Lok Sabha Question No. 4498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Rural Development Schemes in Tribal Areas of Karnataka
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Devendrappa Y

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4498 ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN TRIBAL AREAS OF KARNATAKA

## 4498.   SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  various  rural  development  schemes  being  implemented  in  several  tribal areas  of  Karnataka  along  with  the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  for  the  said  purpose during the last one year and the current year, scheme-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has decided to construct roads and other infrastructural facilities in the said areas;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the time by which the works are likely to start?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to(d) The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is implementing various schemes/programmes to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural  areas  of  the  country  including  the  tribal  areas  of  the  State  of  Karnataka,  through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance and other basic amenities. As per the 2011 census,  the  ST  population  is  6.95%  of  the  total  population  of  the  State  of  Karnataka  and  has presence in all the districts of the State, with Mandya district having the least percentage of ST population  (1.24%)  and  Raichur  district  having  the  highest  percentage  of  ST  population (19.03%).

The details of the schemes/programmes implemented by MoRD along with the funds allocated and  progress  made  in  facilities  relating  to  infrastructure  under  the  schemes  in  the  State  of Karnataka during the last one year and the current year are given below:

(i)  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand  driven  wage  employment  programme  which  provide  for  the  enhancement  of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Being  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme,  no  State/UT-wise  (including Karnataka) financial allocation has been made. Under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, the fund released by Central Government to the State of Karnataka was Rs. 5546.20 crore in the FY 2019-20  and  Rs.  5402.29  crore  in  the  FY  2020-21  (as  on  18.03.2021).  In  the  State  of Karnataka,  during  FY  2019-20,  a  total  of  2.24  lakh  ST  households  have  been  provided employment  and  during  the  FY  2020-21,  as  on  20.03.2021,  a  total  of  2.95  lakh  ST households have been provided employment under the scheme.

As  per  the  Schedule  I  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREG  Act,  2005,  Rural  Infrastructure, Providing  all  -  weather  rural  road  connectivity  to  unconnected  villages  and  to  connect identified rural production centers to the existing pucca road network and construction of pucca  internal  road  or  streets  including  side  drains  and  culverts  within  a  village,  are permissible  activities.  In  the  FY  2020-21  (as  on  18.03.2021),  17304  Rural  connectivity works have been completed and 61560 works are ongoing in the State of Karnataka.

(ii)  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNRLM): This  Ministry  is  implementing  Deendayal  AntyodayaYojana  -  National  Rural Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  across  the  country  including  the  tribal  areas  of Karnataka since 2011 in a mission mode with the objective of organizing the rural poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs), and continuously nurturing and supporting them to take  economic  activities  till  they  attain  appreciable  increase  in  income  over  a  period  of time to improve their quality of life and come out of abject poverty. The programme aims to ensure that at least one woman member from each rural poor household (about 9 crore) is  brought  into  women  SHGs  and  their  federations  within  a  definite  time  frame.  DAYNRLM is a centrally sponsored programme that aims at eliminating rural poverty through promotion of multiple livelihoods for each rural poor household.  As on 20.03.2021, out of the  total  24.7  lakh  SHG  members  of  Karnataka,  2.03  lakh  SHG  members  belong  to  ST category.

For the State of Karnataka, during the FY 2019-20, a total fund of Rs. 154.36 crore has been allocated and a total of Rs. 95.72 crore has been released and during the current FY 2020-21 (as on 18.03.2021), a total fund of Rs. 174.09 crore has been allocated and a total of Rs. 174.09 crore has been released under NRLM.

This  Ministry  had  implemented  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Project  (NRLP)  from  July 2011 to June 2018 that facilitated in establishing DAY-NRLM's 'proof-of-concept' in 13 high poverty states (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal) by helping in development of implementation architecture, initiating social mobilization and capacity  building,  providing  capitalization  support  and  establishing  credit  linkage  with banks.  Considering  the  emerging  priorities  of  the  Mission,  the  Ministry  initiated  the implementation of the next phase of the project, viz. National Rural Economic Transformation Project  (NRETP) in the same 13 States with the focus on strengthening federations of  women Self Help Groups, forming livelihoods collectives under farm and non-farm sectors and focus on digital finance and risk coverage.

For the State of Karnataka, during the FY 2019-20, the Central Government has allocated a total fund of Rs.9.74 crore and released a total of Rs.9.74 crore under NRETP and during the current FY 2020-21(as on 18.03.2021), the Central Government has allocated a total fund of 7.22 crore and released a total of Rs. 5.42 crore under NRETP.

(iii) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs ):  DDU-GKY is a placement linked skill development  scheme  for  rural  poor.  It  has  inclusive  design  program  with  mandatory coverage of 50% of Schedule Caste (SC)/ Schedule Tribes (SC/ST) groups. Also, 50%  of the   funds   are   earmarked   for   SCs   and   STs   with   the   proportion  between   SCs   and STs  being  decided  from  time  to time by the MoRD. Skill development through RSETI is  a  skill  training  and  skill  upgradation  training  program  for  rural  poor  youth  including from  tribal  communities  to  mitigate  the  unemployment  problem.  It  provides  skilling thereby enabling the trainee to take bank credit and start his/her own Micro-enterprise.

Both DDU-GKY and RSETI Schemes are demand driven schemes and funds are released to States as per demands raised by them against approved Action Plans. As such, there is no provision for State wise allocation of funds under the above mentioned two schemes. During  the  FY  2019-20  and  FY2020-21,  no  fund  has  been  released  by  the  Central Government to the State Government of Karnataka under DDU-GKY. The State has an unspent balance of Rs 78.58 crores as on 28.02.2021, out of funds released earlier. During the FY 2019-20, 725 ST candidates have been trained and 853 ST Candidates have been placed in the State of Karnataka.  Similarly during the FY 2020-21 (till February, 2021), 78 ST candidates have been trained and 173 ST candidates have been placed in Karnataka. Under RSETI, during the FY 2019-20, a total fund of Rs. 2.63 crore has been released and during  the  FY  2020-21  (up  to  February,  2021)  a  total  fund  of  Rs.  7.23  crore  has  been released to the State of Karnataka.  During the FY 2019-20, 2349 ST candidates have been trained  and  1992  ST  Candidates  have  been  settled  in  the  State  of  Karnataka.    Similarly during the  FY 2020-21 (till February, 2021), 1248 ST candidates have  been trained  and 785 ST candidates have been settled in Karnataka.

## (iv)  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-Gramin  (PMAY-G): The  Ministry  of  Rural

Development  is  implementing  PMAY-G  with  effect  from  1 st April,  2016  to  provide assistance  to  eligible  rural  households  for  construction  of  2.95  crore  Pucca  houses  with basic amenities to achieve the objective of 'Housing for All' by 2022. Under PMAY-G, there  is  provision  for  earmarking  of  60%  of  funds  for  Scheduled  Caste  (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST) category beneficiaries.

Under PMAY-G, as on 17.03.2021, a total of 1,75,371 houses have been sanctioned and 87,529 houses have been completed in State of Karnataka. Out of these, a total of 31,360 houses  have  been  sanctioned  and  18,492  houses  have  been  completed  for  ST  category beneficiaries. During the FY 2019-20, a total fund of Rs. 309.60 crore has been released to the  State  of  Karnataka.  No  fund  has  been  released  to  the  State  of  Karnataka  during  the current FY 2020-21.

(v)  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY): PMGSY was started in the year 2000 with the objective to provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations. The mandate of the scheme was subsequently widened and new interventions viz.  PMGSY-II  and  PMGSY-III  were  added  for  upgradation  of  the  existing  rural  road network which connect habitations to the various facilities and services.

Since inception of the scheme till date (18/03/2021), a total of 24,028 Km road length has been sanctioned to the state of Karantaka under PMGSY and 18,896 Km road length has been completed, including the tribal areas of Karnataka. During the FY 2019-20, a total fund of Rs. 534.24 crore has been released and during FY 2020-21 (as on 19.03.2021), a total fund of Rs. 49.29 has been released under PMGSY to the State of Karnataka.

As reported by the Government of Karanataka, no special scheme has been formulated in Karnataka for tribal areas. However, Tribal Sub Plan works under state fund for Namma Grama Namma Raste Yojan Scheme has been taken up for tribal population  dominated areas. In the State of Karnataka, under the Scheme, during FY 2019-20, Rs.176.18 crore has been allocated, Rs. 132.135 crore has been released and an expenditure of Rs.119.62 crore  has  been  made.  Similarly,  in  FY  2020-21(as  on  18.03.2021),  Rs.  48.989  crore  has been allocated, Rs. 48.98 crore has been released and an expenditure of Rs. 17.27 crore has been made under the scheme.

(vi) National Social Assistance  Programme (NSAP): NSAP is a  social  security/social welfare  programme  for  below  poverty  line  households  applicable  to  senior  citizens, widows, disabled persons and bereaved families on death of primary bread winner. It is universally implemented in all States/Uts including tribal areas of Karnataka.

For the State of Karnataka, during the FY 2019-20, total fund allocated  was Rs. 520.47 crore and total fund released was Rs. 520.47 crore. During the current FY 2020-21, a total fund of  Rs. 525.23 crore has been allocated and a total fund of Rs. 407.40 crore (as on 15.03.2021) has been released to the State of Karnataka under NSAP.  The number of ST beneficiaries under NSAP is 48510.

(vii)  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  Rurban  Mission  (SPMRM): The  Shyama  Prasad Mukherji  Rurban  Mission  (SPMRM)  launched  in  February  2016,  is  a  scheme  with  the objective to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services, and create well planned Rurban clusters. The mission takes cluster as a unit for development. 300 Clusters from all the States/ Uts are selected in the first phase of the Mission in Tribal and NonTribal categories. SPMRM provides the Critical Gap Funding (CGF) to the projects which directly or indirectly bring economic growth. SPMRM aims to provide amenities in four categories viz Basic, Economic, Social and Digital and promotes economic growth through integrated and balanced investments with social inclusion.

The State of Karnataka has been allotted eight (08) Rurban clusters under three phases of SPMRM. Out of which, five clusters are identified as Tribal in two districts of Ballari and Raichur. No CGF was released during the current and previous financial year to these five clusters.  The  total  investment  approved  in  these  five  clusters  is  Rs.  253.25  crore,  out  of which Rs.41.26 crore of expenditure has been made so far under Convergence and CGF. The works are already under implementation in these clusters and as per the Rurbansoft MIS, of the total 1,632 works proposed, 50 works are already completed and 107 works are currently ongoing.

Apart from the above mentioned schemes of MoRD, the Ministry of Jal Shakti , in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission-Har Ghar Jal (JJM) , which aims at providing potable water through tap water connection to every rural households of the country including those of tribal areas of Karnataka by 2024. Under JJM, in 2019-20, Govt. of Karnataka has been allotted Rs. 546.06 crore and the entire amount has been released. Further, in 2020-21, The State of Karnataka has been allocated Rs.1189.40 crore, out of which the State has drawn Rs. 296.29 crore so far.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs has informed that it is implementing following Schemes/programmes for the tribal areas of the country including the State of Karnataka:

- (i) Scheme of Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs): With the  objective  to  bring  about  overall  socio-economic  development  and  welfare  of  75 identified vulnerable sections among  tribals who  are classified as the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), Government has extended financial assistance under the ' Scheme of Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)' to the PVTG concentrated State/UT Governments including the State of Karnataka.  Funds under the PVTG scheme are released to the State Governments including Karnataka based on their proposals for development of these 75 classified PVTGs tribal communities in the diverse  sectors  of  education,  housing,  land  distribution,  land  development,  agricultural development, animal husbandry, construction of link roads, installation of nonconventional sources of energy for lighting purpose, social security, conservation of culture

and traditional practices or any other innovative activity targeted at 75 PVTG communities in the nature of gap filling intervention. The scheme envisages drawing up of Conservation-Cum-Development  (CCD)  Plans  by  the  State  /UT  Governments  aimed  at long term development of the communities.

(ii) Eklavya  Model  Residential  Schools: Eklavya  Model  Residential  School  (EMRS) was introduced in the year 1997-98 to provide quality upper primary, secondary and senior secondary level education to Scheduled Tribes (ST) students (Class 6 th to  12 th ) in remote areas to enable them to access the best opportunities in education and to bring them at par with the general population. Realizing the importance of the EMRS, in the Union Budget of 2018-19, Government announced that every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons, is to have an EMRS by the year 2022. Accordingly, the target of establishing 740 EMRSs in the country by the year 2022 has been set. 12 EMRSs have  been  sanctioned  to  the  State  of  Karnataka,  out  of  these  10  are  reported  to  be functional till date.

- (iii) Grants-in-aid  under  Proviso  to  Article  275(1)  of  Constitution  of  India: Grants under  Article  275  (1)  of  the  Constitution  is  100%  grant  from  Government  of  India. Funding under this programme is to enable the State to meet the cost of such schemes of development as may be undertaken by the State for the purpose of promoting the  welfare  of  Scheduled  Tribes  in  that  State,  raising  the  level  of  administration  of Scheduled Areas therein to that of the administration of the rest of the areas of that State. Government has adopted a multi pronged strategy for overall development of tribal people across the country which includes various sectors viz. (i) Education (ii) Health(iii)Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry (AH), Fisheries, Dairy & others in Primary  Sector  (iv)  Other  income  generating  schemes  to  augment  Tribal  household economy and  (v)  Administrative  structure  (incl.  manpower)  /Institutional  framework  & Research studies.

(iv) Special  Central  Assistance  to  Tribal  Sub  Scheme: Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is implementing the scheme of Special Central Assistance to Tribal  Sub-Scheme  (SCA  to TSS) wherein 100% grants is provided to the State Governments, including Government of Karnataka, for activities related to education, health, sanitation, water supply, livelihood,  skill  development,  minor  infrastructure  etc.,  to  bridge  the  gap  between Scheduled (ST) population and others as a critical gap filling measure. The scheme of SCA to  TSS  is  demand  driven  and  funds  are  provided  to  State  Government  inter-alia  for  last mile road connectivity and other infrastructure facilities based on their proposals. Receipt of proposals and sanction of funds for them is a continuous process.

Details of the fund allocated/released and expenditure/Utilization made during the last year and current year under the Schemes/ programmes of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for the State of Karnataka are at Annexure .

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Annexure as refer in part (a) to (d) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4498 due for 23.03.2021.

## I. Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) :

|   Sl. No. | Name of activity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Financial Year   |   Amount Released |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Housing for PVTGs (Jenukurba and Koraga PVTG). Physical targets 2732 unit cost @Rs.3.50 lakhs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2019-20          |             19.33 |
|         2 | Housing for PVTGs (Jenukurba and Koraga PVTG). Physical targets 2732 unit cost @Rs.3.50 lakhs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2020-21          |              4.38 |
|         3 | Individual Irrigation Scheme: Under the scheme, irrigation borewells will be drilled in the land belonging to PVTG farmers and also land rights given under FRA, those farmers whose landholdings are less than 5 acres. The successful well, so drilled, will be provided with pumpset and other accessories, and later, it will be energized. Unit cost: Rs.3.00 lakhs. Target No. of beneficiaries:145 | 2020-21          |              4.38 |
|         4 | Individual Irrigation Scheme for Koragas in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts: 14 metre Dug wells @Unit cost :Rs.91,000/- Target No. of beneficiaries:100                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 2020-21          |              4.38 |

(Rs. in Crore)

## II. Scheme of Gants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution (including Eklavya Model Residential Schools)

| Year                     |   2019-2020 * |   2020-21 |
|--------------------------|---------------|-----------|
| Fund released (in crore) |        104.35 |     33.06 |

## III. Scheme of Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS):

(Rs. in crore)

| Year                       | Funds Released   |
|----------------------------|------------------|
| 2019-20                    | 74.34            |
| 2020-21 (as on 20.03.2021) | 0.00 *           |

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