Lok Sabha Question No. 364 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Van Dhan Vikas Yojana
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Devendrappa Y

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO- *364

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 27/03/2023

## VAN DHAN VIKAS YOJANA

*364. SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT: SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Vikas Yojana for tribal dominated areas across the country;
- (b) if so, the criteria for setting up of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras in tribal dominated areas of Palghar, Maharashtra and number of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras set up in Maharashtra;
- (c) whether it is a fact that the Government has launched the Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Vikas Yojana for the socio-economic development of the tribal population of the country; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  number  of  Van  Dhan  Vikas  Kendras  set  up  by  the  Government  to  provide employment to  Scheduled  Tribes,  State-wise  along  with  the  details  of  funds  allocated  and provided to the tribals since the inception of the programme?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid down on the Table of the House.

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Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *364 for  answer  on  27.03.2023  tabled  by  Shri  Rajendra  Dhedya  Gavit  and  Shri  Y. Devendrappa regarding 'Van Dhan Vikas Yojana'

(a)  to  (d) The  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  implementing the Scheme of 'Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission' (PMJVM) under which financial assistance is provided for setting up of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) to support livelihood activities to the tribal population across the country including Maharashtra. VDVKs tap into traditional knowledge and skill sets of tribals  by adding technology to upgrade it at each stage of collection, processing, valueaddition,  packaging,  branding  and  sale  of  value-added  tribal  MFP  and  non-MFP  produce  / products thereby generating better remuneration for them. A VDVK consists of 15 SHGs where each SHG is having around 20 beneficiaries. Thus, a group of 300 beneficiaries constitute a VDVK.

TRIFED, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs implements the  programme  through  State  Implementing  Agencies  (SIAs).  For  this  purpose,  financial assistance of Rs. 15 lakhs per VDVK is provided to the SIAs based on the proposals received from the State Governments. Since the program is demand-driven, no State-wise allocation is made. The State-wise details of VDVKs sanctioned in the country, including Maharashtra, is given at Annexure .

Amount Sanctioned

| Sl. No.   | State                              |   Number of VDVKs Sanctioned | Total No. of Van Dhan beneficiaries   | Amount Sanctioned (In Rs. Lakhs)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                          415 | 123258                                | 6162.9                             |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                           85 | 25500                                 | 1275                               |
| 3         | Assam                              |                          471 | 1,43,309                              | 7065                               |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                       |                          139 | 41700                                 | 2085                               |
| 5         | Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                            1 | 302                                   | 15                                 |
| 6         | Goa                                |                           10 | 3000                                  | 150                                |
| 7         | Gujarat                            |                          116 | 34424                                 | 1721.2                             |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh                   |                            4 | 1110                                  | 55.5                               |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir                    |                          100 | 29791                                 | 1457                               |
| 10        | Ladakh                             |                           10 | 3000                                  | 150                                |
| 11        | Jharkhand                          |                          146 | 43,701                                | 2,174.7                            |
| 12        | Karnataka                          |                          140 | 41748                                 | 2087.4                             |
| 13        | Kerala                             |                           44 | 12038                                 | 597.25                             |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                          126 | 37,860                                | 1,890                              |
| 15        | Maharashtra                        |                          264 | 79350                                 | 3960                               |
| 16        | Manipur                            |                          200 | 60403                                 | 2996.8                             |
| 17        | Meghalaya                          |                           39 | 11835                                 | 584.1                              |
| 18        | Mizoram                            |                          159 | 46168                                 | 2306.55                            |
| 19        | Nagaland                           |                          216 | 64,798                                | 3239.9                             |
| 20        | Odisha                             |                          170 | 50094                                 | 2479.25                            |
| 21        | Rajasthan                          |                          479 | 144803                                | 7135.6                             |
| 22        | Sikkim                             |                           80 | 23801                                 | 1169.05                            |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                         |                            8 | 2400                                  | 120                                |
| 24        | Telangana                          |                           17 | 5100                                  | 255                                |
| 25        | Tripura                            |                           57 | 12,516                                | 776                                |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                           25 | 7238                                  | 359.55                             |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                        |                           12 | 3605                                  | 179.95                             |
| 28        | West Bengal                        |                           22 | 6719                                  | 329.35                             |
|           | TOTAL                              |                         3555 | 10,59,571                             | 52,777.05                          |

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