Lok Sabha Question No. 1743 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Tribal Dominated Areas in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. Jagathrakshakan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1743

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020

## TRIBAL DOMINATED AREAS IN TAMIL NADU

## 1743. SHRI S. JAGATHRAKSHAKAN:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Tribal dominated areas in Tamil Nadu have been identified/demarcated and the steps taken by the Government for improving their living conditions;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  Tribal  Sub-Plan  Area  and  Tribal  Dominated  District  with  tribal  population more than 25% have been identified.  Central Government as well as State Government have been taken various initiatives for welfare and development of Scheduled Tribes in the country including Tamil Nadu.  Total allocation and expenditure of State Tribal SubPlan (TSP) during 2017-18 and 2018-19 in respect of Tamil Nadu was as follows:

| Tamil Nadu (ST population 1.1 %)   | Tamil Nadu (ST population 1.1 %)   | Tamil Nadu (ST population 1.1 %)   | Tamil Nadu (ST population 1.1 %)   | Tamil Nadu (ST population 1.1 %)   |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Year                               | Total Plan Allocation of the State | Allocation under TSP               | Expenditure under TSP              | (Rs. In crore) % Allocation        |
| 2017-18                            | 54564.19                           | 607.49                             | 630.15                             | 1.11                               |
| 2018-19                            | 55498.17                           | 794.25                             | 491.72*                            | 1.43                               |

Details of Scheduled Tribe Component funds released to Tamil Nadu State by various Central Ministries / Departments during 2017-18 and 2018-19 are at Annexure .

## Fund Released to Government of Tamil Nadu in 2017-18

| S.No   | Ministry Name                                                                     | Scheme Name                                                                                        |   Sanctioned Amount (Rs. in lacs) |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | National Food Security Mission                                                                     |                             36.9  |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | National Mission on Horticulture                                                                   |                             41.64 |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | National Mission on Oil Seed and Oil Palm                                                          |                              8.39 |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | National Project on Soil Health and Fertility                                                      |                             68.82 |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | ParamparagatKrishiVikasYojana                                                                      |                              1.95 |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | Pradhan MantriKrishiSinchaiYojana (PMKSY)- Per Drop More Crop                                      |                            411.07 |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | Rainfed Area Development and Climate Change                                                        |                             44    |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | RashtriyaKrishiVikasYojna                                                                          |                            299    |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | Sub - Mission on Agriculture Extension                                                             |                             33.93 |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | Sub- Mission on Seed and Planting Material                                                         |                             47.5  |
| 2      | Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities                            | Schemes for Differently Abled Persons ( Schemes for implementation of Persons with Disability Act) |                              3.08 |
| 3      | Department of Health and Family Welfare                                           | Human Resources for Health and Medical Education                                                   |                            444    |
| 3      | Department of Health and Family Welfare                                           | National Rural Health Mission                                                                      |                           2083.41 |
| 3      | Department of Health and Family Welfare                                           | Tertiary Care Programs                                                                             |                            481    |
| 4      | Department of Higher Education                                                    | RashtriyaUchhatarShikshaAbhiyan (RUSA)                                                             |                            268.13 |
| 5      | Department of Land Resources                                                      | Integrated Watershed Development Program (Programme Component)                                     |                            496    |
| 6      | Department of Rural Development                                                   | National Rural Livelihood Mission (State Component)                                                |                           2920.64 |
| 6      | Department of Rural Development                                                   | Pradhan MantriAwasYojna (PMAY)- Rural (Programme Component)                                        |                            195.73 |
| 7      | Department of School Education and Literacy                                       | National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools (Amount met from Gross Budgetary Support)            |                           2545.65 |
| 7      | Department of School Education and Literacy                                       | RashtriyaMadhyamikShikshaAbhiyan (Programme Component)                                             |                            552.79 |
| 7      | Department of School Education and Literacy                                       | SarvaShikshaAbhiyan                                                                                |                           1438.3  |
| 7      | Department of School Education and Literacy                                       | Teachers Training and Adult Education                                                              |                            177.79 |
|        | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) | National AYUSH Misson (NAM)                                                                        |                            139.23 |
| 8      | Ministry of Drinking Water                                                        | Nation Rural Drinking Water Programme (State Component)                                            |                            237.89 |
| 8      | and Sanitation                                                                    | SBM-Rural (State Component)                                                                        |                           1228.46 |
| 9      | Ministry of Labour and Employment                                                 | National Career Services                                                                           |                              6.66 |
| 10     | Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation                                 | National Urban Livelihood Mission (States/Uts Component)                                           |                            200.42 |
| 10     | Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation                                 | PMAY-Urban (Other items of States/UTs Component)                                                   |                           1424.6  |
| 11     | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                                        | Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)                                       |                           1770.75 |
| 11     | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                                        | Grants under proviso to Article 275(1) of the Constitution                                         |                            378    |
| 11     | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                                        | Post-Matric Scholarship                                                                            |                           2440.39 |
| 11     | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                                        | Special Central Assistance (Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Schemes)                      |                            894.1  |
| 11     | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                                        | Support to Tribal Research Institutes                                                              |                            133.2  |
| 12     | Ministry of Women and Child Development                                           | Anganwadi Services (Erstwhile Core ICDS)                                                           |                           4451.23 |
| 12     | TOTAL                                                                             |                                                                                                    |                          25904.7  |

## Annexure

## Fund Released to Government of Tamil Nadu in 2018-19

| S.No   | Ministry Name                                                                     | Scheme Name                                                                                     | Sanctioned Amount (Rs. in lacs)   |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | National Food Security Mission                                                                  | 55.20                             |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | National Mission on Horticulture                                                                | 129.00                            |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | National Mission on Oil Seed and Oil Palm                                                       | 9.26                              |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | National Project on Soil Health and Fertility                                                   | 12.87                             |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | ParamparagatKrishiVikasYojana                                                                   | 5.64                              |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | Pradhan MantriKrishiSinchaiYojana (PMKSY)- Per Drop More Crop                                   | 354.75                            |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | Rainfed Area Development and Climate Change                                                     | 39.21                             |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | RashtriyaKrishiVikasYojna                                                                       | 614.00                            |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | Sub - Mission on Agriculture Extension                                                          | 47.67                             |
| 1      | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                       | Sub- Mission on Seed and Planting Material                                                      | 73.82                             |
| 2      | Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries                            | Livestock Census and Integrated Sample Survey                                                   | 2.45                              |
| 2      | Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries                            | Livestock Health and Disease Control                                                            | 118.00                            |
| 3      | Department of Health and Family Welfare                                           | Human Resources for Health and Medical Education                                                | 1134.00                           |
| 3      | Department of Health and Family Welfare                                           | National Rural Health Mission                                                                   | 2491.76                           |
| 3      | Department of Health and Family Welfare                                           | National Urban Health Mission (Support from National Investment Fund)                           | 23.00                             |
| 4      | Department of Higher Education                                                    | RashtriyaUchhatarShikshaAbhiyan (RUSA)                                                          | 336.00                            |
| 5      | Department of Land Resources                                                      | Integrated Watershed Development Program (Programme Component)                                  | 36.00                             |
| 6      | Department of Rural Development                                                   | National Rural Livelihood Mission (Programme Component)                                         | 4789.54                           |
| 6      | Department of Rural Development                                                   | Pradhan MantriAwasYojna (PMAY)- Rural (Programme Component)                                     | 529.14                            |
|        | Department of School Education and Literacy                                       | National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools                                                   | 714.02                            |
|        | Department of School Education and Literacy                                       | RashtriyaMadhyamikShikshaAbhiyan                                                                | 389.92                            |
| 7      | Department of School Education and Literacy                                       | SarvaShikshaAbhiyan                                                                             | 1617.42                           |
| 8      | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) | National AYUSH Misson (NAM) (Support from National Investment Fund)                             | 98.21                             |
| 9      | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation                                         | National Rural Drinking Water Mission - Nation Rural Drinking Water Programme                   | 426.72                            |
| 9      | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation                                         | SBM-Rural (Programme Component)                                                                 | 621.73                            |
| 10     | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change                               | Conservation of Natural Resources and Ecosystems (Funded from NCEF) - Biodiversity Conservation | 0.12                              |
|        | Ministry of Housing and Urban                                                     | Deendayal AntyodayaYojana-National Urban Livelihood                                             | 294.66                            |
| 12     | Affairs                                                                           | Mission (DAY-NULM) (States/UTs Component) PMAY-Urban (Other items of States/UTs Component)      | 995.01                            |
| 13     | Ministry of Panchayati Raj                                                        | Capacity Building- Panchayat SashaktikaranAbhiyaan (PSA) / Rashtriya Gram SwarajAbhiyan (RGSA)  | 33.34                             |
| 13     | Ministry of Panchayati Raj                                                        | Grants under proviso to Article 275(1) of                                                       |                                   |
|        | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                                        | the Constitution                                                                                | 773.57                            |
|        | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                                        | Post-Matric Scholarship                                                                         | 3933.65                           |
| 14 15  | Ministry of Women and Child Development                                           | Anganwadi Services (Erstwhile Core ICDS)                                                        | 2898.27                           |
| 14 15  | Ministry of Women and Child Development                                           |                                                                                                 | 24157.34                          |
|        | TOTAL                                                                             |                                                                                                 |                                   |