Lok Sabha Question No. 1263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Empowerment of Tribal Women
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Asaduddin Owaisi, Imtiaz Jaleel Syed

## MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI  ARJUN  MUNDA)

(a),(b)&(e): Yes,sir.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has recently entered into an agreement with the Ministry of Rural Development for promotion of about 8.90 lakh Scheduled Tribe (ST) Self Help Groups (SHG) across the country  under  which  the  State  unit  of  DAY-NRLM  (SRLM) will  identify  and  conduct  a  quick  livelihood planning / gap analysis exercise and prepare livelihood annual action plan including list of individual and common assets for individual  household as  well  as  village for  the women SHG members from tribal communities and their villages/hamlets for submission of the same to the State Department in-charge of Tribal Development with firmed up cost estimates preferably by 31stDecember of preceding financial year of  the  Annual  Plan.  It  is  also  envisaged  to  conduct trainings and  capacity  building  events  for  imparting knowledge,  skill  and  awareness including  on-field  hand  holding  support  on  the  livelihood  activities  that each women SHG will be pursuing through its livelihood Community Service Provider (CRP) network and plan for credit need (Micro credit Plan) for livelihood promotion for each of the SHG women and arrange to cater  to  the  need  through  their  SHGs.  The  State  Departments  (In-charge  of  tribal  development)  will include the list of SHG women from tribal households in its beneficiaries list as submitted by the SRLM for outsourcing  works of EMRS schools like housekeeping, cleaning and other activities in the EMRS and Ashram Schools.

For empowerment  of  Tribal  women ,  NSTFDC  is  administering  a  scheme  'Adivasi  Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana (AMSY)' for Tribal women to undertake any income generation activity. Under this scheme,  loan  up  to  90%  of  project  costing  up  to ₹2  lakh  is  provided  at  a  highly  concessional  rate  of interest of 4% p.a. During the last three years, a total of  ₹147.70 crore have been disbursed to assist women beneficiaries under this scheme.

The Ministry also administers the Schemes of 'Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products/Produce", 'Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce through Minimum Support Price and development of Value Chain' and 'Equity Support to National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)/ State Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporations (STFDCs)' for socio-economic development and empowerment of tribal communities in the country including those involved in traditional art & craft products, natural & organic products.The benefits of these schemes reach tribal women too.

The State Department (in-charge of tribal development) / TRIFED  give priority in inclusion of tribal SHGs / PG with majority of members from tribal households in Van Dhan Yojana. The gap, if any, are to be addressed through relevant schemes of MoTA and Grants-in-Aid under proviso to Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India.

(c) & (d): No,Sir. There is no such proposal under consideration.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1263

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 19.09.2020

## EMPOWERMENT OF TRIBAL WOMEN

## 1263.    SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI : SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  working  on  the  empowerment  of  Tribal  women  who  are  engaged  in traditional work;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in coordination with the Ministry of Empowerment of Women is working on the self-sustained life of tribal women;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the total amount for empowerment of tribal women spent by Government during the last three years and the schemes launched or likely to be launched in this regard in the near future?

## ANSWER