.19    | 6,670.35    | 11,728.87   | 13,779.31   |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh          | 386.68    | 337.49      | 596.23      | 624.14      | 1,384.63    | 1,012.34    |
| 28     | Uttarakhand            | 321.28    | 598.39      | 474.95      | 1,537.53    | 3,880.32    | 2,636.34    |
| 29     | West Bengal            | 2,062.45  | -           | 2,303.67    | 1,869.70    | 1,789.50    | 900.00      |
|        | Total                  | 93,645.42 | 1,32,277.67 | 2,01,494.59 | 2,44,624.33 | 4,71,321.28 | 3,39,038.01 |

ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  IN  PART  (D)  OF  THE  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1042  FOR  05.02.2026  RAISED  BY  SMT.  BAG MITALI REGARDING 'STATUS OF EMRSs AND VACANCIES'

## THE STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF DROPOUT RATES OF STUDENTS

| S. No.   | State                              | 2024-25          | 2024-25    | 2023-24          | 2023-24    | 2022-23          | 2022-23    | 2021-22          | 2021-22    | 2020- 21                            |
|----------|------------------------------------|------------------|------------|------------------|------------|------------------|------------|------------------|------------|-------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State                              | No. of Student s | % Dropou t | No. of Student s | % Dropou t | No. of Student s | % Dropou t | No. of Student s | % Dropou t |                                     |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                     | 66               | 0.67       | 7                | 0.08       | -                | -          | -                | -          | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 2.       | Chhattisgar h                      | 88               | 0.36       | 46               | 0.21       | 17               | 0.09       | 2                | 0.01       | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 3.       | Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu | 5                | 1.45       | -                | -          | -                | -          | -                | -          | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 4.       | Gujarat                            | 7                | 0.06       | 20               | 0.18       | 6                | 0.05       | -                | -          | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 5.       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 2                | 0.22       | -                | -          | -                | -          | -                | -          | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 6.       | Jammu& Kashmir                     | 3                | 0.33       | 1                | 0.17       | -                | -          | -                | -          | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 7.       | Jharkhand                          | 6                | 0.18       | 5                | 0.16       | 30               | 0.94       | 25               | 0.82       | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 8.       | Karnataka                          | 9                | 0.20       | 2                | 0.05       | 9                | 0.22       | 23               | 0.57       | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 9.       | Kerala                             | -                | -          | -                | -          | -                | -          | -                | -          | s                                   |
| 10.      | Madhya Pradesh                     | 71               | 0.28       | 42               | 0.18       | 101              | 0.42       | 14               | 0.06       | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 11.      | Maharashtr a                       | 68               | 0.67       | 24               | 0.27       | 8                | 0.10       | 3                | 0.04       | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 12.      | Manipur                            | 6                | 0.42       | 7                | 0.49       | 1                | 0.07       | 1                | 0.07       | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 13.      | Mizoram                            | 13               | 0.69       | 1                | 0.08       | -                | -          | -                | -          | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 14.      | Nagaland                           | 1                | 0.13       | 3                | 0.42       | -                | -          | 2                | 0.30       | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 15.      | Odisha                             | 87               | 0.75       | 84               | 0.87       | 24               | 0.28       | 6                | 0.08       | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 16.      | Rajasthan                          | 45               | 0.47       | 23               | 0.27       | 29               | 0.35       | 2                | 0.03       | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 17.      | Sikkim                             | 2                | 0.16       | 1                | 0.08       | -                | -          | -                | -          | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 18.      | Tamil Nadu                         | 1                | 0.04       | 14               | 0.63       | -                | -          | -                | -          | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |
| 19.      | Telangana                          | 37               | 0.40       | 31               | 0.38       | 8                | 0.11       | -                | -          | Data handled by State EMRS Societie |

| 20.   | Tripura       | 12   | 0.57   |   2 |   0.10 | 1   | 0.05   | -   | -    |
|-------|---------------|------|--------|-----|--------|-----|--------|-----|------|
| 21.   | Uttar Pradesh | 18   | 2.02   |   7 |   1.07 | 4   | 0.65   | 33  | 6.88 |
| 22.   | Uttarakhan d  | -    | -      |   1 |   0.1  | -   | -      | -   | -    |
| 23.   | West Bengal   | 5    | 0.16   |   8 |   0.28 | 3   | 0.12   | -   | -    |
|       | Grand Total   | 552  | 0.40   | 329 |   0.27 | 241 | 0.21   | 111 | 0.11 |

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