Lok Sabha Question No. 791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Employment Generation in Tribal Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 791

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 07/02/2022

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION ON TRIBAL AREAS

## 791.  SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of schemes that have been executed by the Government during the last five years in order to boost employment generation in tribal areas;
- (b)  whether employment opportunities have increased due to such schemes;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the State-wise details of persons benefitted therefrom; and
- (e) the steps taken regarding tribal areas of Odisha and PVTGs in Odisha?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) The Government has adopted a holistic approach for providing livelihood opportunities to tribal population, including tribal women through various schemes of Central Ministries as at Annexure 1 .

National Rural Livelihood Mission administered by Ministry of Rural Development aims at mobilizing all rural poor household into self help group, build institutions of poor by federating them at villages / cluster / Block level, provide long term support to attain appreciable increase in incomes through credit linkages and multiple livelihood options. Women SHGs under DAY-NRLM consist of 10-20 persons. At least one woman member from each identified rural poor household, is to be brought under the Self Help Group (SHG) network. The State wise details of tribal SHGs created so far are at Annexure 2 .

Ministry of Tribal Affairs strives to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth of tribal population in the country.  The  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes/Grants  administered  by  the  Ministry  which,  inter-alia, supports livelihood and employment generation for tribal population are under:

- 1        Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)
- 2         Grant-in-aid under Article 275(1) of the Constitution
3.        Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)

State-wise details of beneficiaries (including Odisha) under these schemes are not centrally maintained in the  Ministry. However,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  has  recently developed  an  online  portal (https://grants.tribal.gov.in/adigram)  to  capture  physical  and  financial  progress  including  beneficiary details under various schemes being administered.

Besides,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  through  TRIFED  and  NSTFDC,  is  implementing  the  following programmes/Schemes  which  specifically  cater  to  livelihood  /  income  generation  needs  of  the  tribal population:

1. Mechanism  for  Marketing  of  Minor  Forest  Produce  (MFP)  through  Minimum  Support  Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP.
2. Institutional Support for Development & Marketing of Tribal Products/Produce
3. Equity Support to National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)/ State Tribal Finance and Development Corporations (STFDCs)

Van Dhan Vikas Karyakram, an initiative under the Scheme 'Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP', targets livelihood generation for tribals by harnessing the wealth of forest i.e. Van Dhan. Under this programme, it is envisaged to set-up tribal community owned Minor Forest Produce centric multipurpose Kendras in predominantly tribal districts. The Kendras would act as common facility centres for procurement cum value addition to locally available Minor Forest Produce. Value addition of raw produce is expected to increase the value of the MFP considerably and consequently the income of the gatherers.

The National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC), under the Ministry of  Tribal  Affairs,  is  implementing an exclusive scheme titled 'Adivasi  Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana (AMSY)'  for  economic  development  of  Scheduled  Tribes  Women.  Under  the  scheme,  NSTFDC provides loan upto 90% for projects costing upto ₹2.00 lakh. Financial assistance under the scheme is extended at highly concessional rate of interest of 4% per annum.

State-wise details of beneficiaries (including Odisha) under these schemes are at Annexure 3

Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  also  administers  an  exclusive  scheme  namely  'Development  of  PVTG' specifically for the PVTG population. A statement showing the outlay under the scheme of Development of PVTG in the past 5 years and released amount for each activity along with UC/PPRs pending status for the State of Odisha is given below:-

Amount (Rs. in lakh)

| Financial Year   |   Released by MoTA |   Amount Utilized by State | Pending UC   |
|------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|--------------|
| 2016-17          |            1164    |                    1164    | 0.00         |
| 2017-18          |            1297    |                    1297    | 0.00         |
| 2018-19          |            3626    |                    3626    | 0.00         |
| 2019-20          |             976.38 |                     976.38 | 0.00         |
| 2020-21          |            1202    |                    1202    | 0.00         |
| 2021-22          |            1197    |                       0    | Not yet due  |

Other a chievements under PVTG scheme of the Ministry in Odisha are as under:

-  Ministry  has  engaged  State  Tribal  Development  Department  /  Tribal  Research  Institute in conducting  exclusive  village  wise  PVTG  population  survey and  till  date  village  wise population data have been completed by the state government of Odisha.
-  State Govt. of Odisha has constituted micro-plan projects for focused development interventions to the PVTGs under the PVTG scheme.
-  The State Govt. of Odisha included PVTG Populations inhabiting in 888 uncovered & left-out villages/ hamlets located adjacent to 15 Micro Project Agencies (MPAs) of the State of Odisha in the respective Micro Project Areas and also constituted three new Micro Project Areas to cater to the well-being of the left-out Birhor, Juang & Paudi Bhuiya (PVTGs) communities residing in 250 villages/hamlets.

## Annexure 1 referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 791 for answer on 7-2-2022

## Livelihood and Employment Generation Schemes of Central Ministries / Departments

| SN.   | Ministry/Department                                         | Schemes focus on Livelihoods / Employment Generation                                                                         |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer's welfare | Agriculture Marketing: Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Marketing                                                            |
| 1     | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer's welfare | Crop Insurance Scheme: Pradhan MantriFasalBimaYojana Distribution of Pulses to State / Union Territories for Welfare Schemes |
| 1     | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer's welfare | Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation                                                                                |
| 1     | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer's welfare | Interest Subsidy for Short Term Credit to Farmers                                                                            |
| 1     | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer's welfare | Market Intervention Scheme and Price Support Scheme (MIS-PSS)                                                                |
| 1     | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer's welfare | National Bamboo Mission                                                                                                      |
| 1     | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer's welfare | National Food Security Mission                                                                                               |
| 1     | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer's welfare | National Mission on Horticulture                                                                                             |
| 2     | Department of Amimal Husbandry, Dairying                    | Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund                                                                             |
|       | Department of Amimal Husbandry, Dairying                    | Dairy Entrepreneurship Development                                                                                           |
|       | Department of Amimal Husbandry, Dairying                    | Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund                                                                         |
|       | Department of Amimal Husbandry, Dairying                    | Livestock Health and Disease Control                                                                                         |
|       | Department of Amimal Husbandry, Dairying                    | National Animal Disease Control Programme for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis                                   |
|       | Department of Amimal Husbandry, Dairying                    | National Dairy Plan (EAP)                                                                                                    |
|       | Department of Amimal Husbandry, Dairying                    | National Livestock Mission                                                                                                   |
|       | Department of Amimal Husbandry, Dairying                    | National Programme for Dairy Development                                                                                     |
|       | Department of Amimal Husbandry, Dairying                    | RashtriyaGokul Mission                                                                                                       |
| 3     | Department Commerce                                         | Coffee Board                                                                                                                 |
| 3     | Department Commerce                                         | Rubber Board                                                                                                                 |
| 3     | Department Commerce                                         | Spices Board                                                                                                                 |
| 3     | Department Commerce                                         | Tea Board                                                                                                                    |

|   4 | Department of Empoerment of Persons with Disability                     | Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Applicances                                   |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   5 | Departmrnt of Fisheries                                                 | Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries Pradhan MantriMatsyaSampadaYojana (PMMSY) |
|   6 | Departmrnt of Food and Public Distribution                              | Strengthening of PDS Operations                                                                                                                        |
|   7 | Department of Health& Family Welfare                                    | Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY)                                                                                              |
|   8 | Department of Land Resources                                            | Integrated Watershed Development Program (Programme Component)                                                                                         |
|   9 | Department of Rural Development                                         | National Rural Livelihood Mission (Programme Component) Pradhan MantriAwasYojna (PMAY)- Rural (Programme Component)                                    |
|  10 | Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | HarKhetKoPani                                                                                                                                          |
|  11 | Ministry of AYUSH                                                       | National AYUSH Misson (NAM)- Cultivation of Medicinal Plants                                                                                           |
|  12 | Ministry of DoNER                                                       | North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)                                                                                          |
|  13 | Ministry of Electronics and Information technology                      | Pradhan MantriGramin Digital SakshartaAbhiyan (PMGDISHA) Promotion of IT/ITeS Industries                                                               |
|  14 | Ministry Of Food Processing industries                                  | Pradhan MantriKisanSampadaYojana                                                                                                                       |
|  15 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs                                   | DeendayalAntyodayaYojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM) (States/UTs Component) PMAY-Urban (Other items of States/UTs Component)          |
|  16 | Ministry Of Labour and Employment                                       | BimaYojana for Unorganised Workers Pradhan MantriGareebKalyanYojana                                                                                    |
|  17 | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Entreprises                         | ASPIRE (Promotion of Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship) Coir VikasYojana                                                                 |
|  17 | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Entreprises                         | Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Upgradation Scheme                                                                                        |
|  17 | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Entreprises                         | GramodyogVikasYojana                                                                                                                                   |

|       |                                                    | Interest Subvention Scheme for Incremental Credit to MSMEs                          |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 18    | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy               | KisanUrja Suraksha EvamUtthaanMahabhiyan(KUSUM) Biogas Programme                    |
| 19    | Ministry of Panchayatiraj                          | Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)                                                |
| 20    | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas              | LPG Connection to Poor Households                                                   |
| 21    | Ministry of Power                                  | DeenDayalUpadhyaya Gram JyotiYojna                                                  |
| 22    | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Programme for Apprenticeship Training Development of Entrepreneurship               |
| 22    | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Development of Skills                                                               |
| 22    | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion                  |
| 22    | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Strengthening of Infrastructure for Institutional Training                          |
| 23    | Ministry of Textiles                               | AmbedkarHasthshilpVikasYojana                                                       |
| 23    | Ministry of Textiles                               | Handicrafts Artisans comprehensive welfare scheme                                   |
| 23    | Ministry of Textiles                               | Handloom Weaver Comprehensive Welfare Scheme (HWCWS)                                |
| 23    | Ministry of Textiles                               | Integrated Scheme for Skill Development                                             |
| 23    | Ministry of Textiles                               | Integrated Wool Development Programme                                               |
| 23    | Ministry of Textiles                               | Marketing Support and Services                                                      |
| 23    | Ministry of Textiles                               | National Handloom Development Programme                                             |
| 24    | Ministry of Tourism                                | Integrated Development of Tourist Circuits around specific themes (Swadesh Darshan) |
| Total | Total                                              | Total                                                                               |

## Annexure 2 referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 791 for answer on 07.02.2022

| State Wise Tribal SHGs Group   | State Wise Tribal SHGs Group   | State Wise Tribal SHGs Group   | State Wise Tribal SHGs Group   |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S.No                           | State Name                     | Total No. of SHG               | SHG                            |
| 1                              | ANDHRA PRADESH                 | 819979                         | 47900                          |
| 2                              | ASSAM                          | 304546                         | 55346                          |
| 3                              | BIHAR                          | 1003116                        | 16015                          |
| 4                              | CHHATTISGARH                   | 206686                         | 88707                          |
| 5                              | GUJARAT                        | 264472                         | 75036                          |
| 6                              | JHARKHAND                      | 267188                         | 91139                          |
| 7                              | KARNATAKA                      | 213527                         | 14685                          |
| 8                              | KERALA                         | 246224                         | 4722                           |
| 9                              | MADHYA PRADESH                 | 350711                         | 127611                         |
| 10                             | MAHARASHTRA                    | 540697                         | 76728                          |
| 11                             | ODISHA                         | 495375                         | 118527                         |
| 12                             | RAJASTHAN                      | 204939                         | 66606                          |
| 13                             | TAMIL NADU                     | 290329                         | 5168                           |
| 14                             | TELANGANA                      | 407692                         | 52843                          |
| 15                             | UTTAR PRADESH                  | 569798                         | 4966                           |
| 16                             | WEST BENGAL                    | 927528                         | 58420                          |
| 17                             | HARYANA                        | 49018                          | 0                              |
| 18                             | HIMACHAL PRADESH               | 32140                          | 1440                           |
| 19                             | JAMMU AND KASHMIR              | 57010                          | 3726                           |
| 20                             | PUNJAB                         | 29874                          | 0                              |
| 21                             | UTTARAKHAND                    | 36334                          | 1738                           |
| 22                             | ARUNACHAL PRADESH              | 4277                           | 3980                           |
| 23                             | MANIPUR                        | 3322                           | 625                            |
| 24                             | MEGHALAYA                      | 37548                          | 36015                          |
| 25                             | MIZORAM                        | 7389                           | 7382                           |
| 26                             | NAGALAND                       | 12427                          | 12401                          |
| 27                             | SIKKIM                         | 5236                           | 1734                           |
| 28                             | TRIPURA                        | 31954                          | 11552                          |
| 29                             | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR              | 1033                           | 27                             |
| 30                             | GOA                            | 3216                           | 612                            |
| 31                             | LADAKH                         | 415                            | 399                            |
| 32                             | LAKSHADWEEP                    | 301                            | 301                            |
| 33                             | PUDUCHERRY                     | 3467                           | 11                             |
| 34                             | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI     | 668                            | 522                            |

## Annexure 3 referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 791 for answer on 07.02.2022 State-wise No. of VDVKCs sanctioned during the last three years with beneficiaries

| SL.No   | States                             |   No. of VDVK Clusters Sanctioned 2019-20 |   No. of VDVK Clusters Sanctioned 2020-21 |   No. of VDVK Clusters Sanctioned 2021-22 |   Total No. of VDVK Clusters Sanctioned |   Total No. of VDSHGs |   Total No. of Forest Gatherers |
|---------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                        75 |                                       188 |                                       152 |                                     415 |                  6225 |                          123258 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                        85 |                                      85 |                  1275 |                           25500 |
| 4       | Assam                              |                                        50 |                                        78 |                                       174 |                                     302 |                  7140 |                           90316 |
| 5       | Bihar                              |                                         8 |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                       8 |                   120 |                            1630 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                       |                                       139 |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                     139 |                  4170 |                           41700 |
| 7       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu |                                         0 |                                         1 |                                         0 |                                       1 |                    15 |                             302 |
| 8       | Goa                                |                                         1 |                                         9 |                                         0 |                                      10 |                   150 |                            3000 |
| 9       | Gujarat                            |                                       116 |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                     116 |                  1740 |                           34424 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                         3 |                                       3 |                    61 |                             810 |
| 12      | Ladakh                             |                                        10 |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                      10 |                   150 |                            3000 |
| 14      | Jharkhand                          |                                        39 |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                      39 |                   585 |                           11601 |
| 15      | Karnataka                          |                                        19 |                                        20 |                                       101 |                                     140 |                  1946 |                           41748 |
| 16      | Kerala                             |                                        13 |                                         0 |                                        31 |                                      44 |                   660 |                           12038 |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                        86 |                                         0 |                                        21 |                                     107 |                  1605 |                           32100 |
| 18      | Maharashtra                        |                                        64 |                                       200 |                                         0 |                                     264 |                  3960 |                           79350 |
| 19      | Manipur                            |                                        77 |                                       123 |                                         0 |                                     200 |                  3000 |                           60390 |
| 20      | Meghalaya                          |                                         0 |                                        39 |                                         0 |                                      39 |                   585 |                           11835 |
| 21      | Mizoram                            |                                        44 |                                       115 |                                         0 |                                     159 |                  2385 |                           46168 |
| 22      | Nagaland                           |                                        78 |                                       128 |                                         0 |                                     206 |                  3090 |                           61800 |
| 23      | Odisha                             |                                       156 |                                         0 |                                        14 |                                     170 |                  4110 |                           51019 |
| 24      | Rajasthan                          |                                        25 |                                       164 |                                       290 |                                     479 |                  7322 |                          144803 |
| 25      | Sikkim                             |                                        80 |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                      80 |                  1200 |                           23800 |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu                         |                                         7 |                                         0 |                                         1 |                                       8 |                   192 |                            2400 |
| 27      | Telangana                          |                                        17 |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                      17 |                   255 |                            5100 |
| 28      | Tripura                            |                                        17 |                                        15 |                                         0 |                                      32 |                   480 |                            9039 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                         5 |                                         7 |                                        13 |                                      25 |                   375 |                            7191 |
| 30      | Uttarakhand                        |                                         0 |                                        11 |                                         1 |                                      12 |                   180 |                            3605 |
| 31      | West Bengal                        |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                         0 |                                       0 |                     0 |                               0 |
|         | Total                              |                                      1126 |                                      1098 |                                       886 |                                    3110 |                 52976 |                          927927 |

## NO. OF WOMEN BENEFICIARIES ASSISTED UNDER ADIVASI MAHILA SASHAKTIKARAN YOJANA DURING 2018-19, 2019-20 AND 2020-21

| Sl. No.   | State Name       | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Chhattisgarh     | 27        | -         | -         |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh | -         | 50        | -         |
| 3         | Jammu &Kashmir   | -         | -         | 50        |
| 4         | Jharkhand        | -         | 25        | -         |
| 5         | Karnataka        | -         |           | 1109      |
| 6         | Kerala           | 18        | 22        | 23        |
| 7         | Maharashtra      | -         | 240       | -         |
| 8         | Rajasthan        | 208       | 512       | 250       |
| 9         | Uttarakhand      | 1         | -         | -         |
| 10        | West Bengal      | 225       | 287       | 35        |
|           | Total            | 479       | 1136      | 1467      |

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