Parliament Question: Status of EMRSs and Vacancies

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1042 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026 STATUS OF EMRSs AND VACANCIES

1042. SMT. BAG MITALI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of funds (in Rs.) sanctioned, allocated and utilised under Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) since the inception of the scheme, States/UT-wise and year- wise;

(b) the details of faculty and non-faculty sanctioned and vacant posts in EMRSs as of, 01 January 2026, category-wise and State-wise;

(c) the number of EMRSs with no faculty, less than 10 faculty members and less than 20 faculty members, category-wise; and

(d) the details/numbers of the dropout of students of EMRS since the inception of the scheme, year-wise and State-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

(a) Details of funds Sanctioned and released under the scheme of EMRS over the years

are as under:

Rs. in Crore Sr. Financial Funds Allocated Actual Expenditure No. Year (RE) 1 2019-20 - - 2 2020-21 1,200.00 936.28 3 2021-22 1,153.00 1,322.78 4 2022-23 1,999.90 2,014.95 5 2023-24 2,471.81 2,446,24 6 2024-25 4,748.92 4,713,21 7 2025-26 4,900.00 3,390.38(Till 22.01.2026) The State-wise/Union Territory-wise and year-wise funds released for the establishment and operation of EMRS since inception till 22.01.2026 are given at Annexure I.

(b) & (c) 31 teaching posts and 21 non-teaching posts are sanctioned per EMRS for EMRSs with classes upto class 12th having a full strength of 480 students. NESTS carried out its first drive for direct recruitment of 10391 posts through ESSE-2023 and selected teaching and non-teaching staff have been posted in various EMRSs. In addition to the direct recruitment, NESTS also has advised State Governments to depute staff on deputation.

Further, directions have been issued to State EMRS Societies to engage guest teachers against vacancies, and non-teaching staff on outsourcing basis/local engagement, so that academic activities are not hampered.

(d) The State/UT-wise details of dropout rates of students for the last five years are given at Annexure II.Annexure I ANNEXURE AS REFERRED IN PART (A) OF THE REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1042 FOR 05.02.2026 RAISED BY SMT. BAG MITALI REGARDING “STATUS OF EMRSs AND VACANCIES” STATE-WISE/UNION TERRITORY-WISE AND YEARWISE FUNDS RELEASED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF EMRS SINCE INCEPTION TILL 22.01.2026 Rs. In lakhs S.No Name of the 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 State/UT 1 Andhra Pradesh 6,199.12 14,591.28 12,600.57 10,795.05 23,669.35 20,396.61 2 Arunachal 200.24 119.54 1,010.87 693.91 2,021.21 3,937.14 Pradesh (NE) 3 Assam (NE) 750.00 1,800.00 1,433.65 2,732.67 10,654.29 11,409.47 4 Bihar 10.00 - - 8.95 34.12 1,948.30 5 Chhattisgarh 6,968.12 13,259.66 19,435.93 15,888.89 86,649.55 37,597.79 6 Dadra & Nagar 95.70 252.55 568.22 163.45 353.32 4,516.78 Haveli 7 NESTS 1,406.04 2,523.79 4,438.96 14,129.47 9,376.35 436.65 Headquarters 8 Gujarat 4,755.86 1,060.00 10,088.95 15,667.55 27,444.15 20,066.54 9 Himachal 255.06 599.11 483.18 829.76 1,616.71 1,382.67 Pradesh 10 Jammu & - 392.40 1,200.00 891.40 824.19 970.08 Kashmir 11 Jharkhand 2,205.73 11,309.20 23,562.27 23,915.13 64,305.31 55,355.44 12 Karnataka 2,495.83 3,672.86 1,768.84 2,677.67 7,933.24 3,926.78 13 Kerala - 229.56 1,515.66 249.00 1,252.21 1,433.67 14 Ladakh - 10.00 450.00 800.00 17.41 400.00 15 Madhya Pradesh 14,459.36 3,560.00 31,817.79 13,157.19 37,339.69 34,484.85 16 Maharashtra 2,787.16 4,393.74 12,919.16 8,525.91 30,489.87 16,788.02 17 Manipur 1,268.00 398.08 2,369.98 3,044.92 2,397.58 12,692.25 18 Meghalaya (NE) 1,123.45 1,100.00 800.00 21,014.66 31,942.72 9,145.53 19 Mizoram 3,283.73 6,085.41 2,094.54 1,242.52 14,619.30 3,421.03 20 Nagaland 5,885.51 9,481.60 557.71 18,377.12 698.27 534.61 21 Odisha 6,174.27 10,648.82 28,164.31 48,934.80 64,965.47 51,916.13 22 Rajasthan 12,944.17 18,214.71 19,463.30 13,687.79 14,322.63 11,462.41 23 Sikkim 800.33 1,037.88 1,047.35 1,118.83 1,058.36 1,239.46 24 Tamil Nadu 1,225.14 1,190.62 1,098.78 1,099.80 1,738.95 2,797.39 25 Telangana 9,517.30 19,695.52 12,794.53 14,276.17 16,813.70 12,450.42 26 Tripura 6,064.89 5,715.44 6,435.19 6,670.35 11,728.87 13,779.31 27 Uttar Pradesh 386.68 337.49 596.23 624.14 1,384.63 1,012.34 28 Uttarakhand 321.28 598.39 474.95 1,537.53 3,880.32 2,636.34 29 West Bengal 2,062.45 - 2,303.67 1,869.70 1,789.50 900.00 Total 93,645.42 1,32,277.67 2,01,494.59 2,44,624.33 4,71,321.28 3,39,038.01Annexure II ANNEXURE AS REFERRED IN PART (D) OF THE REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1042 FOR 05.02.2026 RAISED BY SMT. BAG MITALI REGARDING “STATUS OF EMRSs AND VACANCIES” THE STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF DROPOUT RATES OF STUDENTS 2020- 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 21 S. No. State No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of % StudentDropouStudentDropouStudentDropouStudentDropou s t s t s t s t Andhra

1. 66 0.67 7 0.08 - - - - Pradesh Chhattisgar

2. 88 0.36 46 0.21 17 0.09 2 0.01 h Dadra & Nagar

3. Haveli and 5 1.45 - - - - - - Daman & Diu

4. Gujarat 7 0.06 20 0.18 6 0.05 - - Himachal

5. 2 0.22 - - - - - - Pradesh Jammu & Data

6. 3 0.33 1 0.17 - - - - Kashmir handled

7. Jharkhand 6 0.18 5 0.16 30 0.94 25 0.82 by State EMRS

8. Karnataka 9 0.20 2 0.05 9 0.22 23 0.57 Societie

9. Kerala - - - - - - - - s Madhya

10. 71 0.28 42 0.18 101 0.42 14 0.06 Pradesh Maharashtr

11. 68 0.67 24 0.27 8 0.10 3 0.04 a

12. Manipur 6 0.42 7 0.49 1 0.07 1 0.07

13. Mizoram 13 0.69 1 0.08 - - - -

14. Nagaland 1 0.13 3 0.42 - - 2 0.30

15. Odisha 87 0.75 84 0.87 24 0.28 6 0.08

16. Rajasthan 45 0.47 23 0.27 29 0.35 2 0.03

17. Sikkim 2 0.16 1 0.08 - - - - Tamil

18. 1 0.04 14 0.63 - - - - Nadu

19. Telangana 37 0.40 31 0.38 8 0.11 - -20. Tripura 12 0.57 2 0.10 1 0.05 - - Uttar

21. 18 2.02 7 1.07 4 0.65 33 6.88 Pradesh Uttarakhan

22. - - 1 0.10 - - - - d West

23. 5 0.16 8 0.28 3 0.12 - - Bengal Grand 552 0.40 329 0.27 241 0.21 111 0.11 Total *****