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BUDGET MORE THAN DOUBLED To give further impetus to Eklavya Model Residential
It is the result of the government's thinking about Schools (EMRS), it has been decided to set up 740
the development of tribes that the budget of the Eklavya Model Schools in each block with more than
Ministry of Tribal Affairs increased from Rs 3850 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal people
crore in 2014-15 to Rs 8407 crore in 2022-23 by the year 2026.

TRIBAL PRIDE DAY TRIBAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Tribal Pride Day was declared on November 15, the birth Since 2014, 10 tribal research institutes have
anniversary of Birsa Munda, a respected tribal god. been approved in the country. These research
institutes are being established in Andhra Pradesh,
TRIBAL MUSEUM Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim,
10 tribal freedom fighter museums are coming Meghalaya, and Goa. Work on three of these
up across the country. In this, the tribals institutes has been completed, and work on the rest
fought to protect their forests, land rights, is in progress.
and culture, and they sacrificed their bravery,
which is important for nation building. These
museums are in Gujarat, Jharkhand, Andhra
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,
Telangana, Manipur, Mizoram, and Goa.

EKLAVYA MODEL SCHOOL

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation
stone of 50 new Eklavya Model Residential Schools
in 27 districts on the occasion of Tribal Pride Day
under the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi.

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