Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Ashram Schools For ST Students
Posted On:
18 DEC 2017 4:56PM by PIB Delhi
The scheme “Setting up of Ashram Schools in Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) Areas” is demand drivenand implemented through the State Governments/UTs. As per extant provisions of the Scheme, State Governments are eligible for 100% central share for construction of all Girls’ Ashram Schools and also for construction of Boys’ Ashram Schools in naxal affected areas. The funding pattern for the other Boys’ Ashram Schools is on 50:50 basis, while cent percent assistance is given to UTs for construction of both Girls’ and Boys’ Ashram Schools. The ashram schools are managed by the State concerned.
It has been proposed by the Government to discontinue the Scheme from 2018-19 and subsume the intervention in the scheme ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)’. The proposition has already been recommended by the Expenditure Finance Committee.
Amount of funds allocated under the Scheme “Setting up of Ashram Schools in Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) Areas” during last three years and current year are given below:
(Rs. in Lakh)
|
Year
|
Allocation / Release of Funds
|
|
2014-15
|
4524.00
|
|
2015-16
|
300.00
|
|
2016-17
|
0.00
|
|
2017-18
|
1000.00
|
|
Total
|
5824.00
|
About 155 projects for construction of Ashram Schools in various States have been completed during the three years and current year period.
State wise number of Ashram Schools supported by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and State Government for construction:-
|
State/UT
|
Number of Ashram Schools
|
|
Ashram Schools supported by Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA)
|
Ashram/Tribal Schools supported by States/UTs
|
Total
|
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
NIL
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
180
|
136
|
316
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
Non TSP State/UT. Hence not covered under Scheme.
|
|
Assam
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
Bihar
|
NIL
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
157
|
1058
|
1215
|
|
Daman & Diu
|
NIL
|
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
Non TSP State/UT. Hence not covered under Scheme.
|
|
Goa
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Gujarat
|
164
|
0
|
164
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
NIL
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
NIL
|
|
Jharkhand
|
11
|
83
|
94
|
|
Karnataka
|
28
|
5
|
33
|
|
Kerala
|
11
|
0
|
11
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
Non TSP State/UT. Hence not covered under Scheme.
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
405
|
784
|
1189
|
|
Maharashtra
|
95
|
463
|
558
|
|
Manipur
|
NIL
|
5
|
5
|
|
Meghalaya
|
Non TSP State/UT. Hence not covered under Scheme.
|
|
Mizoram
|
Non TSP State/UT. Hence not covered under Scheme.
|
|
Nagaland
|
Non TSP State/UT. Hence not covered under Scheme.
|
|
Odisha
|
97
|
684
|
781
|
|
Rajasthan
|
9
|
10
|
19
|
|
Sikkim
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
NIL
|
|
Tripura
|
24
|
29
|
53
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
7
|
5
|
12
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
12
|
10
|
22
|
|
West Bengal
|
NIL
|
|
Total
|
1205
|
3272
|
4477
|
This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on 18.12.2017 (Monday).
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