Establishment of EMRS in Tribal-Dominated Areas

Ministry of Tribal Affairs Establishment of EMRS in Tribal-Dominated Areas

Posted On: 24 JUL 2025 5:45PM by PIB Delhi Replying to the un-starred questions of Shri Giridhari Yadav & others, the Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed lok sabha today that The State and district-wise details of the Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) sanctioned, functional and building completed are at Annexure-I.

Details of expenditure incurred on EMRSs is as under :

1. The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) has been established as an autonomous society under Ministry of Tribal Affairs to establish, endow, maintain, control and manage the EMRSs across the country. Ministry released funds to NESTS. Funds under Grant-in-Aid–Creation of Capital Assets are released by NESTS based on the physical and financial progress of construction activities and as per actual requirements. The financial allocation for the construction of each EMRS is:

• ₹38.60 crore for schools located in plain areas, and • ₹48.00 crore for those in hilly, North Eastern, and Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas.

2. NESTS released a recurring grant of ₹1,09,000 per student per annum till FY 2024-25 and Rs. 147062/- from FY 2025-26 per student per annum under Grant-in-Aid–General, towards the operational and maintenance expenses of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs).

3. For the upgradation of existing schools sanctioned under Article 275(1), an amount of ₹5.00 crore per school is sanctioned for the each EMRS.

In Union Budget of 2018-19, Government of India announced that to provide quality education to the tribal children in their own environment, EMRSs will be established in every block having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons (as per census 2011). Accordingly, EMRSs are approved by the Union Cabinet. Since, the twin criteria for EMRS is not fulfilled in Purnia, Bihar and Kudligi Taluk of Vijaynagar district of Karnataka, no EMRS has been sanctioned in these blocks.

Annexure I State and District-wise details of EMRSs E M R S No. of EMRSs B u i l d i n g S.No. State/UT and Districts sanctioned Functional Completed 1 Andhra Pradesh- Total 28 28 21 1 Alluri Sitharama Raju 17 17 11 2 Eluru 1 1 1 3 ManyamParavathipuram 5 5 4 4 Prakasam 1 1 1 5 SPS Nellore 1 1 1 6 Srikakulam 1 1 1 7 Tirupathi 2 2 2 2 Arunachal Pradesh- Total 10 5 7 1 East Kameng 2 1 12 KurungKumey 1 1 1 3 Lohit 1 - 1 4 Lower Dibang Valley 1 - 1 5 Lower Subansiri 1 - - 6 Papum Pare - - - 7 Tawang 1 1 1 8 Tirap 1 1 1 9 West Siang 2 1 1 3 Assam- Total 17 1 6 1 Baksa 3 1 2 2 Barpeta 1 - 1 3 Dhemaji 1 - 1 4 Dima Hasao 4 - 1 5 Goalpara 1 - - 6 Kamrup 1 - - 7 KarbiAnglong 3 - 1 8 Kokrajhar 1 - - 9 Udalguri 1 - - 10 West KarbiAnglong 1 - - 4 Bihar- Total 3 2 2 1 Jamui 1 1 1 2 Kaimur (Bhabua) 1 - - 3 West Champaran 1 1 1 5 Chhattisgarh- Total 75 75 31 1 Balod 1 1 1 2 Baloda Bazar 1 1 1 3 Balrampur 6 6 1 4 Bastar 6 6 2 5 Bijapur 4 4 1 6 Dantewada 4 4 1 7 Dhamtari 1 1 1 8 Gariyaband 2 2 1 9 GaurellaPendraMarwahi 3 3 2 10 JanjgirChampa 1 1 1 11 Jashpur 6 6 2 12 Kabirdham 1 1 1 13 Kanker 5 5 2 14 Kondagaon 5 5 1 15 Korba 3 3 1 16 Korea 3 3 117 Mahasamund 1 1 1 18 Mungeli 1 1 1 19 Narayanpur 2 2 1 20 Raigarh 4 4 2 21 Rajnandgaon 3 3 2 22 Sukma 3 3 1 23 Surajpur 4 4 1 24 Surguja 5 5 2 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu- 6 1 1 - Total 1 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1 - 7 Gujarat- Total 47 38 25 1 Arvalli 2 2 2 2 Banas Kantha 3 3 2 3 Bharuch 2 2 1 4 ChhotaUdepur 4 3 2 5 Dahod 7 5 3 6 Mahisagar 2 2 1 7 Narmada 5 4 2 8 Navsari 2 1 1 9 Panch Mahals 1 1 1 10 Sabar Kantha 3 3 1 11 Surat 4 3 1 12 Tapi 5 3 3 13 The Dangs 3 2 2 14 Vadodara 1 1 1 15 Valsad 3 3 2 8 Himachal Pradesh- Total 4 4 1 1 Chamba 2 2 - 2 Kinnaur 1 1 1 3 Lahaul and Spiti 1 1 - 9 Jammu & Kashmir- Total 6 6 2 1 Anantnag 1 1 1 2 Bandipora 1 1 - 3 Kulgam 1 1 1 4 Poonch 1 1 - 5 Rajouri 2 2 - 10 Jharkhand- Total 90 51 50 1 Chatra 1 1 1 2 Dhanbad 1 1 13 Dumka 5 3 4 4 East Singhbum 5 4 4 5 Garhwa 1 1 1 6 Giridih 1 1 1 7 Godda 1 1 1 8 Gumla 12 1 2 9 Jamtara 1 1 1 10 Khunti 6 4 4 11 Latehar 4 3 3 12 Lohardaga 6 5 5 13 Pakur 3 2 2 14 Palamu 1 1 1 15 Ranchi 9 5 5 16 Sahebganj 5 1 1 17 SaraikelaKharsawan 3 1 2 18 Simdega 9 3 3 19 West Singhbhum 16 12 8 11 Karnataka- Total 12 12 12 1 Ballari 1 1 1 2 Belagavi 1 1 1 3 Chamarajanagar 1 1 1 4 Chikkamagaluru 1 1 1 5 Chitradurga 1 1 1 6 Kalaburagi 1 1 1 7 Kodagu 1 1 1 8 Kolar 1 1 1 9 Mysuru 1 1 1 10 Raichur 1 1 1 11 Tumakuru 1 1 1 12 Yadgir 1 1 1 12 Kerala- Total 4 4 2 1 Idukki 1 1 1 2 Kasargod 1 1 - 3 Palakkad 1 1 - 4 Wayanad 1 1 1 13 Ladakh- Total 3 - - 1 Kargil 2 - - 2 Leh 1 - - 14 Madhya Pradesh- Total 71 63 47 1 Alirajpur 4 4 32 Anuppur 2 1 1 3 Balaghat 2 2 2 4 Barwani 6 5 3 5 Betul 4 3 1 6 Bhopal 1 1 - 7 Burhanpur 1 1 - 8 Chhindwara 4 4 4 9 Dhar 7 5 4 10 Dindori 4 4 2 11 Guna 1 1 1 12 Harda 1 1 1 13 Hoshangabad 1 1 1 14 Indore 2 2 1 15 Jabalpur 3 3 2 16 Jhabua 4 4 4 17 Khandwa 1 1 1 18 Khargone 4 2 3 19 Mandla 5 5 2 20 Ratlam 2 2 2 21 Satna 2 2 2 22 Sehore 1 1 1 23 Seoni 2 1 1 24 Shahdol 3 3 1 25 Sheopur 1 1 1 26 Sidhi 1 1 1 27 Singrauli 1 1 1 28 Umaria 1 1 1 15 Maharashtra- Total 39 37 18 1 Ahmednagar 1 1 1 2 Amravati 2 2 1 3 Chandrapur 1 1 1 4 Dhule 2 2 1 5 Gadchiroli 7 7 1 6 Gondia 1 1 1 7 Nagpur 1 1 1 8 Nanded 1 1 1 9 Nandurbar 6 6 2 10 Nashik 8 8 5 11 Palghar 7 5 1 12 Thane 1 1 113 Yavatmal 1 1 1 16 Manipur- Total 21 5 5 1 Chandel 2 - - 2 Churachandpur 4 1 1 3 Kamjong 1 1 1 4 Kangpokpi 3 1 1 5 Pherzawl 1 - - 6 Senapati 3 - - 7 Tamenglong 4 1 1 8 Tengnoupal 1 1 1 9 Ukhrul 2 - - 17 Meghalaya- Total 37 - 2 1 East Garo Hills 3 - 1 2 East Jaintia Hills 2 - - 3 East Khasi Hills 7 - - 4 North Garo Hills 2 - - 5 Ri Bhoi 3 - 1 6 South Garo Hills 4 - - 7 South West Garo Hills 2 - - 8 South West Khasi Hills 2 - - 9 West Garo Hills 5 - - 10 West Jaintia Hills 3 - - 11 West Khasi Hills 4 - - 18 Mizoram- Total 17 11 9 1 Aizawl 3 2 1 2 Champhai 3 1 1 3 Kolasib 1 1 1 4 Lawngtlai 2 2 2 5 Lunglei 3 1 1 6 Mamit 2 1 - 7 Serchhip 1 1 1 8 Siaha 2 2 2 19 Nagaland- Total 22 3 3 1 Mon 2 1 1 2 Dimapur 2 1 1 3 Kiphire 1 - - 4 Kohima 3 - - 5 Longleng 1 - - 6 Mokokchung 5 - - 7 Peren 2 - -8 Phek 1 - - 9 Tuensang 3 1 1 10 Wokha 1 - - 11 Zunheboto 1 - - 20 Odisha- Total 111 47 51 1 Balangir 1 1 1 2 Balasore 1 1 1 3 Deogarh 1 1 1 4 Dhenkanal 1 - - 5 Gajapati 5 3 2 6 Jajapur 1 1 1 7 Jharsuguda 2 1 1 8 Kalahandi 2 2 2 9 Kandhamal 10 2 2 10 Kendujhar 8 3 5 11 Koraput 12 5 5 12 Malkangiri 6 3 3 13 Mayurbhanj 23 13 16 14 Nabarangpur 8 1 1 15 Nuapada 1 1 1 16 Rayagada 9 3 2 17 Sambalpur 4 1 1 18 Sundargarh 16 5 6 21 Rajasthan- Total 31 30 30 1 Alwar 2 2 2 2 Banswara 6 6 6 3 Baran 1 1 1 4 Dungarpur 4 4 4 5 Jaipur 2 1 1 6 Karauli 1 1 1 7 Pratapgarh 4 4 4 8 Sawai Madhopur 1 1 1 9 Sirohi 1 1 1 10 Tonk 1 1 1 11 Udaipur 8 8 8 22 Sikkim- Total 4 4 4 1 Gyalshing 1 1 1 2 Mangam 1 1 1 3 Namchi 1 1 1 4 Pakyong 1 1 123 Tamil Nadu- Total 8 8 7 1 Kalakuruchi (Villupuram) 1 1 1 2 Kanchipuram (Chengalpattu) 1 1 1 3 Namakkal 1 1 1 4 Salem 2 2 1 5 The Nilgiris 1 1 1 6 ThiruvannaMalai 1 1 1 7 Tirupattur 1 1 1 24 Telangana- Total 23 23 20 1 Adilabad 3 3 3 2 BhadradriKothagudem 7 7 5 3 Kamareddy 1 1 1 4 Khammam 1 1 1 5 KomaramBheemAsifabad 1 1 1 6 Mahabubabad 5 5 4 7 Mahabubnagar 1 1 1 8 Nagarkurnool 1 1 1 9 Nizamabad 1 1 1 10 RajannaSircilla 2 2 2 25 Tripura- Total 21 6 9 1 Dhalai 4 1 2 2 Gomati 6 2 3 3 Khowai 3 1 2 4 North Tripura 3 - - 5 Sepahijala 1 - - 6 Unakoti 1 1 1 7 West Tripura 3 1 1 26 Uttar Pradesh- Total 4 3 4 1 Bahraich 1 1 1 2 Kheri 1 1 1 3 Lalitpur 1 - 1 4 Sonbhadra 1 1 1 27 Uttarakhand- Total 4 4 2 1 Dehradun 2 2 1 2 Udam Singh Nagar 2 2 1 28 West Bengal- Total 8 8 7 1 Bankura 1 1 1 2 Birbhum 1 1 1 3 Dakshin Dinajpur 1 1 1 4 Jalpaiguri 1 1 15 Jhargram 1 1 1 6 Kalimpong 1 1 - 7 Paschim Bardhaman 1 1 1 8 Purulia 2 1 1 Grand Total 722 479 377 **** RN (Release ID: 2147872)