Lok Sabha Question No. 3535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Plan for Tribal Dominated Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3535

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## PLAN FOR TRIBAL DOMINATED AREAS

†3535. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government proposes to make special provision in the next plan for the tribal dominated areas in the State of Chhattisgarh; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the proposed increase in the annual plan?

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b): Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  (MoTA)  has  identified  19  priority  Districts  where  tribal population  is  more  than  25%  including  LWE  affected  Districts  to  focus  on  overall  development ( Annexure 1 ). NITI Aayog has also included the following 10 tribal dominated Districts of Chhattisgarh in the list of Aspirational Districts for spearheading the development process in these areas:

|   No. of Districts | Name of Districts                                                                                |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                 10 | Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker, Kondagaon, Korba, Mahasamund, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sukma |

Besides, Ministry of Home Affairs has put in place a National Policy and Action Plan to address Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  problems  that  envisages  a  multi-pronged  strategy  involving security related measures, developmental interventions, ensuring rights & entitlements of local communities etc. Details of LWE affected Districts of Chhattisgarh including tribal dominated Districts are as under:

|   No. of Districts | Name of Districts                                                                                                                            |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                 14 | Balod, Balrampur, Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Gariyaband, Kanker, Kondagaon, Mahasamund, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sukma, Kabirdham |

Funds earmarkedby the Central Government for development across the country including that of Chhattisgarh under various schemes Central Ministries including MoTA for the year 2019-20 have increased to Rs. 51283.53 crore from Rs. 37533.14 crore during 2018-19, which is about 37% more than the last financial year.

Government  has  adopted  multi-pronged  strategy  for  overall  development  of  tribal  people  and tribal dominated areas across the country including Chhattisgarh which includes the following:

- (i) As  per  the  extant  provisions,  States  including  Chhattisgarh  has  to  earmarked  funds  for tribal  development  from  the  total  plan  outlays  of  the  State  not  less  than  the  population proportion of STs in State as per 2011 Census and in tune with problem share of the ST population.
- (ii) Central Ministries earmark funds for tribal development as per the prescribed percentage out of their total scheme allocation.

Statement  showing  provision  of  funds  for  overall  tribal  development  catering  to  Education, Health, Agriculture, Livelihood, Housing, Drinking water & Sanitation, Employment

Generation, Skill Development, Women and Child Development etc. during 2017-18 and 201819 are as below:

(Rs. in Crore)

| TSP component                    |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Central Ministries / Departments |   1805.31 |   1688.33 |
| State Component                  |  20237.2  |  18950.2  |
|                                  |  22042.5  |  20638.5  |

(iii) Funds released under the Special Central Assistance (SCA) for the most LWE affected districts in Chhattisgarh by Ministry of Home Affairs during last two years is as under:

(figures in ₹ crore)

|              | 2017-18   | 2017-18        | 2018-19   | 2018-19                        | Total   |
|--------------|-----------|----------------|-----------|--------------------------------|---------|
| State        | Districts | Funds released | Districts | Funds Released (as on30.01.19) |         |
| Chhattisgarh | 08.00     | 40.00          | 08.00     | 160.00                         | 200.00  |

- (iv) Ministry of tribal Affairs (MoTA) under its scheme under 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)' and Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution provides funds to the State Governments including Chhattisgarh. Share of allocation to the States under these scheme / Grants  is determined in the proportion of (a) 2/3rd based on tribal population and (b) 1/3rd based on tribal dominated areas.
- (iv) MoTA  is  running  a  flagship  scheme  of  'Eklavya  Model  Residential  School  (EMRSs)' wherein it is intended to set up 33 EMRSs by 2022 in tribal dominated Blocks where actual tribal  population of 20000 constituting at least 50% of the total population in the Block. List  as  at Annexure 2 .  Besides  42  EMRSs  has  already  been  sanctioned  to  the  State  of Chhattisgarh. Status of existing EMRSs in the State of Chhattisgarh is as under:
- (v)   Tribal  Cooperative  Marketing  Development  Federation  of  India  (TRIFED)  functioning under the administrative control of MoTA envisages to set up Vandhan Kendras in tribal dominated  areas  including  those  of  Chhattisgarh  to  primarily  cater  to  the  training  and development of value chain of Minor Forest Produce.
- (vi)  Under  Pre-matric  and  Post  Matric  Scholarship  schemes  of  MoTA,  funds  are  given  to  the beneficiaries based on demand through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.
- (vii)  Under  the  provisions  of  Forest  Rights  Act,  2006,  MoTA  recognizes  and  vests  the  forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose right could not  be  recorded.  As  per  the  information  received  from  State  Government  of  Chhattisgarh upto 31.03.2019, under FRA 8,90,240 claims have been filed and 4,23,218 titles have been distributed to the extent of 28,81,246.84 acres of forest land.
- (viii)  Details  of  Funds  provided  by  MoTA  under  its  various  schemes  during  2017-18  and 2019-20 are as under:

|                                          |   Sanctioned |   Functional |
|------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) |           42 |           25 |

(Rs. in Lakh)

| S.No.   | Name of the Scheme                                           | Fund Released   | Fund Released   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|         |                                                              | 2017-18         | 2018-19         |
| 1       | Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) | 1089.50         | 1051.50         |
| 2       | Grants under proviso to Article 275(1) of the Constitution   | 10964.49        | 11352.92        |

| 3   | Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce(MSP for MFP)   |    89.41 |   197.31 |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
| 4   | Post-Matric Scholarship                                       |  3811.26 |  4609.57 |
| 5   | Pre-Matric Scholarship                                        |  1805.3  |  4755.63 |
| 6   | Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub- Schemes             | 14327.6  | 10342.6  |
| 7   | Support to Tribal Research Institutes                         |   168.73 |   504.49 |
|     | Total:                                                        | 32256.3  | 32814.1  |

- (ix) Funds  allocated  so  far  under  various  schemes  of  MoTA  for  tribal  developmentin Chhattisgarh for the year 2019-20 is as below:

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   | Name of the Scheme                                           |   Allocation of funds for Chhattisgarh |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1       | Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) |                                   10.1 |
| 2       | Grants under proviso to Article 275(1) of the Constitution   |                                13501.6 |
| 6       | Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub- Schemes            |                                10257.6 |
|         | Total:                                                       |                                23769.3 |

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Annexure 1 referred to in reply to part(a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3535 for answer on 15.7.2019

## List of Priority Districts in Chhattisgarh identified by Ministry of Tribal Affairs

|   S.No. | Name of District   |   Population (in Lakh) | %STpopulation in the District   |
|---------|--------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|       1 | Sukma (L)          |                   2.09 | 83.5%                           |
|       2 | Bijapur (L)        |                   2.04 | 80.0%                           |
|       3 | Narayanpur (L)     |                   1.08 | 77.4%                           |
|       4 | Dantewada (L)      |                   2.01 | 71.1%                           |
|       5 | Kondagaon (L)      |                   4.11 | 71.0%                           |
|       6 | Balrampur          |                   4.59 | 62.8%                           |
|       7 | Bastar (L)         |                   5.21 | 62.4%                           |
|       8 | Jashpur            |                   5.3  | 62.3%                           |
|       9 | Surguja            |                   4.82 | 57.4%                           |
|      10 | Kanker (L)         |                   4.15 | 55.4%                           |
|      11 | Koriya             |                   3.04 | 46.2%                           |
|      12 | Surajpur           |                   3.6  | 45.6%                           |
|      13 | Korba              |                   4.94 | 40.9%                           |
|      14 | Gariyaband         |                   2.16 | 36.1%                           |
|      15 | Raigarh            |                   5.06 | 33.8%                           |
|      16 | Balod              |                   2.59 | 31.4%                           |
|      17 | Mahasamund         |                   2.8  | 27.1%                           |
|      18 | Rajnandgaon (L)    |                   4.05 | 26.4%                           |
|      19 | Dhamtari           |                   2.08 | 26.0%                           |

## Annexure 2 referred to in reply to part(a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3535 for answer on 15.7.2019

## List of Blocks selected for setting up of new EMRSs

|   S. No. | District                 | Block/Taluka        | Present of EMRS   |   ST Population |   %of Population |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|        1 | Balrampur                | Ramanujganj         | No                |           84995 |             50.6 |
|        2 | Balrampur                | Shankargarh         | No                |           52819 |             73.3 |
|        3 | Balrampur                | Rajpur              | No                |           78428 |             71.9 |
|        4 | Bastar                   | Lohandiguda         | No                |           56247 |             74.2 |
|        5 | Bastar                   | Bastanar            | No                |           44251 |             92.1 |
|        6 | Bastar                   | Darbha              | No                |           65766 |             82.9 |
|        7 | Bijapur                  | Bhopalpattnam       | No                |           36093 |             73.1 |
|        8 | Bijapur                  | Usur                | No                |           49681 |             89.2 |
|        9 | Bilaspur                 | Pendra Road Gorella | No                |           76813 |             57.3 |
|       10 | Dakshin Bastar Dantewada | Gidam               | No                |           55608 |             69   |
|       11 | Dakshin Bastar Dantewada | Kuakonda            | No                |           45286 |             69.4 |
|       12 | Gariyaband               | Mainpur             | No                |           64356 |             51.7 |
|       13 | Jashpur                  | Kansabel            | No                |           47849 |             62.4 |
|       14 | Jashpur                  | Manora              | No                |           48740 |             80.3 |
|       15 | Jashpur                  | Farsabahar          | No                |           64631 |             59.6 |
|       16 | Jashpur                  | Pathalgaon          | No                |          121198 |             63.3 |
|       17 | Kondagaon                | Keskal              | No                |           66197 |             71.2 |
|       18 | Kondagaon                | Bade Rajpur         | No                |           65545 |             76.6 |
|       19 | Kondagaon                | Makdi               | No                |           77499 |             77.7 |
|       20 | Kondagaon                | Farasgaon           | No                |           70820 |             71.7 |
|       21 | Korba                    | Poundi-Uproda       | No                |          137703 |             72.9 |
|       22 | Koriya                   | Bharatpur           | No                |           57589 |             64.9 |
|       23 | Raigarh                  | Lailunga            | No                |           82923 |             63.5 |
|       24 | Raigarh                  | Gharghoda           | No                |           46718 |             58.8 |
|       25 | Rajnandgaon              | Mohla               | No                |           60950 |             70.1 |
|       26 | Sukma                    | Chhindgarh          | No                |           65526 |             82.2 |
|       27 | Surajpur                 | Premnagar           | No                |           38976 |             60.2 |
|       28 | Surguja                  | Lundra              | No                |           81206 |             67.8 |
|       29 | Surguja                  | Sitapur             | No                |           68001 |             70.7 |
|       30 | Surguja                  | Batouli             | No                |           54558 |             77.7 |
|       31 | Uttar Bastar Kanker      | Bhanupratappur      | No                |           59896 |             63.1 |
|       32 | Uttar Bastar Kanker      | Durgkondal          | No                |           49250 |             76.6 |
|       33 | Uttar Bastar Kanker      | Narharpur           | No                |           72919 |             66   |

Annexure 3 referred to in reply to part(a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3535 for answer on 15.7.2019

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## Agriculture and Rural sector.

-  Setting  up  of  100new  clusters  for  traditional  industries  to  enable50,000  artisans  to join the economic value chain.
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-  This will take care of infrastructure. modernization, traceability, production, productivity,  post-harvest management, and quality control relating to the fisheries sector.

## Jal Shakti

-  Ensuring water security and access to safe and adequate drinkingwatertoallIndians.
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## Social Security

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## Infrastructure

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