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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

 

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