Hostels for Boys and Girls of Scheduled Tribes

Ministry of Tribal Affairs Hostels for Boys and Girls of Scheduled Tribes

Posted On: 12 MAR 2026 4:36PM by PIB Delhi Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed Lok Sabha that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs’ (MoTA) is providing 100% financial assistance under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) launched by the Hon’ble PM on October 2, 2024 in 63,843 villages across 30 States/UTs to help facilitate access to education to the tribal students. DA- JGUA also has provision of setting up 1000 tribal hostels by the Department of Social Education & literacy (DoSEL) in schools which may or may not be necessarily tribal schools. Such hostels will be attached to any Government schools and funded as per the norms of Samgra Shiksha Abhiyan.

Total amount approved by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the amount released to various States/ UT under DAJGUA during inception of scheme i.e from 2024 is tabulated below:- State wise fund approved and released to States/ UT for construction of hostels under DAJGUA by

Ministry of Tribal Affairs is given below: - (From launch of scheme i.e 2024-25) S. No. State PAC Approved amount Fund Released (In Lakhs) (In Lakhs) 1 Andhra Pradesh 7539.13 1692.33 2 Arunachal Pradesh 275 197.04 3 Assam 12568 5858.8 4 Chhatisgarh 51150 0 5 Gujarat 10388 4714.2 6 Himachal Pradesh 1100 440 7 J&K 116.68 116.68 8 Jharkhand 11825 3760 9 Kerala 550 46.86 10 Madhya Pradesh 44751.06 9543.7311 Maharashtra 52795.10 19775.30 12 Odisha 22680 14665.8 13 Rajasthan 13691.77 4946.44 14 Sikkim 1,925.00 410.7 15 Tamil Nadu 2721.06 1198.18 16 Tripura 7270 463.65 **** RN/ (Release ID: 2238947) Visitor Counter : 53

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