Lok Sabha Question No. 2680 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Rural Development in Tribal Areas in Maharashtra
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2680

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018

## RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRIBAL AREAS IN MAHARASHTRA

## 2680.   SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of various rural development schemes being implemented in various tribal areas of Maharashtra;
- (b) the quantum of funds allocated for the said purpose, scheme-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to give ownership rights to the tribal people living in forest land in rural areas of the State and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to construct roads and other infrastructure facilities in the above mentioned areas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) & (b): The Ministry of Rural Development, inter alia, is implementing Mahatma Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  and  National  Social  Assistance  Programme  (NSAP)    to  bring  about overall  improvement  in  the  quality  of  life  of  the  people  in  rural  areas  including  tribal  areas  of Maharashtra through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance and other basic amenities. The Ministry  has  been  earmarking  funds  towards  Scheduled  Tribe  Component  (STC)  (erstwhile Tribal Sub Plan) under PMAY-G and DAY-NRLM.

Under PMAY-G 60% of the target allocated are being earmarked for SCs/STs subject to availability  of  eligible  PMAY-G beneficiaries as  per  SECC  2011  through  a  saturation approach. The  total  fund  allocated  to  the  State  of  Maharashtra  under  PMAY-G  for  the  year  2017-18  and 2018-19  is  Rs.  113019.38  lakh  and  51954.74  lakh  respectively.  DAY-NRLM  ensures  adequate coverage  of  vulnerable  sections  of  the  society  such  that  at  least  50%  of  the  beneficiaries  are members  of  the  Scheduled  Castes  and  Scheduled  Tribes,  keeping  in  view  the  overall  target  of 100% coverage of the rural poor households identified through SECC and through participatory processes  of  identification  of  poor  households  and  approved  by  Gram  Sabha.  The  total  fund allocated to the State of Maharashtra under DAY-NRLM for the year 2017-18 and 2018-19 is Rs. 15902.89 lakh and 22106.73 lakh respectively.

(c) :  Scheduled  Tribes  and Other  Traditional Forest  Dwellers (Recognition of  Forest  Rights) Act,  2006  recognize  and  vest  the  forest  rights  and  occupation  in  forest  land  in  forest  dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded; and to provide for a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land.

(d) & (e):  Major  rural  development  programmes  implemented  by  the  Ministry  under  which rural infrastructures are created are PMGSY, PMAY-G and MGNREGA. These schemes are being implemented across the rural areas of the country, including Maharashtra. PMGSY is a one-time special  intervention  of  Government  to  provide  connectivity  by  way  of  a  single  all-weather  road with necessary culverts and cross drainage structures, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the core  network.  The  programme  envisages  connecting  all  eligible  unconnected  habitations  with  a population  of  500  persons  and  above  (as  per  2001  Census)  in  plain  areas  and  250  persons  and above  (as  per  2001  Census)  in  Special  Category  States  (Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur, Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Sikkim,Tripura  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and Uttarakhand),  Tribal  (Schedule-V)  areas,  the  Desert  Areas  (as  identified  in  Desert  Development Programme) and in Selected Tribal and Backward Districts (as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/Planning  Commission).  For  most  intensive  IAP  blocks,  as  identified  by  Ministry  of  Home Affairs, the unconnected habitations with population 100 and above (as per 2001 Census) are eligible to be covered under PMGSY. PMGSY also permits upgradation (to prescribed standards) of existing rural roads in districts where all the eligible habitations of the designated population size have been provided all weather road connectivity.

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