Question : Hostels for Eklavya Model Residential School

(a) the details of the setting up/construction of buildings/hostels for Eklavya Model Residential Schools in the country including Maharashtra and Rajasthan along with the funds allocated for this purpose during the said period, year-wise, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government is considering to set up Eklavya Residential School in all the tribal tehsils of Maharashtra and Rajasthan including Madha Lok Sabha constituency of Maharashtra and Dhod and Ahore tehsils of Sikar and Jalore districts respectively in Rajasthan in view of educational backwardness of these districts; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

(a): As on 15.09.2020, there are 566 sanctioned Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) across the country, out of which 285 schools have been made functional. EMRS are fully residential and therefore have provisions of hostels for boy and girl students. The state-wise numbers of EMRSs sanctioned in the country alongwith release of funds during 2019-20 including Maharashtra and Rajasthan is at Annexure.
(b) & (c): As per budget announcement 2018-19, every block having 50% or more ST population and at least 20,000 ST persons is to have an EMRS by the year 2022. Based on this criteria, 9 more blocks in Maharashtra and 1 more block in Rajasthan are to be sanctioned new EMRSs upto the year 2022 as indicated.
State Sl. No. District Sub-District / Block
Maharashtra 1. Amravati Dharni
2. Dhule Sakri
3. Nandurbar Talode
4. Nashik Dindori
5. Nashik Peint
6. Nashik Trimbakeshwar
7. Palghar Vikramgad
8. Palghar Mokhada
9. Palghar Vada
Rajasthan 1. Udaipur Kherwara



Annexure

Annexure as referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.†1185 for answer on 19.09.2020 asked by Shri Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare: Shri Sumedhanand Saraswati: Shri Devji M. Patel: Shri Ranjeetsingh Hindurao Naik Nimbalkar regarding “Hostels for Eklavya Model Residential School”

Sl. No State/UT No of Schools Sanctioned No of Functional Schools Funds released during 2019-20
(Rs. In lakh)
1 Andhra Pradesh 19 19 5198.31
2 Arunachal Pradesh 10 2 3239.25
3 Assam 10 1 3059.04
4 Bihar 2 0 0.00
5 Chhattisgarh 71 42 13052.49
6 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 1 0 0.00
7 Gujarat 35 35 13870.04
8 Himachal Pradesh 4 4 2540.08
9 Jammu & Kashmir 6 0 2400.00
10 Jharkhand 78 13 8828.22
11 Karnataka 12 10 4867.77
12 Kerala 4 2 633.29
13 Ladakh 2 0 0.00
14 Madhya Pradesh 63 45 31006.60
15 Maharashtra 30 24 5629.87
16 Manipur 15 3 4050.60
17 Meghalaya 15 0 0.00
18 Mizoram 17 2 3931.64
19 Nagaland 19 3 1934.71
20 Odisha 57 19 4743.00
21 Rajasthan 30 18 9258.00
22 Sikkim 4 4 2967.10
23 Tamil Nadu 8 8 6356.07
24 Telangana 23 16 7816.40
25 Tripura 16 5 2472.64
26 Uttar Pradesh 4 2 1147.09
27 Uttarakhand 3 1 1128.37
28 West Bengal 8 7 4301.25
Grand Total 566 285 144431.83