Lok Sabha Question No. 3121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Model Tribal Research Institute
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3121 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018

## MODEL TRIBAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

## 3121: SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is fact that the Government is planning to conduct a review of operational conditions of the existing Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) across India, if so, the details thereof along with the number of TRIs operational in the country;
- (b) whether it is a fact that the conditions of the TRIs need to be improved and if so, the details of the TRIs and the action to be taken by the Government to improve the conditions of the TRIs;
- (c) whether Government has any plan to make model TRIs and if so, the details thereof along with the list of TRIs which are going to Model ones; and
- (d) whether Government has any plan to increase the number of TRIs in the country and if so, the State and UT-wise details where New TRIs are going to be opened?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS ( SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR )

(a)  &  (b)  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  (MoTA)  has  revised  Guidelines  for  the  Scheme  'Support  to  Tribal Research Institute (TRI)' in December 2017. It has been envisaged that TRIs should focus on their core responsibilities as body of knowledge & research, and for tribal development, preservation of tribal cultural heritage,  providing  inputs  to  States  for  evidence  based  planning  and  appropriate  legislations,  capacity building of tribals and persons/ institutions associated with tribal affairs, dissemination of information and creation  of  awareness.  The  annual  outlay  of  the  Scheme  'Support  to  Tribal  Research  Institute  (TRI)' enhanced from Rs. 21.00 crore in 2016-17 to Rs. 80.00 crore in 2017-18 and Rs. 100.00 crore in 2018-19. The scheme is demand driven.    MoTA is focussing on strengthening of all TRIs in terms of infrastructure and their delivery of output. Presently, the TRIs in 24 States and 1UT are receiving support of Ministry of Tribal Affairs based on the proposals received from them with the approval of duly constituted APEX level Committee subject to availability of funds under the Scheme 'Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs)'. List of TRIs is at Annexure .

(c): There is no proposal under consideration of the Ministry for making Model TRIs.

(d): The existing Guidelines for TRIs, inter alia, stipulates for setting up of new TRIs in the States where no TRI exists and providing support for infrastructural needs. During the year 2017-18 and 2018-19, based on the proposals received from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim and Mizoram, funds have been provided for establishment of new Tribal Research Institutes.

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## Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3121 for answer on 31.12.2018.

|   S.No | State/UTs                   | Place and year of Establishment              |
|--------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Odisha                      | Bhubaneswar, 1952                            |
|      2 | Jharkhand (Undivided Bihar) | Ranchi, 1953                                 |
|      3 | Madhya Pradesh              | Chhindwara (now functioning at Bhopal), 1954 |
|      4 | West Bengal                 | Kolkata, 1955                                |
|      5 | Maharashtra                 | Pune, 1962                                   |
|      6 | Gujarat                     | Ahmadabad, 1962                              |
|      7 | Assam                       | Guwahati, 1962                               |
|      8 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad, 1963                              |
|      9 | Rajasthan                   | Udaipur, 1964                                |
|     10 | Uttar Pradesh               | Lucknow, 1971                                |
|     11 | Kerala                      | Kozhikode, 1971                              |
|     12 | Tamilnadu                   | Ooty, 1983                                   |
|     13 | Manipur                     | Imphal, 1988                                 |
|     14 | Tripura                     | Agartala, 1993                               |
|     15 | Himachal Pradesh            | Shimla, 1994                                 |
|     16 | Chhattisgarh                | Raipur, 2004                                 |
|     17 | Karnataka                   | Mysore, 2005                                 |
|     18 | Andaman &Nicobar Island     | Port Blair, 2014                             |
|     19 | Andhra Pradesh              | Vishakhapatnam, 2014                         |
|     20 | Uttrakhand                  | Dehradun, 2014                               |
|     21 | Jammu &Kashmir              | Srinagar, 2016                               |
|     22 | Sikkim                      | Gangtok, 2016                                |
|     23 | Nagaland                    | Kohima, 2017                                 |
|     24 | Arunachal Pradesh           | Itanagar, 2017                               |
|     25 | Mizoram                     | Aizwal, 2018                                 |

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