Lok Sabha Question No. 1888 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Training and Welfare of Tribals
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

## 1888 SHRI B.V. NAIK:

SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of tribals are engaged in agriculture and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  provide  them  assistance  and  training  for  adopting  modern technology/process of agriculture and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the schemes being run for welfare and safety of tribals in the country during the last three years, State-wise including Karnataka; and
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps for providing assistance to the unemployed and underemployed tribals for gaining secondary source of income and is so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Yes, Madam. As per census, 2011 the number of Scheduled Tribes working as Cultivators and Agricultural Labourers are given below :-

|              |     Main |   Marginal |    Total |
|--------------|----------|------------|----------|
| Cultivators  | 13493163 |    4143866 | 17637029 |
| Agricultural | 11942352 |   10671770 | 22614122 |

(b) to (d) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is administering three schemes namely (i) Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme, (ii) Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution; and (iii) Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal  Groups  under  which  agricultural  activities  are  covered.  Under  the  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship component of these schemes, assistance is  provided to  the  State  Governments, including  the  State  Government  of Karnataka, for development of tribal people in various sectors including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy & other Primary Sectors as well as Income Generating Schemes/activities to augment tribal household economy. A statement showing the number of beneficiaries, under this component of the schemes, during the last three years and current year is given in Annexure-I.

Besides the above, the Department of Agriculture  and Cooperation (Ministry of Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare) allocates funds for Tribal Sub-Plan under Sub-Mission on Agricultural Extension (SAME), the details of which are as under:

| S. No.   | Year    | Scheme                                                       | TSP Allocation (Rs. in Lakh)   | No. of ST Beneficiaries     |
|----------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1.       |         | Support to State Extension Services (ATMA)                   |                                |                             |
|          | 2015-16 |                                                              | 3200.00                        | Requisite details are given |
|          | 2016-17 |                                                              | 3600.00                        | at                          |
|          | 2017-18 |                                                              | 7052.00                        | Annexure - II               |
| 2.       |         | Agri-Clinic & Agri-Business Centers (ACABCs)                 |                                |                             |
|          | 2015-16 |                                                              | 300.00                         | 150                         |
|          | 2016-17 |                                                              | 222.50                         | 147                         |
|          | 2017-18 |                                                              | 90.00                          | 171                         |
| 3.       |         | Mass Media Support to Agriculture Extension (MM)             |                                |                             |
|          | 2015-16 |                                                              | 1550.00                        | No separate data            |
|          | 2016-17 |                                                              | 790.00                         | for STs is                  |
|          | 2017-18 |                                                              | 800.00                         | maintained.                 |
| 4.       |         | Extension Support to Central Institution - HRD interventions |                                |                             |
|          | 2015-16 |                                                              | 350.00                         | No separate data            |
|          | 2016-17 |                                                              | 187.50                         | for STs is                  |
|          | 2017-18 |                                                              | 220.00                         | maintained.                 |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1888

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## TRAINING AND WELFARE OF TRIBALS

## Annexure-I

Statement  in  reply  to  parts  (b)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1888  for  answer  on  30.07.2018 regarding 'Training and Welfare of Tribals' showing funds released for Skill Development and Vocational Training under SCA to TSP under Article 275(1)

(Rs. in lakh)

| S No.   | Name of State     | 2015-16        | 2015-16              | 2016-17        | 2016-17              | 2017-18        | 2017-18              |
|---------|-------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|
| S No.   | Name of State     | Funds Released | No. of Beneficiaries | Funds Released | No. of Beneficiaries | Funds approved | No. of Beneficiaries |
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 300.00         | 700                  | 40.00          | 125                  | 300.00         | 450                  |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 230.00         | 700                  | 125.00         | 390                  | 0.00           | 0                    |
| 3.      | Assam             | 1800.00        | 6000                 | 168.00         | 1120                 | 0.00           | 0                    |
| 4.      | Bihar             | 750.00         | 2500                 | 430.18         | 4620                 | 250.00         | 3600                 |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh      | 1000.00        | 4000                 | 2090.00        | 4400                 | 0.00           | 0                    |
| 6.      | Gujarat           | 3695.72        | 8000                 | 2998.00        | 2300                 | 1750.03        | 8540                 |
| 7.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 175.00         | 400                  | 300.64         | 937                  | 320.00         | 1000                 |
| 8.      | Jammu& Kashmir    | 500.00         | 1650                 | 500.00         | 3000                 | 100.00         | 320                  |
| 9.      | Jharkhand         | 1240.00        | 3500                 | 0.00           | 0                    | 300.00         | 250                  |
| 10.     | Karnataka         | 1800.00        | 6400                 | 0.00           | 0                    | 1180.00        | 3028                 |
| 11.     | Kerala            | 550.00         | 1800                 | 35.10          | 290                  | 100.52         | 453                  |
| 12.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 3300.00        | 10000                | 2233.19        | 6500                 | 4100.00        | 7500                 |
| 13.     | Maharashtra       | 1977.18        | 6590                 | 1000.00        | 1000                 | 0.00           | 0                    |
| 14.     | Manipur           | 200.00         | 665                  | 0.00           | 0                    | 187.00         | 131                  |
| 15.     | Meghalaya         | 0.00           | 0.00                 | 0.00           | 0                    | 90.00          | 4640                 |
| 16.     | Mizoram           | 100.00         | 500                  | 300.00         | 937                  | 55.82          | 500                  |
| 17.     | Nagaland          | 300.00         | 1000                 | 180.00         | 562                  | 50.00          | 90                   |
| 18.     | Odisha            | 3194.59        | 10640                | 7093.35        | 22165                | 5200.00        | 29378                |
| 19.     | Rajasthan         | 2675.00        | 7800                 | 0.00           | 0                    | 0.00           | 0                    |
| 20.     | Sikkim            | 215.00         | 715                  | 109.80         | 50                   | 28.00          | 100                  |
| 21.     | Telangana         | 1300.00        | 3800                 | 1186.35        | 6000                 | 800.00         | 2500                 |
| 22.     | Tripura           | 290.00         | 1000                 | 450.00         | 2093                 | 290.00         | 1620                 |
| 23.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 290.00         | 965                  | 0.00           | 0                    | 200.00         | 1487                 |
| 24.     | Uttrakhand        | 0              | 0                    | 0              | 0                    | 100.00         | 310                  |
| 25.     | West Bengal       | 2063.58        | 6875                 | 990.00         | 5500                 | 1055.00        | 5500                 |
| Total   | Total             | 27946.07       | 86200                | 20229.61       | 61989                | 16456.37       | 71397                |

## Statement  in  reply  to  parts  (b)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1888  for  answer  on  30.07.2018 regarding 'Training and Welfare of Tribals'.

| Detail of ST farmers benefitted under the Extension Reforms from 2015-16   | Detail of ST farmers benefitted under the Extension Reforms from 2015-16   | Detail of ST farmers benefitted under the Extension Reforms from 2015-16   | Detail of ST farmers benefitted under the Extension Reforms from 2015-16   | Detail of ST farmers benefitted under the Extension Reforms from 2015-16   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.N.                                                                       | State                                                                      | 2015-16                                                                    | 2016-17                                                                    | 2017-18                                                                    |
| 1                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                             | 2804                                                                       | 11412                                                                      | 14233                                                                      |
| 2                                                                          | Bihar                                                                      | 78400                                                                      | 8619                                                                       | 57601                                                                      |
| 3                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                               | 35149                                                                      | 43147                                                                      | 32282                                                                      |
| 4                                                                          | Goa                                                                        | 628                                                                        | 5                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 4                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                    | 97816                                                                      | 80967                                                                      | 23585                                                                      |
| 5                                                                          | Haryana                                                                    | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 7675                                                                       |
| 6                                                                          | HP                                                                         | 6542                                                                       | 3173                                                                       | 10752                                                                      |
| 7                                                                          | J&K                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| 8                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                  | 19444                                                                      | 16108                                                                      | 8986                                                                       |
| 9                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                  | 458                                                                        | 26413                                                                      | 18670                                                                      |
| 10                                                                         | Kerala                                                                     | 2482                                                                       | 95                                                                         | 4721                                                                       |
| 11                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                | 17732                                                                      | 11670                                                                      | 90374                                                                      |
| 12                                                                         | M.P.                                                                       | 22208                                                                      | 41676                                                                      | 27928                                                                      |
| 13                                                                         | Orissa                                                                     | 6770                                                                       | 15014                                                                      | 27368                                                                      |
| 14                                                                         | Punjab                                                                     | 2122                                                                       | 517                                                                        | 7469                                                                       |
| 15                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                  | 23936                                                                      | 32608                                                                      | 85475                                                                      |
| 16                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                 | 2318                                                                       | 2479                                                                       | 93736                                                                      |
| 17                                                                         | Telangana                                                                  | 8156                                                                       | 6435                                                                       | 23425                                                                      |
| 18                                                                         | U.P.                                                                       | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 85963                                                                      |
| 19                                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                                | 1385                                                                       | 2231                                                                       | 9039                                                                       |
| 20                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                | 6159                                                                       | 14961                                                                      | 57145                                                                      |
| 21                                                                         | Assam                                                                      | 1530                                                                       | 257                                                                        | 0                                                                          |
| 22                                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                                          | 21396                                                                      | 16340                                                                      | 0                                                                          |
| 23                                                                         | Manipur                                                                    | 1996                                                                       | 4967                                                                       | 264                                                                        |
| 24                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                  | 960                                                                        | 1147                                                                       | 2                                                                          |
| 25                                                                         | Mizoram                                                                    | 2804                                                                       | 6380                                                                       | 0                                                                          |
| 26                                                                         | Nagaland                                                                   | 82953                                                                      | 53635                                                                      | 0                                                                          |
| 27                                                                         | Tripura                                                                    | 0                                                                          |                                                                            | 0                                                                          |
| 28                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                     | 1390                                                                       | 3647                                                                       | 0                                                                          |
| 29                                                                         | Delhi                                                                      | 0                                                                          |                                                                            | 0                                                                          |
| 30                                                                         | Puducherry                                                                 | 0                                                                          | 14                                                                         | 187                                                                        |
| 31                                                                         | A&N                                                                        | 2492                                                                       | 3344                                                                       | 0                                                                          |
|                                                                            | Total                                                                      | 450030                                                                     | 407261                                                                     | 686880                                                                     |