Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed today in Lok Sabha that as on date, 508 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) are functional across the country. State and UT-wise status of functional EMRSs is given at Annexure.

In the State of Odisha, 114 EMRSs have been sanctioned out of which 47 EMRSs are functional. None of the blocks in Dhenkanal and Angul districts fulfil the prescribed criteria for establishing EMRS as per existing scheme guidelines.

Annexure

Annexure as referred in part (a) to (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred question No. †4345 for 13.08.2026 raised by Shri Rudra Narayan Pany regarding "FUNCTIONAL EMRSs "

State-wise and UT-wise status of functional EMRSs

Sl. No.	State	Functional EMRSs
1	Andhra Pradesh	28
2	Arunachal Pradesh	5
3	Assam	6
4	Bihar	2
5	Chhattisgarh	75
6	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	1
7	Gujarat	44
8	Himachal Pradesh	4
9	Jammu & Kashmir	6
10	Jharkhand	51
11	Karnataka	12
12	Kerala	4
13	Ladakh	-
14	Madhya Pradesh	71
15	Maharashtra	37
16	Manipur	5
17	Meghalaya	2
18	Mizoram	11
19	Nagaland	3
20	Odisha	47
21	Rajasthan	31
22	Sikkim	4
23	Tamil Nadu	8
24	Telangana	23
25	Tripura	12
26	Uttar Pradesh	3
27	Uttarakhand	4
28	West Bengal	9
	Total	508

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