Lok Sabha Question No. 1314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Basic Facilities in Tribal Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1314

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## BASIC FACILITIES IN TRIBAL AREAS

## 1314.  SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is fact that basic medical facilities are not available in tribal areas in all over the country and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (b) the number of hospitals, schools, colleges built in Tribal Areas in all over the country during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government to enhance basic medical facilities in tribal areas?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  No, Madam. However as per Rural Health Statistics 2018, there is a shortfall in health infrastructure in tribal areas as on 31 st March, 2018, which is as below:-

| Health Infrastructure   | Required   |   Available |   Shortfall |
|-------------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sub-Centre              | 31,257     |       28091 |        5935 |
| Primary Health Centre   | 4675       |        3971 |        1187 |
| Community Health Centre | 1156       |        1017 |         257 |

Note: The requirement has been calculated using the prescribed norms on the basis of rural population from Census 2011. All India shortfall is derived by adding state-wise figures of shortfall ignoring the existing surplus in some states.

(b) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has no specific scheme for construction of Colleges and Hospitals, but it plays a gap filling role to activities of the line ministries and also supports the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations in construction of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS), Ashram Schools, Primary Health Centres, Sub Centres & Community Health Centres through its schemes of Special Central Assistance  to Tribal Sub Schemes, Grant under Article 275(1) of the Constitution, etc. However Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  does  not  maintain  any  data  on  the  overall  number  of  schools,  colleges  and hospitals constructed in the country. In so far as Ministry of Tribal Affairs is concerned, 288 EMRSs and 1205 Ashram Schools have been sanctioned till date.

(c) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs administers three schemes namely (i) Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution, (ii) Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS) and (iii) Development of  Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups  (PVTGs)  under  which  activities  for  enhancement  of  medical facilities  are  supported.  As  per  the  scheme  guidelines  of  schemes  'Grants  under  Article  275(1)  of  the Constitution' and'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)', 10 - 15% of the total fund allocation has to be for activities related to health sector like addition to / strengthening of building infrastructure of CHC/PHC, Mobile dispensaries in remote locations, conduct of screening for acute health problems like  Sickle  Cell  Anemia  amongst  the  tribal  students  and  provision  of  health  cards,  focus  on eradication  of  prevalent  endemic  health  problems  like  Malaria,  Leprosy,  TB,  etc.  These  schemes  are demand driven and funds are released to State Governments based on State Plan and approval of the Project Appraisal Committee (PAC). Funds released by the scheme under the two schemes for health facilities are at Annexure .

Annexure

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1314 FOR  ANSWER  ON  11.02.2019 RAISED  BY SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY, MP, REGARDING 'BASIC FACILITIES IN TRIBAL AREAS'.

(Rs. in lakh)

| S No   | State             |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|--------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |      0    |   1016.76 |    233    |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |    150    |    705    |    600    |
| 3      | Assam             |      0    |    474.39 |      0    |
| 4      | Bihar             |      0    |     10    |     10    |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |    240    |    507    |    300    |
| 6      | Goa               |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 7      | Gujarat           |     52    |      0    |    986.7  |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    |    461    |    978.4  |
| 9      | Jammu &Kashmir    |      0    |    871.53 |    884.71 |
| 10     | Jharkhand         |   1400    |    925    |     50    |
| 11     | Karnataka         |    200    |    410    |   2205    |
| 12     | Kerala            |    300    |    350    |      0    |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    |   2721.02 |   5101.07 |   2037.35 |
| 14     | Maharashtra       |      0    |   2000    |   9262.4  |
| 15     | Manipur           |    666    |    360    |    290    |
| 16     | Meghalaya         |      0    |    200    |      0    |
| 17     | Mizoram           |    288.12 |    273.61 |    357.56 |
| 18     | Nagaland          |      0    |    110    |     90    |
| 19     | Odisha            |    114    |      0    |      0    |
| 20     | Rajasthan         |   1309.59 |   2510.98 |    301    |
| 21     | Sikkim            |     10    |     34.98 |    103.5  |
| 22     | Tamil Nadu        |      0    |    176.55 |     33.96 |
| 23     | Telangana         |      0    |      0    |    420.15 |
| 24     | Tripura           |      0    |     50    |    430    |
| 25     | Uttar Pradesh     |     27    |      0    |      0    |
| 26     | Uttarakhand       |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 27     | West Bengal       |    675.6  |   2018.65 |   2029.9  |
| Total  | Total             |   8153.33 |  18566.5  |  21603.6  |

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