Lok Sabha Question No. 2995 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Employment for Scheduled Tribes in Social Sector
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gajendra Singh Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 2995

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 15.03.2021

## EMPLOYMENT FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES IN SOCIAL SECTOR

†2995.      SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of Tribal Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) the prospects of employment for the Scheduled Tribes in the social sector;
- (b)  whether any new scheme is going to be operated in the aspirational districts; and
- (c)  if so, the time by which the said scheme is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) The  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  implements  various  schemes  for  welfare  and development of  Scheduled  Tribes  including  employment  in  social  sector.  The  Ministry provides funds to the State Governments based on their proposals for undertaking various employment  generation  activities  including  agriculture,  horticulture,  animal  husbandry, fisheries and other non-farmbased livelihood activities etc. and Skill & entrepreneurship development under the schemes 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to  TSS)',  'Development  of  Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups  (PVTGs)',  'Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce (MSP for MFP)' and 'Grants under Article 275(1)'. The  details  of  State-wise  funds  release  during  2020-21  under  the  major  schemes  of Ministry is as per Annexure 1 .

The  Ministry  of Tribal  Affairs  is  also  implementing  a  scheme  'Institutional  Support  for development and marketing of Tribal Product/Produce' wherein Grants-in-aid are provided to State Tribal Development Cooperative Corporations (STDCCs) and Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED). The objective of the scheme is  to  create  institutions  to  support  marketing  and  development  of  tribal  products, including training  and  skill  up-gradation  of  tribal  Artisans,  Craftsmen,  MFP  gatherers and creation  of  supply  chain  infrastructure  etc.  Under  the  scheme,  TRIFED  provides marketing platform for tribal products through its network of 73 Tribes India outlets and 33 consignment counters and 15 Franchise outlets in State Emporiums located across the country along with other e-commerce platforms. TRIFED also organizes National Tribal Festival 'Aadi Mahotsav" for development of traditional art and culture of tribal population which includes food and handicraft items. The funds released under the scheme during last three financial years are as under:

(Amount in lakh rupees)

| Scheme                |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Institutional Support |      4495 |      7250 |     12850 |

Under the scheme of Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce (MSP for MFP), TRIFED also implements the initiative of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs), launched in 2018-19,  wherein  tribal  community  owned  Minor  Forest  Produce  centric  multi-purpose Kendras are set up in predominantly tribal districts which act as common facility centres for procurement cum value addition to locally available MFPs. State-wise list of VDVKs sanctioned  by  TRIFED  and  the  number  of  beneficiaries  engaged  in  MFP  value  chain development activities is at Annexure 2 .

Besides, National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC), under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs extends concessional loans to the eligible Scheduled Tribe persons for undertaking any income generation activities/ self-employment through its  implementing  agencies  under  its  schemes  namely  Term  Loan,  Adivasi  Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana, Micro Credit Scheme for Self Help Groups. The details of amount sanctioned, number of beneficiaries covered against said sanctions, amount disbursed and number of beneficiaries assisted covered under each of the Schemes of NSTFDC during the last three years is given as Annexure 3 .

(b) & (c) No such proposal is under consideration in the Ministry.

Annexure 1

Annexure 1 referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question for answer on 15.03.2021

## Release of funds to States during 2020-21 under major schemes of MoTA / Grant as on 28.02.2021

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/ UT         |   Article 275 (1) Grants |   SCA to TSS |    PVTGs |   MSP to MFP |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------|----------|--------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |                  2055.55 |      3205.8  |  1245.51 |         0    |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |                  4894    |      4465.5  |     0    |         0    |
| 3.       | Assam             |                  4592.37 |      3361.09 |     0    |         0    |
| 4.       | Bihar             |                     0    |       994    |     0    |         0    |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      |                  8484.43 |      8769.06 |   989.32 |         0    |
| 6.       | Goa               |                     0    |       724.26 |     0    |         0    |
| 7.       | Gujarat           |                  5940.04 |      9358.36 |   552.2  |         0    |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                  1161    |      1367    |     0    |         0    |
| 9.       | Jharkhand         |                  8993.12 |      6743.55 |  1136.06 |         0    |
| 10.      | Karnataka         |                  3305.68 |         0    |   438.46 |         0    |
| 11.      | Kerala            |                     0    |       459.15 |    88    |         0    |
| 12.      | Madhya Pradesh    |                  4279.78 |         0    |  2188.11 |         0    |
| 13.      | Maharashtra       |                  4573.16 |         0    |   753.67 |         0    |
| 14.      | Manipur           |                     0    |         0    |     0    |         0    |
| 15.      | Meghalaya         |                     0    |         0    |     0    |         0    |
| 16.      | Mizoram           |                  1909.71 |      1236.22 |     0    |        91.5  |
| 17.      | Nagaland          |                  1717.38 |      1515.5  |     0    |         0    |
| 18.      | Odisha            |                  4685.24 |      9010.42 |  1202    |         0    |
| 19.      | Rajasthan         |                  9011    |      5910.5  |   968    |         0    |
| 20.      | Sikkim            |                   516    |         0    |     0    |         0    |
| 21.      | Tamil Nadu        |                     0    |       377.47 |   551.08 |       259.91 |
| 22.      | Telangana         |                  2517    |      3451    |  1460.5  |         0    |
| 23.      | Tripura           |                   201.74 |      1173.3  |   231.43 |         0    |
| 24.      | Uttar Pradesh     |                   927.43 |       508.83 |    82.04 |         0    |
| 25.      | Uttarakhand       |                     0    |       757.8  |   295    |         0    |
| 26.      | West Bengal       |                  4041.14 |      3746    |   519.4  |         0    |
|          | Total             |                 73805.8  |     67134.8  | 12700.8  |       351.41 |

Annexure 2 referred to in Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question for 15.03.2021 State wise number of Van Dhan Kendras sanctioned and beneficiaries' details

| Sl. No.   | State          |   Number of VDVKs |   Number of beneficiaries |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh |               263 |                     78818 |
| 2         | Assam          |               128 |                     38530 |
| 3         | Bihar          |                 8 |                      1630 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh   |               139 |                     41700 |
| 5         | Goa            |                10 |                      3000 |
| 6         | Gujarat        |               116 |                     34424 |
| 7         | Ladakh (UT)    |                10 |                      3000 |
| 8         | Jharkhand      |                39 |                     11601 |
| 9         | Karnataka      |                19 |                      5700 |
| 10        | Kerala         |                13 |                      3900 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh |                86 |                     25800 |
| 12        | Maharashtra    |               264 |                     79350 |
| 13        | Manipur        |               100 |                     30194 |
| 14        | Mizoram        |               159 |                     46168 |
| 15        | Nagaland       |                92 |                     27600 |
| 16        | Odisha         |               156 |                     45578 |
| 17        | Rajasthan      |                27 |                      8190 |
| 18        | Sikkim         |                80 |                     23800 |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu     |                 7 |                      2100 |
| 20        | Telangana      |                17 |                      5100 |
| 21        | Tripura        |                27 |                      7429 |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh  |                 5 |                      1238 |
| 23        | Uttarakhand    |                 5 |                      1505 |
| Total     | Total          |              1770 |                    526355 |

Annexure 3 referred to in Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question for 15.03.2021 Details  of  amount  sanctioned,  number  of  beneficiaries  covered  against  said sanctions, amount disbursed and number of beneficiaries assisted covered under each of the Schemes of NSTFDC during the last three years is given below:

(₹ in crore)

| Schemes                    |                 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|----------------------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Term Loan                  | Sanctioned Amt. |    292.28 |    359.66 |    347.14 |
| Term Loan                  | Benef.          |  29519    |  70197    |  69841    |
| Term Loan                  | Disbursed Amt.  |    261.28 |    179.12 |    217.41 |
| Term Loan                  | Benef.          |  37357    |  31363    |  86922    |
| AMSY                       | Sanctioned Amt. |      4.53 |      5.55 |     15.53 |
| AMSY                       | Benef.          |    588    |   1048    |   1869    |
| AMSY                       | Disbursed Amt.  |      1.94 |      2.4  |      9.47 |
| AMSY                       | Benef.          |    290    |    479    |   1177    |
| MCF                        | Sanctioned Amt. |     17.7  |    112.74 |     94.6  |
| MCF                        | Benef.          |  17730    |  42142    |  21421    |
| MCF                        | Disbursed Amt.  |      4.68 |    109.58 |     55.91 |
| MCF                        | Benef.          |   4588    |  38814    |  16990    |
| ASRY (Education Loan)      | Sanctioned Amt. |      3.51 |      3.11 |      0.9  |
|                            | Benef.          |    122    |     96    |     38    |
|                            | Disbursed Amt.  |      2.83 |      2.22 |      1.22 |
|                            | Benef.          |    134    |    108    |     36    |
| Working Capital Assistance | Sanctioned Amt. |      0    |      0    |      1.34 |
|                            | Benef.          |      0    |      0    |  14056    |
|                            | Disbursed Amt.  |      0    |      0    |      1.36 |
|                            | Benef.          |      0    |      0    |  15706    |

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