Hostels for Boys and Girls of Scheduled Tribes
Hostels for Boys and Girls of Scheduled Tribes
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 (In Lakhs)
Fund Released (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
9543.73
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