STATUS OF EMRSs IN WEST BENGAL

Ministry of Tribal Affairs STATUS OF EMRSs IN WEST BENGAL प्रव तथ: 13 AUG 2026 2:10PM by PIB Delhi The Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri. Durgadas Uikey informed today in Lok Sabha that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing the scheme of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) for providing quality education to tribal students in their own environment preserving local art and culture.

EMRS are established in tribal dominated blocks having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons, as per Census 2011. As on date, 728 EMRSs have been approved out of which 508 are functional across the country. In West Bengal 9 EMRSs have been approved and all are functional. None of the blocks in Alipurduar districts fulfil the prescribed criteria for establishing EMRS.

National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, provides overall policy direction, academic support, monitoring, capacity building, recruitment, standardization of processes and implementation of the EMRS Scheme across the country. State EMRS Societies oversee the implementation, administration and day-to-day management of EMRSs within their jurisdictions. District Level EMRS Committees, under the Chairmanship of the District Collector/District Magistrates do local oversight and resolve local implementation issues.

The status of sanctioned, operational and under construction EMRSs in West Bengal, district wise is given at Annexure.

Annexure Annexure as referred in part (a) to (e) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred question No. 4238 for

13.08.2026 raised by Shri Manoj Tigga regarding "STATUS OF EMRSs IN WEST BENGAL" The status of sanctioned, operational and under construction EMRSs in West Bengal, district wise S. District Block/ Taluka Functioning Construction Status Enrolment 2025- No. Status 26 1 Bankura Khatra Functional Completed 430 2 Birbhum Bolpur Functional Completed 385 Sriniketan 3 Dakshin Bansihari Functional Completed 441 Dinajpur 4 Jalpaiguri Nagrakata Functional Completed 479 5 Jhargram Jhargram Functional Completed 4646 Kalimpong Kalimpong Functional In Progress 125 7 Paschim Kanksa Functional Completed 414 Bardhaman 8 Purulia Bundwan Functional Pre-Construction Stage 9 Purulia Manbazar - II Functional Completed 414 Total 3152 RN/ ***** (रलीज़ आईडी: 2298805) आगंतुक पटल : 205 इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Urdu , ही , Bengali