sje.gujarat.gov.in Shri Jugatram Dave Ashram Schools Scheme Gujarat : Department of Social Justice & Empowerment

Organization : Department of Social Justice & Empowerment
Service Name : Shri Jugatram Dave Ashram Schools Scheme
Applicable State: Gujarat
Website : http://www.sje.gujarat.gov.in/dscw/showpage.aspx?contentid=1481&lang=English

Shri Jugatram Dave Ashram School

There are 87 Ashram Schools functioning in the State accommodating 9330 students.

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Eligibility Criteria:
** Voluntary organizations recognized on grant-in-aid basis are sanctioned Ashram School with 30 students intake in the first year and thereafter gradual increase. The Ashram School becomes fully developed when strength of students reaches 120 numbers.

Pattern of Assistance:
** Maintenance allowance Rs.1500/- p.m. per student upto 10 months.
** Pay for 5 teachers (new appointments on the pattern of Vidhya Sahayak and on regular payscale after 5 years) (lumpsum salary of Rs.2500/- to the newly appointed teachers).
** Pay of non-teaching staff including one Cook, one Assistant Cook and one Kitchen Helper, One Kamathi (in the pay scale of Rs.2550 to 3200).
** One Kamathi (in the pay scale of Rs.2550 to 3200).
** Financial assistance for Building construction to the organizations having agricultural land.
** House rent up to Rs.150/- (up to 36 months)
** Non-recurring grant for library, to purchase animals, well, water-tank etc.
** Annual expenditure of one fully developed Ashram School is approximately Rs.12.00 lakhs.
** For newly appointed Class-IV employees, monthly pay is fixed lumpsum of Rs.1500/-

Subedar Ramji Ambedkar Scheme of Grant-In-Aid for hostels:
Grant to hostels run by voluntary organizations –
** At present there are 425 boys and 167 girls hostels, in all, 592 hostels are running.
** 13152 boys and 5722 girls accommodated (Total 18,874)
** Annual maintenance of one hostel – Rs.1,99,600/-

Pattern of Assistance:
** Maintenance grant @ Rs. 1500/- per month per inmate (for 10 months)
** Grant on pay of Grihpati (Hostel keeper) – Rs. 4500/- to Rs. 5500/-.
** Rs. 50/- per inmate for Panchayat areas (towards building rent)
** Rs. 70/- per inmate for Municipal area and Rs. 90/- for Municipal Corporation area.
** Rs. 2500/- for watchman (towards salary), Rs. 3000/- to cook (towards salary), Rs. 3000/- to Assistant Cook (towards salary).
** Grant is paid for electrification, sports equipments, library books, newspapers, periodicals etc.
** The organization which runs three or more such hostels, are being paid 5% administrative grant on the expenditure incurred on approved items.

About Us :
After the establishment of Gujarat State, provision has been made for giving equal opportunities to all and special care has been taken for the development of the weaker classes of the Country without any discrimination in the guiding principles of the people welfare oriented Constitution of India.

As mentioned in section-46 of the Constitution of India, special care shall be taken by the State Government for the educational development of weaker classes of the Country/Society especially Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

The Schemes for Scheduled Castes are among the below mentioned Development Oriented Groups :
1. Educational Schemes,
2. Schemes for Economic Development,
3. Health, Housing Schemes
4. Other Welfare Schemes.

Contact Us :
Shri K. D. Kapadia (IAS)
Director, Scheduled Caste Welfare
Block number – 4, 2nd Floor,
Dr.. Jivraj Mehta Bhavan,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India).