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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3304
TO BE ANSWERED ON-12/03/2026
Hostels for Boys and Girls of Scheduled Tribes
3304. Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade:
Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is providing financial assistance under the Centrally Sponsored
Scheme of Hostels for Scheduled Tribe Boys and Girls and if so, the details thereof;
(b) the total amount granted by the Government and the amount spent by various States there
under during the last three years;
(c) whether the Government has constituted any monitoring committee for supervision and
evaluation of the said Scheme; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS
(SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)
(a): The Ministry of Tribal Affairs’ (MoTA) is providing 100% financial assistance under the
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Dharti Aaba Janjatiya 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.
(b): 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)
PAC Approved Fund Released (In
S. No. State
amount (In Lakhs) 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 4407 J&K 116.68 116.68
8 Jharkhand 11825 3760
9 Kerala 550 46.86
10 Madhya Pradesh 44751.06 9543.73
11 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
(c): No Sir.
(d): In view of (c), does not arise.
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