a. The land allocation for each school should be 20 acres of which upto 3.5 acres may be used for construction purposes. The remaining area must be maintained properly and a reasonable portion may be earmarked for sports/games.
b. The plan of the school must indicate a layout of the compound, including the kitchen, vegetable garden and plantation (fruits and nutritional trees like drumsticks (rnoringa/Sahjan), citrus) areas. States/UTs are encouraged to use fuel saving or renewable energy technologies in the school by availing of the schemes of the ministry of New & Renewable Energy.
c. The design of the EMRS must take certain essential components into account as well as local, environmental characteristics. A list of suggested essential components is at Annexure.
a. Capital Cost (non-recurring) -The capital cost for the school complex, including hostels and staff quarters will now be Rs. 12.00 crore with .a provision to go up to Rs. 16.00 crore in hill areas, deserts and islands. Any escalation will have to be met by State Government/UT.
b. Recurring Cost -Recurring cost during the first year for schools would be @ Rs. 42000/- per child. This may be raised by 10% every second year to compensate for inflation etc.
c. For procurement of essential, non-recurring items like furniture/equipment including for the kitchen, dining, hostel, recreation, garden etc. @ Rs. 10 lakh per school- will be allowed once in every 5 years, allowing for inflation.
d. The annual budget.for recurring expenditure shall be formulated and placed befori. the Management Committee for approval al: the end of the each financial year for the next year. The rates for calculation of recurring costs may be based on the prevaiiling rates sanctioned for the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya from time to time.
.e. The amount under recurring cost, due to each functioning EMRS, would be released by the State/UT Government to the bank account of the EMRS. The bank account: of each EMRS for this purpose may be opened jointly in the name of the Principal of the
EMRS and my members of the management committeewho is also a government official.