Lok Sabha Question No. 1901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Schemes for Tribal Population
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1901

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 13/03/2023

## SCHEMES FOR TRIBAL POPULATION

## 1901. MS. CHANDRANI MURMU:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has formulated five major schemes for the tribal population in the country;
- (b)  if so, the total fund allocated under all schemes during the last five years and the percentage of fund allocation to Odisha; and
- (c)  the details of the percentage of tribal population have been benefited so far from the schemes, particularly in Odisha, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

- (a): Brief of five major schemes for the tribal population is given below:-
- (I) Pre-Matric Scholarships to ST Students:

Applicable to students who are studying in Classes IX - X. Parental income from all sources should be less than Rs.2.50 lakhs per annum. Scholarships are paid @ Rs.225/per month for Day Scholars and @ Rs.525/- per month for Hostellers, for a period of 10 months in a year.

Scholarship  is  disbursed  through  the  State  Government/UT  Administration.  Funds shared at the ratio of 75:25 between the Centre and State Governments/UT Administrations and 90:10 for NE and Specially Category States/UTs (UT of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand) from 2014-15 onwards and for UT without legislature 100% Share is released by Centre.

- (II) Post Matric Scholarships to ST Students:

Applicable  to  students  who  are  studying  in  any  recognized  course  from  a recognized institution for which qualification is Matriculation/Class X or above. Parental income from all sources should be less than Rs.2.50 lakhs per annum.  Compulsory fees charged  by  educational  institutions  are  reimbursed  subject  to  the  limit  fixed  by  the concerned State Fee fixation committee and scholarship amount of Rs.230 to Rs.1200 per month, depending upon the course of study is paid.

Scholarship is distributed through the State Government/UT Administration. Funds shared at the ratio of 75:25 between the Centre and State Governments  /  UT Administrations and 90:10 for NE and Specially Category States/UTs (UT of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand) from 2014-15 onwards and for UT without legislature 100% Share is released by Centre.

## (III) Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna:

SCA  to  TSS  /  PMAAGY  Division  was  implementing  the  scheme  of  Special Central  Assistance  to  Tribal  Sub-Scheme  (SCA  to  TSS)  till  the  year  2020-21  wherein 100% grants were provided to the State Governments with notified STs including Odisha for  activities  related  to  education,  health,  sanitation,  water  supply,  livelihood,  skill development, minor infrastructure etc. for the development of Scheduled Tribes (ST).

MoTA  has revamped the existing Scheme of 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS) with nomenclature 'Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)', for implementation during 2021-22 to 2025-26, which aims at transforming villages with significant tribal population into model village (Adarsh Gram).

## (IV) Eklavya Model Residential School:

The scheme of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) is being implemented as a central sector scheme to provide quality education to Scheduled Tribes (ST) students (Class  6th  to  12th)  in  remote  areas  to  enable  them  to  access  the  best  opportunities  in education and to bring them at par with the general population. Government has decided to  establish  one  EMRS in  every  block  with  more  than  50%  ST  population  and  at  least 20,000 tribal  persons  (as  per  2011  census)  subject  to  availability  of  suitable  land  to  be provided by the State Government. EMRSs are intended to provide good quality education to tribal students, free of cost in their own environment. The capital cost for setting up the school complex, including hostels and staff quarters has been revised from Rs 20.00 crores to Rs. 37.80 crore in plain areas from Rs. 24.00 Crores to Rs. 48.00 crore in North East, hilly areas and LWE affected areas. Recurring cost upto Rs. 1.09 lakh per year per student is paid for running of the schools and towards expenses of the students (uniform, books & stationary, food etc.) States have also been advised to run schools in alternative buildings preferably in Government Buildings till the construction of schools is completed.  As on date, 690 schoolshave been sanctioned and 401 EMRS have been made functional across thecountry with 113275 students enrolled in these EMRSs.

Under the scheme of EMRS, funds are released by the Ministry to an autonomous society, National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for implementation of the  scheme  and  NESTS  further  releases  funds  to  State  Societies  and  Construction Agencies etc. as per their requirements. Upto the year 2019-20, funds were being released to  states  including  Odisha  for  this  scheme  under  Grants  under  Article  275  (1)  of  the constitution  as  one  of  the  components.  From  the  year  2020-21  onwards,  separate allocation has been made for EMRS scheme and the details of fund allocation to NESTS for release of funds to State Societies and Construction Agencies etc including Odisha by the Ministry from the year 2020-21.

## (V) Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups:

Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing a Scheme 'Development of Particularly Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups  (PVTGs)'  with  the  objective  of  overall  socio-economic development and welfare of these most vulnerable sections among tribal people. Funds are provided  to  the  concerned  State  Government  /  UT  on  the  basis  of  their  proposals  in diverse  sectors  i.e.  education,  housing,  land  development,  agricultural  development, animal husbandry, construction of link roads, installation of non-conventional sources of energy for lighting purpose, conservation of culture and traditional practices or any other innovative activity with respect to these identified 75 PVTG communities in the nature of gap filling intervention besides interventions undertaken by the States out of Tribal SubPlan funds

(b): Fund allocated under above all 5 schemes during last five years and the percentage of fund allocation to Odisha is given below:

(I) Pre-Matric Scholarships to ST Students:

| Year                |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (as on Feb., 2023) |
|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| All India           |  29408    |  31150    |  43999    |  24890.2  |  39414.4  |                     31872.9  |
| Odisha              |   5134.98 |   6665.88 |   6157.65 |   6944.96 |   5236.75 |                      9397.06 |
| %of funds to Odisha |     17.46 |     21.4  |     13.99 |     27.9  |     13.29 |                        29.48 |

(II) Post Matric Scholarships to ST Students:

| Year                |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (as on Feb., 2023) |
|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| All India           | 186265    | 182908    | 225681    | 193920    | 186265    |                    182908    |
| Odisha              |  16640.2  |  19096    |  21843    |  17133.3  |  16640.2  |                     19096    |
| %of funds to Odisha |      8.93 |     10.44 |      9.68 |      8.84 |      8.93 |                        10.44 |

(Rs. in lakhs)

## (Rs. in Cr.)

(III) Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS) / Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna:

## (Rs. in lakhs)

|                     | Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)   | Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)   | Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)   | Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)   | Pradhan Mantri Aadi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY)   | Pradhan Mantri Aadi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY)   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Year                | 2017-18                                                        | 2018-19                                                        | 2019-20                                                        | 2020-21                                                        | 2021-22                                           | 2022-23 (as on 07.03.2023)                        |
| All India           | 1348.00                                                        | 1345.00                                                        | 1345.62                                                        | 8164.88                                                        | 7815.22                                           | 128777.93                                         |
| Odisha              | 119.75                                                         | 175.53                                                         | 869.12                                                         | 901.04                                                         | 277.17                                            | 1001.24                                           |
| %of funds to Odisha | 8.88                                                           | 13.05                                                          | 64.59                                                          | 11.04                                                          | 3.55                                              | 0.78                                              |

## (IV) Eklavya Model Residential School:

(Rs. in Cr.)

| Year                | 2017-18                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2021-22                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| All India           | Release of funds under EMRS has started from 2020-21                                                                                                                                                                                                | Release of funds under EMRS has started from 2020-21                                                                                                                                                                                                | Release of funds under EMRS has started from 2020-21                                                                                                                                                                                                | 1199.98                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 1057.74                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| %of funds to Odisha | Under the scheme of EMRS, funds are released by the Ministry to an autonomous society, National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for implementation of the scheme and NESTS further releases funds to State Societies and Construction | Under the scheme of EMRS, funds are released by the Ministry to an autonomous society, National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for implementation of the scheme and NESTS further releases funds to State Societies and Construction | Under the scheme of EMRS, funds are released by the Ministry to an autonomous society, National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for implementation of the scheme and NESTS further releases funds to State Societies and Construction | Under the scheme of EMRS, funds are released by the Ministry to an autonomous society, National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for implementation of the scheme and NESTS further releases funds to State Societies and Construction | Under the scheme of EMRS, funds are released by the Ministry to an autonomous society, National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for implementation of the scheme and NESTS further releases funds to State Societies and Construction |

## (V) Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups:

(Rs. in Cr.)

| Year                |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| All India           |  23949    |   25000   |  24999    |  14000    |  16000    |
| Odisha              |   1297    |    3626   |    976.38 |   1202    |   1197    |
| %of funds to Odisha |      5.42 |      14.5 |      3.91 |      8.59 |      7.48 |

- (c): Percentage of tribal population benefited from the schemes in Odisha is given below:-

## (I) Pre-Matric Scholarships to ST Students:

|   Sl.No. | District      |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 | 2022-23 (as on 09.02.2023)   |
|----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Angul         |      4250 |      4220 |      4241 |      4210 |      1797 | 118                          |
|        2 | Balasore      |      5959 |      6435 |      6252 |      5080 |      3223 | 101                          |
|        3 | Bargarh       |      7140 |      7574 |      7235 |      6926 |      4399 | 23                           |
|        4 | Bhadrak       |       626 |       610 |       582 |       642 |       526 | 1                            |
|        5 | Bolangir      |     11031 |      9095 |      9857 |     10473 |      5671 | 27                           |
|        6 | Boudh         |      1558 |      1634 |      1699 |      1802 |       958 | 86                           |
|        7 | Cuttack       |      1283 |      1090 |      1240 |      1100 |       423 | 19                           |
|        8 | Deogarh       |      3270 |      2890 |      3290 |      3230 |      1571 | 217                          |
|        9 | Dhenkanal     |      3641 |      3765 |      3569 |      3359 |      2360 | 125                          |
|       10 | Gajapati      |      8279 |      7014 |      7926 |      7613 |      5958 | 127                          |
|       11 | Ganjam        |      2701 |      2505 |      2309 |      1857 |      1145 | 27                           |
|       12 | Jagatsinghpur |       196 |       130 |       116 |        37 |        17 |                              |
|       13 | Jajpur        |      2408 |      2175 |      2326 |      1688 |       444 | 103                          |
|       14 | Jharsuguda    |      4310 |      4495 |      4442 |      4012 |      2215 |                              |
|       15 | Kalahandi     |      8121 |      8221 |      8467 |      6945 |      5619 | 108                          |
|       16 | Kandhamal     |     10748 |     10805 |      9523 |      8230 |      6210 | 136                          |
|       17 | Kendrapara    |       235 |       216 |       171 |       200 |        28 |                              |
|       18 | Keonjhar      |     20037 |     22496 |     21923 |     23120 |     13206 |                              |
|       19 | Khurdha       |      1721 |      1462 |      1010 |       698 |       461 | 116                          |

| 20                                              | Koraput                                         |      9082 |      9127 |      7326 |      5427 |      4293 |      |
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
| 21                                              | Malkangiri                                      |   2487    |   4297    |   5093    |   3920    |   3465    | 286  |
| 22                                              | Mayurbhanj                                      |  41769    |  42093    |  42325    |  34664    |  23156    |      |
| 23                                              | Nawarangpur                                     |  13484    |  14065    |  15167    |  14298    |  12097    |      |
| 24                                              | Nayagarh                                        |   1326    |   1275    |   1323    |   1292    |    882    |      |
| 25                                              | Nuapada                                         |   5911    |   5644    |   6281    |   5138    |   1492    |      |
| 26                                              | Puri                                            |    319    |    333    |    351    |    314    |     91    | 2    |
| 27                                              | Rayagada                                        |   9684    |   9616    |   9318    |   8605    |   8072    | 829  |
| 28                                              | Sambalpur                                       |  10457    |   9613    |   9640    |   8739    |   5201    |      |
| 29                                              | Sonepur                                         |   1403    |   1237    |   1416    |   1215    |    869    |      |
| 30                                              | Sundergarh                                      |  30529    |  29006    |  25528    |  23223    |  19204    | 43   |
| Grand Total                                     | Grand Total                                     | 223965    | 223138    | 219946    | 198057    | 135053    | 2494 |
| %to state ST population (9590756 - 2011 census) | %to state ST population (9590756 - 2011 census) |      2.34 |      2.33 |      2.29 |      2.07 |      1.41 | -    |

(II) Post Matric Scholarships to ST Students:

| Sl.No.      | District      |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (as on 09.02.2023) |
|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1           | Angul         |      3399 |      3379 |      3146 |      2731 |      3058 |                         1605 |
| 2           | Balasore      |      6524 |      7208 |      7223 |      7625 |      9070 |                         1917 |
| 3           | Bargarh       |      5294 |      5158 |      4262 |      4000 |      4808 |                         3596 |
| 4           | Bhadrak       |       824 |       811 |       644 |       724 |      1130 |                          310 |
| 5           | Bolangir      |      6681 |      6591 |      5489 |      5022 |      6262 |                         4171 |
| 6           | Boudh         |       669 |       615 |       467 |       469 |       628 |                          349 |
| 7           | Cuttack       |      2850 |      3059 |      3075 |      3095 |      3371 |                         1509 |
| 8           | Deogarh       |      1345 |      1299 |      1198 |      1041 |      1112 |                          779 |
| 9           | Dhenkanal     |      2524 |      2202 |      1921 |      1750 |      2211 |                          989 |
| 10          | Gajapati      |      7452 |      7281 |      6206 |      5596 |      6618 |                         4644 |
| 11          | Ganjam        |      4934 |      5162 |      4812 |      5027 |      6248 |                         3524 |
| 12          | Jagatsinghpur |        97 |       132 |       144 |       112 |       197 |                           75 |
| 13          | Jajpur        |      1478 |      1364 |      1169 |      1296 |      1897 |                          517 |
| 14          | Jharsuguda    |      3912 |      3701 |      3491 |      3259 |      3256 |                         1449 |
| 15          | Kalahandi     |      5151 |      5032 |      3765 |      3060 |      4364 |                         2518 |
| 16          | Kandhamal     |      9016 |      8570 |      8346 |      9566 |     10968 |                         3804 |
| 17          | Kendrapara    |       198 |       199 |       153 |       185 |       216 |                           27 |
| 18          | Keonjhar      |     10743 |     10554 |      9277 |      9417 |     10559 |                         4434 |
| 19          | Khurdha       |     17844 |     20109 |     20299 |     20599 |     23914 |                        11204 |
| 20          | Koraput       |      8632 |      9199 |      8153 |      7875 |      9841 |                         6370 |
| 21          | Malkangiri    |      3938 |      4067 |      3827 |      3564 |      4271 |                         1967 |
| 22          | Mayurbhanj    |     36470 |     36732 |     29401 |     29103 |     33682 |                        16573 |
| 23          | Nawarangpur   |      5070 |      5879 |      5328 |      4715 |      5821 |                         3564 |
| 24          | Nayagarh      |      1047 |       983 |       920 |      1057 |      1520 |                          707 |
| 25          | Nuapada       |      3776 |      3482 |      2950 |      2817 |      3539 |                         2421 |
| 26          | Puri          |       648 |       682 |       648 |       712 |       814 |                          375 |
| 27          | Rayagada      |      9342 |     10008 |      9047 |      9476 |     10644 |                         8898 |
| 28          | Sambalpur     |      8827 |      8457 |      7194 |      6869 |      8391 |                         5264 |
| 29          | Sonepur       |      1253 |      1180 |       793 |       677 |      1016 |                          876 |
| 30          | Sundergarh    |     24635 |     24408 |     23818 |     23813 |     26390 |                        19390 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   |    194573 |    197503 |    177166 |    175252 |    205816 |                       113826 |

| %to state ST population (9590756 - 2011 census)   | 2.03   | 2.06   | 1.85   | 1.83   | 2.15   |
|---------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

## (III) Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna:

The details of the beneficiaries are not centrally maintained.

## (IV) Eklavya Model Residential School:

| State                                           |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Odisha                                          |   5547    |   5340    |   5821    |   6711    |   7317    |   8495    |
| %to state ST population (9590756 - 2011 census) |      0.06 |      0.06 |      0.06 |      0.07 |      0.08 |      0.09 |

| District wise enrolment of EMRS students for AY 2022-23   | District wise enrolment of EMRS students for AY 2022-23   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| District                                                  | Number of ST students enrolled in EMRS                    |
| Balangir                                                  | 282                                                       |
| Balasore                                                  | 174                                                       |
| Deogarh                                                   | 151                                                       |
| Gajapati                                                  | 458                                                       |
| Jajapur                                                   | 408                                                       |
| Jharsuguda                                                | 157                                                       |
| Kalahandi                                                 | 140                                                       |
| Kandhamal                                                 | 560                                                       |
| Kendujhar                                                 | 578                                                       |
| Koraput                                                   | 642                                                       |
| Malkangiri                                                | 429                                                       |
| Mayurbhanj                                                | 1169                                                      |
| Nabarangpur                                               | 391                                                       |
| Nuapada                                                   | 412                                                       |
| Rayagada                                                  | 743                                                       |
| Sambalpur                                                 | 291                                                       |
| Sundargarh                                                | 1510                                                      |
| Total                                                     | 8495                                                      |

## (V) Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups:

Implementation of the approved projects is the responsibility of the concerned State Government, and details of beneficiaries are to be maintained by respective State Government(s).

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