Lok Sabha Question No. 4649 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Forest Dwellers on the Jawadhu Hill
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4649

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## FOREST DWELLERS ON THE JAWADHU HILL

## 4649.  SHRI C. N. ANNADURAI;

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the break-up of total forest dwellers on the Jawadhu Hill in Tiruvannamalai and Vellore districts and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the claims for the title for land for habitation and self cultivation have been  received  under  the  Schedule  Tribes  and  other  Traditional  Forest  Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and Rules framed thereunder from Malayali tribes residing on the said hill;
- (c) the details of the cases out of those have been settled as on date and the details of the fate of remaining cases and furnish status report of those cases;
- (d) the  details  of  the  forest  dwellers  on  Jawadhu  hill  have  been  provided  financial assistance from National Scheduled Tribes Finance Development Corporation during last five years; and
- (e) the details of the quantum of grant-in-aid released to Tribal Research Institutes during the Financial Year 2014-19 and furnish break-up of the same, year/State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per information received from  the  State  Government  of Tamil  Nadu,  in Tiruvannamalai district jawadhu hills block, there are 11 villages and 279 Habitations. The ST population as per 2011 census is 47,084 ( Males = 23952, Female = 23,129) and in Vellore district jawadhu hills block, there are 32 villages.  The ST population as per 2011 census is 21,444 (Males = 10,786, Female = 10,658).
- (b) As  per information received from  the  State  Government  of  Tamil  Nadu, in Tiruvannamalai district 2,955 claims have been received and in Vellore district, 1016 claims  have  been  received  from  Malayali  tribes  for  Individual  Rights  under  the Scheduled  Tribes  and  Other  Traditional  Forest  Dwellers  (Recognition  of  Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and Rules framed thereunder.
- (c) As  per  information  received  from  the  State  Government  of  Tamil  Nadu,    as  on 18.07.2019  in  Tiruvannamalai  district  out  of  2,955  claims  received,  99  Individual Titles  have  been  distributed  and  2,856  claims  are  under  process  and  in  Vellore district,  out  of  3,282  (1,016  Malayali)  claims  received,  356  (91  Malayali  tribes) Individual  Rights  titles  are  distributed,  123  (115  Malayali  tribes)  claims  are  under process and 2803 claims are rejected in Sub- Division Level.
- (d) No financial  assistance  has  been  provided  to  forest  dwellers  on  Jawadhu  hill  from National Scheduled Tribes Finance Development Corporation during last five years.
- (e) As  per  information  available  in  this  Ministry,  the  year-wise  and  State/  UT  -wise details  of  the  quantum of grant- in-aid released to Tribal Research Institutes during the Financial Year 2014-19 is as follows:

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No   | State/ UT         | Fund Release   | Fund Release   | Fund Release   | Fund Release   | Fund Release   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No   | State/ UT         | 2014-15        | 2015-16        | 2016-17        | 2017-18        | 2018-19        |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 96.50          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 940.42         | 749.58         |
| 2        | A&N               | 41.00          | 50.00          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 99.00          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 647.99         | 253.01         |
| 4        | Assam             | 85.77          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 183.65         | 198.75         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 164.50         | 0.00           | 0.00           | 168.73         | 504.49         |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 69.91          | 86.53          | 0.00           | 2438.00        | 0.00           |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 106.80         |
| 8        | Jammu And Kashmir | 0.00           | 10.00          | 340.00         | 0.00           | 97.00          |
| 9        | Jharkhand         | 107.11         | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 1211.83        |
| 10       | Karnataka         | 93.00          | 148.00         | 117.00         | 130.00         | 106.00         |
| 11       | Kerala            | 45.45          | 0.00           | 67.99          | 745.65         | 401.25         |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh    | 157.50         | 78.75          | 54.35          | 732.51         | 738.34         |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 58.10          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 485.01         |
| 14       | Manipur           | 151.00         | 119.00         | 109.00         | 58.00          | 530.11         |
| 15       | Mizoram           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 564.36         |
| 16       | Nagaland          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 825.00         |
| 17       | Odisha            | 305.50         | 250.30         | 322.39         | 662.90         | 819.07         |
| 18       | Rajasthan         | 77.33          | 63.25          | 0.00           | 169.25         | 214.00         |
| 19       | Sikkim            | 0.00           | 0.00           | 111.00         | 136.00         | 194.50         |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu        | 32.50          | 132.30         | 0.00           | 133.20         | 177.25         |
| 21       | Telangana         | 60.16          | 0.00           | 121.90         | 339.50         | 454.00         |
| 22       | Tripura           | 66.00          | 159.50         | 73.25          | 198.75         | 316.14         |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh     | 0.00           | 0.00           | 43.26          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 24       | West Bengal       | 73.00          | 43.50          | 150.82         | 215.45         | 380.15         |
| 25       | Meghalaya         | -              | -              | -              | -              | 574.35         |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       | -              | -              | -              | -              | 0.00           |
|          | Total             | 1684.33        | 1141.13        | 1510.96        | 7900.00        | 10000.00       |