Hyderabad, April 2 -- As many as 832 schools have been selected in Telangana under the PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) program as of March 25 this year and Rs 116.06 crore have been utilised, including central and state funds, Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary said in the Lok Sabha.

He was replying to a question raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mahabubnagar DK Aruna.

Out of the 832 schools, 38 are central government schools - 29 Kendriya Vidyalayas and nine Navodaya Vidyalayas.

The PM SHRI scheme aims to saturate schools across the country with components of the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and make them a benchmark for other schools.

Under the scheme, schools are provided with computer labs...