Lok Sabha Question No. 2057 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Illiterate Tribal Community
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-  †2057

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 19/12/2022

## ILLITERATE TRIBAL COMMUNITY

## †2057. SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether a large number of tribal community is still illiterate;

(b) if so, the steps being taken/likely to be taken to bring improvement in education and life style of the tribal community; and

(c) the details of the funds allocated to States for the schemes and welfare measures being run by the Government during the last three years, state/ scheme-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As per census 2011, the literacy rate among Scheduled Tribes(STs) in India is 59 %. Further, as per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report (July 2020 - June 2021), published by Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation (MoSPI), literacy rate for Scheduled Tribes in India is 71.6%. Though the literacy rate has increased over the years, but still there are gaps in literacy rate between ST and other communities.

(b)  &  (c): Government  is  implementing  Tribal  Sub-Plan  (TSP)/Schedule  Tribe  Component (STC)/Development Action Plan for STs (DAPST) for overall development of tribal people across the country. Besides Ministry of Tribal Affairs, 41 Central Ministries / Departments are earmarking certain  percent  of  their  total  Scheme  allocation  every  year  as  TSP/STC/DAPST  funds  for  tribal development.  DAPST funds  are  spent  by  different  Central  Ministries  /  Departments  under  their schemes  for  various  development  projects  relating  to  education,  health,  agriculture,  irrigation, roads, housing, drinking water, electrification, employment generation, skill development, etc. for accelerated socio-economic development of STs. NITI Aayog has issued guidelines for earmarking, effective utilization of DAPST funds by the obligated Ministries/Departments for the welfare and development of STs.

Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  implementing  following  schemes  exclusively  for  the  educational upliftment of tribal population in India.

-  Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS)
-  Pre-Matric Scholarships to ST students
-  Post-Matric Scholarship to ST students
-  National Overseas Scholarships for ST Candidates for Studying Abroad
-  National Fellowship & Scholarship for Higher Education of ST students

Funds are also provided by the Ministry to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of STs in the field of education.

Further,  apart  from  the  Constitutional  safeguards,  Parliament  has  enacted  laws  inter-alia  for protection and promotion of the Scheduled Tribe communities in the country. These include:

-  The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
-  The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) (PESA in short) Act, 1996
-  The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act {popularly known as the Forest Rights Act (FRA)}, 2006
-  The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013

Funds released, state wise, under some of the scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes during last three years are given in Annexure.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2057 FOR 19.12.2022 REGARDING 'Illiterate Tribal Community' ASKED BY SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI and DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL

## I.      Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India:

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.N.   | States            | 2019-20*      | 2020-21       | 2021-22       |
|--------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|        |                   | Fund Released | Fund Released | Fund Released |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 8942.43       | 2055.55       | 2638.65       |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 13202.25      | 6014.00       | 9830.00       |
| 3      | Assam             | 10802.85      | 4592.37       | 2570.0000     |
| 4      | Bihar             | 0.00          | 0.00          | 642.08        |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 22500.77      | 9976.24       | 11604.020     |
| 6      | Goa               | 0.00          | 0.00          | 600.41        |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 16833.88      | 5940.04       | 6923.79       |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh  | 5314.70       | 1161.00       | 1500.00       |
| 9      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 5410.00       | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 10     | Jharkhand         | 11166.77      | 10278.00      | 0.00          |
| 11     | Karnataka         | 10435.46      | 3305.68       | 12264.19      |
| 12     | Kerala            | 633.29        | 0.00          | 3210.00       |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    | 44938.92      | 4279.78       | 0.00          |
| 14     | Maharashtra       | 23136.70      | 4573.16       | 5319.10       |
| 15     | Manipur           | 6151.91       | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 16     | Meghalaya         | 4799.53       | 492.71        | 0.00          |
| 17     | Mizoram           | 6598.83       | 1909.71       | 1595.25       |
| 18     | Nagaland          | 6802.11       | 1717.38       | 2971.54       |
| 19     | Odisha            | 15110.66      | 6304.62       | 3202.39       |
| 20     | Rajasthan         | 15586.19      | 9166.00       | 11382.05      |
| 21     | Sikkim            | 3175.35       | 516.00        | 10435.21      |
| 22     | Tamil Nadu        | 6356.07       | 0.00          | 2045.00       |
| 23     | Telangana         | 9973.28       | 2517.00       | 0.00          |
| 24     | Tripura           | 2952.63       | 201.74        | 2050.00       |
| 25     | Uttar Pradesh     | 2760.71       | 927.426       | 607.53        |
| 26     | Uttarakhand       | 428.37        | 0.00          | 832.71        |
| 27     | West Bengal       | 12127.17      | 4041.14       | 100.65        |

## II.        Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY):

(Rs. in lakh)

|   S.N. | States            |   2019-20 (SCA to TSS)* Fund Released |   2020-21 (SCA to TSS)* Fund Released |   2021-22 (PMAAGY) Fund Released |
|--------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                              12470.5  |                               4954.96 |                             0    |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                               9224.29 |                               7015.5  |                           733.68 |
|      3 | Assam             |                               2710.08 |                               4578.76 |                          8743.02 |
|      4 | Bihar             |                                  0    |                               3106    |                           774.44 |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      |                               9415.53 |                               8769.06 |                         15595.8  |
|      6 | Goa               |                                  0    |                                724.26 |                             0    |
|      7 | Gujarat           |                               8975.55 |                              10786.4  |                         15916.8  |
|      8 | Himachal Pradesh  |                               2394.18 |                               1367    |                           377.03 |
|      9 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                               4509    |                                  0    |                             0    |
|     10 | Jharkhand         |                               6201.49 |                               7049.64 |                          6531.79 |
|     11 | Karnataka         |                               7434    |                                  0    |                          2139.9  |
|     12 | Kerala            |                                  0    |                                459.15 |                             0    |
|     13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                              13415.2  |                                  0    |                         12268.8  |
|     14 | Maharashtra       |                              11929.1  |                                  0    |                             0    |
|     15 | Manipur           |                               1434.02 |                                  0    |                           427.98 |
|     16 | Meghalaya         |                               3788    |                                328.25 |                             0    |
|     17 | Mizoram           |                               3140    |                               1236.22 |                           580.83 |
|     18 | Nagaland          |                               2951.12 |                               2846.14 |                           886.53 |
|     19 | Odisha            |                               8691.18 |                               9010.42 |                          2771.68 |
|     20 | Rajasthan         |                              11461.4  |                               8662.66 |                          7224.71 |
|     21 | Sikkim            |                                  0    |                                  0    |                             0    |
|     22 | Tamil Nadu        |                                450.56 |                                377.47 |                           285.32 |
|     23 | Telangana         |                               5361.29 |                               4191    |                          2262.18 |
|     24 | Tripura           |                               1362.97 |                               1173.3  |                           631.78 |
|     25 | Uttarakhand       |                                600    |                                757.8  |                             0    |
|     26 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                779.91 |                                508.83 |                             0    |
|     27 | West Bengal       |                               5862.58 |                               3746    |                             0    |

*The Scheme  'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)' revamped as Prime Minister Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY) in 2021-22.

## III.      Support to Tribal Research Institute:

(Rs. in lakh)

|   S.N. | States            |   2019-20 Fund Released |   2020-21 Fund Released |   2021-22 Fund Released |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                  500    |                  455    |                432.75   |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                  923.85 |                  184.15 |                  0      |
|      3 | Assam             |                  235.64 |                    0    |                  0      |
|      4 | Chhattisgarh      |                    0    |                    0    |                189.04   |
|      5 | Gujarat           |                 1719.06 |                    0    |                  0      |
|      6 | Himachal Pradesh  |                   68.05 |                   50    |                114.1    |
|      7 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                  308.84 |                  206.51 |                200      |
|      8 | Jharkhand         |                 1654.5  |                    0    |                 13.92   |
|      9 | Karnataka         |                  185.5  |                   26.35 |                184.25   |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh    |                    0    |                  447    |                484.58   |
|     11 | Maharashtra       |                  141    |                    0    |                  0      |
|     12 | Manipur           |                  877    |                    0    |                  0      |
|     13 | Mizoram           |                 1512    |                 1178.22 |                766.65   |
|     14 | Nagaland          |                  275    |                    0    |                 85      |
|     15 | Odisha            |                  780.04 |                  503    |                644.76   |
|     16 | Rajasthan         |                    0    |                    8.89 |                215.342  |
|     17 | Sikkim            |                   82.5  |                  144    |                273.3    |
|     18 | Tamil Nadu        |                    0    |                    0    |                135.09   |
|     19 | Telangana         |                  557.25 |                  375.75 |                548.95   |
|     20 | Tripura           |                  335.52 |                    0    |                 44.2938 |
|     21 | Uttar Pradesh     |                    0    |                   35.15 |                 89.25   |
|     22 | West Bengal       |                  149.25 |                    0    |                  0      |
|     23 | Meghalaya         |                    0    |                    0    |                 66.224  |
|     24 | Uttarakhand       |                  693    |                 2183.48 |               1400.75   |
|     25 | Goa               |                    0    |                  202.5  |                111.75   |

## IV.      Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs):

(Rs. in lakh)

|   S.N. | States         |   2019-20 Fund Released |   2020-21 Fund Released |   2021-22 Fund Released |
|--------|----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh |                 3713.43 |                 1245.51 |                 1829.6  |
|      2 | A &NIslands    |                    0    |                    0    |                  252.11 |
|      3 | Bihar          |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
|      4 | Chhattisgarh   |                 1311.35 |                  989.32 |                  996.9  |
|      5 | Gujarat        |                  429.05 |                  552.2  |                  761.8  |
|      6 | Jharkhand      |                  847    |                 1777.29 |                 1696.93 |

|   7 | Karnataka      |   1933.01 |   438.46 |   661.17 |
|-----|----------------|-----------|----------|----------|
|   8 | Kerala         |      0    |    88    |     0    |
|   9 | Madhya Pradesh |  12064.9  |  2188.11 |  2888.69 |
|  10 | Maharashtra    |   2510    |  1411.66 |     0    |
|  11 | Manipur        |      0    |     0    |     0    |
|  12 | Odisha         |    976.38 |  1202    |  1197    |
|  13 | Rajasthan      |    968.1  |   968    |   706.17 |
|  14 | Tamil Nadu     |    819.48 |   551.08 |  1967.81 |
|  15 | Telangana      |    538.5  |  1460.5  |  1193.04 |
|  16 | Tripura        |   1960.82 |   231.43 |  1481.71 |
|  17 | Uttar Pradesh  |      0    |    82.04 |     0    |
|  18 | Uttarakhand    |    489.53 |   295    |   367.07 |
|  19 | West Bengal    |    437.47 |   519.4  |     0    |

## V.      Pre- Matric Scholarship: -

| S.N.   | Name of the State/UT           | 2019-20                    | 2020-21                    | 2021-22       |
|--------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------|
| S.N.   | Name of the State/UT           | Fund ReleasedFund Released | Fund ReleasedFund Released | Fund Released |
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar               | 5.62                       | 12.33                      | 8.03          |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                 | 736.32                     | 1433.81                    | 3935.06       |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh              | 0.00                       | 0.00                       | 207.30        |
| 4      | Assam                          | 0.00                       | 17.27                      | 102.19        |
| 5      | Bihar                          | 7131.47                    | 0.00                       | 0.00          |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh                   | 4796.94                    | 3541.54                    | 0.00          |
| 7      | Dadar Nagar Haveli& Daman &Diu | _                          | 234.00                     | 206.62        |
| 8      | Dadar &Nagar Haveli            | 38.49                      | _                          | _             |
| 9      | Daman &Diu                     | 5.89                       | _                          | _             |
| 10     | Goa                            | 80.56                      | 41.35                      |               |
| 11     | Gujarat                        | 5248.34                    | 2198.84                    | 3689.18       |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh               | 83.92                      | 91.87                      | 0.00          |
| 13     | Jammu &Kashmir                 | 0.00                       | 0.00                       | 0.00          |
| 14     | Jharkhand                      | 1514.49                    | 0.00                       | 3899.03       |
| 15     | Karnataka                      | 1846.92                    | 0.00                       | 1753.16       |
| 16     | Kerala                         | 287.31                     | 116.56                     | 347.07        |
| 17     | Ladakh                         |                            | 42.27                      | 74.22         |
| 18     | Madhya Pradesh                 | 7698.90                    | 5429.34                    | 11458.18      |
| 19     | Manipur                        | 443.33                     | 0.00                       | 0.00          |
| 20     | Meghalaya                      | 0.00                       | 0.00                       | 0.00          |
| 21     | Mizoram                        | 702.21                     | 167.86                     | 657.47        |
| 22     | Nagaland                       | 0.00                       | 60.75                      | 0.00          |
| 23     | Odisha                         | 6157.65                    | 6944.96                    | 5236.75       |
| 24     | Puducherry                     |                            | 1.63                       | 0.00          |
| 25     | Rajasthan                      | 5346.97                    | 3126.90                    | 6234.34       |
| 26     | Sikkim                         | 3.57                       | 9.41                       | 0.00          |
| 27     | Tamil Nadu                     | 589.74                     | 241.00                     | 546.55        |

(Rs. in lakh)

|   28 | Telangana     |   0.00 |   0.00 |   0.00 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|
|   29 | Tripura       | 386.18 | 252.09 |  58.55 |
|   30 | Uttar Pradesh |   0    |   0    |  88.17 |
|   31 | Uttarakhand   |   0    | 138.24 |   0    |
|   32 | West Bengal   | 894.18 | 788.22 | 912.51 |

## VI.      Post-Matric Scholarship:

(Rs. in lakh)

|   Sl. No | Name of the State/UT           | 2019-20 Fund Released   |   2020-21 Fund Released |   2021-22 Fund Released |
|----------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar               | 11.34                   |                   13.29 |                   10.35 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                 | 7797.07                 |                 6039.35 |                 8991.45 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh              | 6113.41                 |                 5712.96 |                12360.5  |
|        4 | Assam                          | 4867.20                 |                 5413.54 |                 1093.4  |
|        5 | Bihar                          | 1525.43                 |                  708.22 |                    0    |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh                   | 7022.69                 |                 8790.24 |                    0    |
|        7 | Dadar Nagar Haveli& Daman &Diu | 0                       |                 3481.73 |                    0    |
|        8 | Dadar &Nagar Haveli            | 88.66                   |                    0    |                    0    |
|        9 | Daman &Diu                     | 0.00                    |                    0    |                    0    |
|       10 | Goa                            | 732.79                  |                  458.18 |                    0    |
|       11 | Gujarat                        | 14004.48                |                22977.6  |                46170.2  |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh               | 2468.81                 |                    0    |                    0    |
|       13 | Jammu &Kashmir                 | 1048.29                 |                  805.44 |                    0    |
|       14 | Jharkhand                      | 7862.86                 |                    0    |                12654.9  |
|       15 | Karnataka                      | 15003.43                |                    0    |                17080.5  |
|       16 | Kerala                         | 1641.52                 |                 3285.25 |                 2516.49 |
|       17 | Ladakh                         | _                       |                  738    |                 2214    |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh                 | 12198.58                |                12344    |                24529.4  |
|       19 | Maharashtra                    | 15575.38                |                18149.5  |                19214.8  |
|       20 | Manipur                        | 6235.55                 |                 2184.19 |                 4292.15 |
|       21 | Meghalaya                      | 0.00                    |                    0    |                 2636.09 |
|       22 | Mizoram                        | 4415.78                 |                 3446.82 |                 3874.64 |
|       23 | Nagaland                       | 3268.73                 |                 3226.37 |                 4435.75 |
|       24 | Odisha                         | 16640.15                |                19096    |                21843    |
|       25 | Puducherry                     | _                       |                   19.56 |                    0    |
|       26 | Rajasthan                      | 25950.52                |                25557    |                13744.7  |

|   27 | Sikkim        |   566.80 |   553.83 |   1036.28 |
|------|---------------|----------|----------|-----------|
|   28 | Tamil Nadu    |  5025.19 |  3328.99 |   4849.38 |
|   29 | Telangana     | 19610.6  | 27297.8  |   7503.9  |
|   30 | Tripura       |  2355.78 |  4804.98 |   7188.77 |
|   31 | Uttar Pradesh |  1822.71 |  2218.67 |      0    |
|   32 | Uttarakhand   |     0    |     0    |   3568.37 |
|   33 | West Bengal   |  2411    |  2256.42 |   3872.05 |

## VII.      Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes:

(In Rs.)

| S.N.   |                   | 2019-20       | 2020-21       | 2021-22       |
|--------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|        | State             | Fund released | Fund released | Fund released |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 10157218      | 5026080       | 16228664      |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 35595687      | 27184297      | 23778993      |
| 3      | Assam             | 6213405       | 4061646       | 18512478      |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh      | 15948615      | 4900346       | 13036874      |
| 5      | Delhi             | 0             | 1316151       | 1428775       |
| 6      | Gujarat           | 17888100      | 12098347      | 10403047      |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  | 17953743      | 22425259      | 13154561      |
| 8      | Jammu and Kashmir | 1587901       | 4639377       | 2672910       |
| 9      | Jharkhand         | 107514637     | 50136982      | 69711917      |
| 10     | Karnataka         | 25497469      | 11651044      | 22293781      |
| 11     | Kerala            | 0             | 12082483      | 14281473      |
| 12     | Ladakh            | 0             | 0             | 4308595       |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    | 49199977      | 22388570      | 110269307     |
| 14     | Maharashtra       | 62859152      | 40257292      | 67398480      |
| 15     | Manipur           | 33097504      | 28092348      | 60202985      |
| 16     | Meghalaya         | 145347653     | 84500593      | 77602299      |
| 17     | Mizoram           | 4711528       | 6963997       | 11151249      |
| 18     | Odisha            | 293997570     | 153681894     | 242481660     |
| 19     | Rajasthan         | 17184495      | 18979922      | 10165582      |
| 20     | Sikkim            | 3046526       | 946123        | 2718360       |
| 21     | Tamil Nadu        | 28908752      | 11703033      | 27473845      |
| 22     | Telangana         | 1096770       | 5481754       | 5664219       |
| 23     | Tripura           | 4656113       | 3354479       | 156271        |
| 24     | Uttar Pradesh     | 0             | 11222937      | 3220666       |
| 25     | Uttarakhand       | 1558170       | 4854462       | 6422488       |
| 26     | West Bengal       | 64483189      | 47050584      | 57760521      |

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