Lok Sabha Question No. 1980 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Tribal Research Institutes
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI, P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1980

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## TRIBAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES

1980: SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:

## SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER

Will the Minister of Tribal Affairs be pleased to State:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal of new research institutes across India including Kerala;
- (b) If so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of primary functions of tribal research institutions; and
- (d) the achievements achieved by these tribal research institutions so far?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has revised Guidelines for the Scheme 'Support to Tribal Research Institute(TRI)' in December 2017. The Guidelines, inter alia, stipulates for setting up of new TRIs in the States where no TRI exists. During the year 2017-18 and 201819, 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. Presently, TRIs are functioning in 24 States and 1UT as detailed at Annexure .
- (c): As per the Guidelines for the Scheme 'Support to TRI', core responsibility of TRIs is to  function  as  a  body  of  knowledge  &  research  more  or  less  as  a  think  tank  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.
- (d):      During past years, TRIs have been carrying out various activities viz. research studies, evaluation studies, organization of training/seminar/workshop, organization of tribal festivals, baseline survey, publications, documentaries / documentation, organization of exchange visits etc. Notable works undertaken by these institutions during last four years and current year are detailed below:

| Activities                    |   Number |
|-------------------------------|----------|
| Research Studies              |      214 |
| Evaluation Studies            |       54 |
| Training/ Seminar/ Workshop   |      277 |
| Tribal Festivals              |       50 |
| Baseline Survey               |       12 |
| Publications                  |      170 |
| Documentaries / Documentation |      101 |
| Exchange Visit                |       34 |

MoTA has developed a digital repository with web address http://tribal.nic.in/repository where documents, folks songs, photos / videos regarding their evolution, place of origin, lifestyle, eating habits, architecture, education level, traditional art, folk dances and other anthropological details of the tribes in India are stored. The repository currently has more than 10,000 photographs, videos and publications which are mostly done by TRIs.

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## Annexure

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