Lok Sabha Question No. 1135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1135

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## VAN BANDHU KALYAN YOJANA

## 1135. DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to expand the Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the scheme including its objectives and salient features; and
- (c) the details of funds allocated and utilized by the States including Odisha for implementation of the scheme during the last four years?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):Government  of  India  launched  'Vanbandhu  Kalyan  Yojana  (VKY)'  during  2014-15  for  holistic development of tribal people across the country. The VKY has been adopted as a strategic process. This process envisages to ensure delivery of goods and services to the tribal population across the country with outcomeoriented approach while striking at the critical gaps through appropriate convergence of resources and institutional mechanism. In 2014-15, an amount of Rs. 100.00 crore was allocated under VKY, which was released to ten States having Scheduled Areas. During 2015-16, allocation of Rs. 200.00 crores was made for 21 States based on their perspective plan. In 2016-17, only a token provision of Rs. 1.00 crore was made that was released to State Government of Rajasthan. The details of the funds released to the State Governments including Odisha State during the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 under VKY is at Annexure-1 .

Since 2016-17, separate allocation of funds under VKY has been discontinued and it has been envisaged that the fund  requirement  under  the  VKY  strategy  will  be  fulfilled  out  of  the  TSP  [now  called  as  Schedule  Tribe Component(STC)]funds, which caters to sectoral development including support for education, health, power, roads,  sanitation,  water  supply,  livelihood  etc.  by  way  of  specific  fund  allocation  under  various  schemes  / programmes of concerned Central Ministries and the State Governments.  As a part of rationalization of Schemes, convergence of following schemes / interventions of Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been effected from 2016-17 as an Umbrella Programme of Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana:

- (i) Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
- (ii) Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce.
- (iii) Aid to Voluntary Organisations working for the Welfare of Scheduled Tribes
- (iv) Tribal Festivals, Research Information and Mass Education
- (v) Monitoring and Evaluation
- (vi) Development Programmes in the Tribal Areas (EAP)
- (vii) Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana

A statement showing Allocation and Expenditure under the above mentioned schemes for the financial years 201617, 2017-18 and 2018-19 is at Annexure -2 .

Annexure 1 referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1135 to be answered on 17.12.2018

## Statement showing State-wise details of funds released under VKY for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 and utilization reported by the States

(Rs in lakh)

| S. No.   |                   | 2014-15        | 2014-15              | 2015-16        | 2015-16              |
|----------|-------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|
| S. No.   | States            | Funds Released | Utilization reported | Funds Released | Utilization reported |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1000.00        | 1000.00              | 500.00         | 300.00               |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0              | 0                    | 600.00         | 600.00               |
| 3        | Assam             | 0              | 0                    | 852.00         | 852.00               |
| 4        | Bihar             | 0              | 0                    | 760.00         | 0                    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 1000.00        | 1000.00              | 1384.50        | 1273.44              |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 1000.00        | 1000.00              | 1723.00        | 1419.32              |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1000.00        | 700.10               | 0              | 0                    |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 1000.00        | 1000.00              | 1344.80        | 1344.80              |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0              | 0                    | 500.00         | 0                    |
| 10       | Kerala            | 0              | 0                    | 300.00         | 300.00               |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1000.00        | 1000.00              | 1909.28        | 1418.00              |
| 12       | Maharashtra       | 1000.00        | 0                    | 1400.00        | 0                    |
| 13       | Mizoram           | 0              | 0                    | 490.50         | 490.50               |
| 14       | Nagaland          | 0              | 0                    | 766.65         | 766.65               |
| 15       | Odisha            | 1000.00        | 1000.00              | 1650.00        | 1650.00              |
| 16       | Sikkim            | 0              | 0                    | 382.43         | 207.00               |
| 17       | Rajasthan         | 1000.00        | 1000.00              | 1046.42        | 1046.42              |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu        | 0              | 0                    | 700.00         | 351.94               |
| 19       | Telangana         | 1000.00        | 1000.00              | 427.42         | 427.00               |
| 20       | Tripura           | 0              | 0                    | 613.00         | 613.00               |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh     | 0              | 0                    | 200.00         | 0                    |
| 22       | West Bengal       | 0              | 0                    | 2450.00        | 2025.00              |
| Total    | Total             | 10000.00       | 8700.10              | 20000.00       | 15085.07             |

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## Annexure 2 referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1135 to be answered on 17.12.2018

## A statement showing Allocation and Expenditure under the schemes of Umbrella Programme of Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana during 201617, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (Rs. in crore)

| S. No   | Name of Scheme                                                  | BE      | RE      | EXP     | BE      | RE      | EXP     | BE      | EXP (Up to 12.12.2018)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------------------|
|         |                                                                 | 2016-17 | 2016-17 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2017-18 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2018-19                  |
| 1       | Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PTG)       | 200.00  | 340.00  | 340.21  | 270.00  | 240.00  | 239.49  | 260.00  | 150.38                   |
| 2       | Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce (MSP for MFP)    | 158.00  | 3.00    | 2.00    | 100.00  | 25.00   | 8.59    | 130.00  | 64.70                    |
| 3       | Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the Scheduled Tribes | 120.00  | 120.00  | 120.00  | 120.00  | 120.00  | 119.94  | 130.00  | 64.70                    |
| 4       | Tribal Festivals, Research Information &Mass Education          | 17.39   | 6.39    | 4.69    | 12.04   | 6.35    | 4.57    | 25.00   | 8.53                     |
| 5       | Monitoring and Evaluation                                       | 8.00    | 2.00    | 1.39    | 3.00    | 3.00    | 1.25    | 5.00    | 1.81                     |
| 6       | Development Programmes in the Tribal Areas (EAP)                | 0.39    | 0.01    | 0       | 0.01    | 0       | 0       | 0.01    | 0                        |
| 7       | Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna                                          | 1.00    | 1.00    | 1.00    | 0.01    | 0       | 0       | 0.01    | 0                        |
|         | Grand Total                                                     | 504.78  | 472.4   | 469.29  | 505.06  | 394.35  | 373.84  | 550.02  | 290.12                   |