Lok Sabha Question No. 4713 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Population of ST as per 2011 Census in Rajasthan
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO † 4713

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## POPULATION OF ST AS PER 2011 CENSUS IN RAJASTHAN † 4713.  SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the population of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the country including Rajasthan as per 2011 census;
- (b) the details of employment oriented schemes being run for the welfare of STs at present;
- (c) the number of people belonging to STs benefited in Rajasthan through the said schemes during the last three years, Scheme-wise; and
- (d) whether there is any proposal of any special project for STs dominated areas including Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As per Census 2011, total Scheduled Tribes (STs) population of India and Rajasthan is 10, 45,45,716 and 92,38,534  respectively.
- (b) to (c):
- (i) Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs    administers  two  major  schemes,  namely,  Grants  under Article  275(1)  of  the  Constitution  and  Special  Central  Assistance  to  Tribal  Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS), wherein funds are released to the State Governments  inter-alia for income generation among tribal people through skill development and various training programmes.

For the employment generation in the State of Rajasthan under the scheme 'Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution' Rs. 1000 lakh covering 3.41 lakh beneficiaries in the year 2016-17 has been provided.  Further, under the scheme 'SCA to TSS' Rs.707 lakh covering 400 Families / 15000 tribal Self Help Group Members and Rs.204 lakh in the year 2018-19 have  been released for the same purpose.

- (ii) National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) under the  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  promotes  entrepreneurial  development  amongst  Scheduled Tribes. This Corporation provides concessional financial assistance to individuals or groups of STs for undertaking self-employment income generation activities through its channelizing agencies. Number of STs benefitted in Rajasthan under the various schemes of NSTFDC is given below:

## (Number of Beneficiaries)

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year/Sche me   |   Term Loan |   Micro Credit Scheme |   Adivasi Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana |   Adivasi Shiksha Rrinn Yojana |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | 2016-17                  |        1267 |                     0 |                                   207 |                              1 |
|         2 | 2017-18                  |         701 |                    42 |                                   118 |                              1 |
|         3 | 2018-19                  |        1057 |                     0 |                                   208 |                              1 |

- (iii) Under  the  schemes  'Mechanism  for  Marketing  of  Minor  Forest  Produce  (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP' (MSP

for  MFP)' and 'Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products / Produce', Tribal Co-Operative Marketing Development  Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) imparts skill development and capacity building training to tribal Minor Forest Produce (MFP) gatherers and tribal artisans. TRIFED has imparted training to 1,09,535 MFP Gatherers on different commodities. Out of these, 4148 tribal MFP Gatherers were trained in the State of Rajasthan during the period from 2008-09 to 2016-17.

(iv) As informed by Ministry of Labour & Employment, National Career Service Centres (NCSC) for Scheduled Castes (SCs)/Scheduled Tribes (STs) have been set up to enhance the employability of SC/ST jobseekers through Counselling/Coaching/training etc. This scheme is exclusively meant for educated unemployed SC/ST candidates registered with Employment Exchange only.The number of people belonging to STs benefited in Rajasthan through the said scheme during the last three years is as under:

## (Number of Beneficiaries)

|   S.No. | Financial Year   |   Vocational Guidance and Career Counselling service |   Typing/Shorthand |   Special Coaching Scheme |   Computer Training |
|---------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | 2016-17          |                                                 1872 |                 34 |                        60 |                 150 |
|       2 | 2017-18          |                                                 3370 |                108 |                        60 |                 150 |
|       3 | 2018-19          |                                                 3574 |                 94 |                        60 |                  75 |

(v) The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) provides at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every  rural  household  including  tribals  whose  adult  members  volunteer  to  do  unskilled manualwork. MGNREGS provides livelihood security i.e., fall back option for livelihood for the  rural  households  when  no  better  employment  opportunity  is  available.  Number  of households having completed 100 days of employment under MGNREGS in Rajasthan during the last three years is given below.

|   S.No. | Financial Year   |   Households completed 100 days of employment (In lakh) |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | 2016-17          |                                                    4.27 |
|       2 | 2017-18          |                                                    2.28 |
|       3 | 2018-19          |                                                    5.88 |

(vi) Apart from the above, Government is implementing a number of schemes/programmes through which STs are also getting employment, income generating opportunities.

(d):  There  is  no  proposal  of  any  special  project  under  consideration  with  the  Ministry  of Tribal Affairs.

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