- The first Ekalavya Model Residential Schools Sports Meet 2019 was inaugurated at Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on January 14, 2019.
- The three days National Sports Meet (January 14-16, 2019) was inaugurated by Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs.
- The event has been organised by Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society.
- The government of India is planning to establish EMRS in every block with more than 50% or more tribal population and 20,000 or more tribal persons. It plans to establish around 462 EMRSs by the year 2022 in addition to the 288 EMRSs already sanctioned.
