Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Over 1.23 Lakh students enrolled in Eklavya Model Residential Schools in 2023-24; 405 EMRSs functional across the country

Posted On: 07 AUG 2024 3:01PM by PIB Delhi

At present, a total number of 708 Eklavya Model residential Schools (EMRSs) have been sanctioned across the country, out of which 405 schools are reported to be functional. The State-wise details of the total sanctioned EMRSs are provided below:

Sl. No.

State / UT

No. of EMRSs Sanctioned

No. of EMRSs Functional

1

Andhra Pradesh

28

28

2

Arunachal Pradesh

10

5

3

Assam

15

1

4

Bihar

3

0

5

Chhattisgarh

75

74

6

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

1

1

7

Gujarat

45

34

8

Himachal Pradesh

4

4

9

Jammu & Kashmir

6

6

10

Jharkhand

89

7

11

Karnataka

12

12

12

Kerala

4

4

13

Ladakh

3

0

14

Madhya Pradesh

70

63

15

Maharashtra

37

37

16

Manipur

21

3

17

Meghalaya

35

0

18

Mizoram

17

6

19

Nagaland

22

3

20

Odisha

108

32

21

Rajasthan

31

30

22

Sikkim

4

4

23

Tamil Nadu

8

8

24

Telangana

23

23

25

Tripura

21

6

26

Uttar Pradesh

4

3

27

Uttarakhand

4

4

28

West Bengal

8

7

Grand Total

708

405

Under the new scheme of EMRS, Ministry releases funds to National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), the autonomous society created in the year 2019 under the Ministry to manage and implement the scheme of EMRS, and NESTS further releases funds to States/ UTs/ PSUs/ Construction Agencies/ State Societies as per their requirements for construction of EMRSs and recurring cost for running of the schools. Prior to 2020-21, this scheme was a component under Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India and no separate budget allocation was made for the scheme of EMRS. Budget allocation under new EMRS scheme from 2020-21 onwards are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

Financial Year

BE

RE

Expenditure

2020-21

1313.23

1200.00

1199.98

2021-22

1418.04

1057.74

1057.74

2022-23

2000.0

2000.00

1999.98

2023-24

5943.00

2471.81

2447.61

2024-25

6399.00

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1719.76

The number of students enrolled in EMRSs since 2019-20 to 2023-24 is as under:

Academic year

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

Student Enrolment

in EMRSs

73391

90520

105463

113275

123841

This was informed by UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS, SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY, in written replies to questions in Rajya Sabha today.

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VM

(Rajya Sabha US Q1900)



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