Lok Sabha Question No. 2215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Livelihood of Tribals during COVID Lockdown
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2215

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.08.2021

## LIVELIHOOD OF TRIBALS DURING COVID LOCKDOWN

## 2215. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND :

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  measures  to  improve  the  livelihood  of  Tribals especially during COVID lockdown;
- (b) the details of Aboriginal Tribes in Tamil Nadu, the number of tribal people vaccinated in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)         Following measures have been taken to improve the livelihood of Tribals especially during COVID situations:

Ministry of Tribal Affairs provided funds to the State Governments based on their proposals for  undertaking  various  livelihood  activities  including  agriculture,  horticulture,  animal husbandry,  fisheries  and  other  non-farm  based  livelihood  activities  etc.  under  the  schemes 'Special  Central  Assistance  to  Tribal  Sub-Scheme  (SCA  to  TSS)',  'Development  of Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups  (PVTGs)'  and  'Grants  under  Article  275(1)'  during 2020-21.  An  amount  of  Rs.  587.47  crore  were  approved  /  sanctioned  to  various  State Governments  for  undertaking  various  livelihood  activities  as  detailed  at Annexure  1 .

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been implementing the Scheme of 'Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) & Development of Value Chain for MFP' since 2013-14, with an objective of providing fair price to MFP gatherers, enhance their income level and ensure sustainable harvesting of MFPs. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED conducted a series of meetings through webinar with Chief Ministers, Hon'ble Member of Parliament of reserved constituencies, State Nodal Departments/State Implementing Agencies, advising the States about initiating procurement of MFPs and taking other livelihood measures.

The Ministry revised minimum support prices of MFP with a purpose of providing enhanced income to tribal gatherers. Further, additional 37 MFP items have also been included in the list of MSP for MFP Scheme to expand the ambit and coverage of the scheme vide notification dated 26.5.2020 and 11.11.2020. Thus, the Scheme currently covers a total 87 items.

On request of Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the Ministry of Home Affairs vide Order No. 403/2020-DM-I(A) dated 16/04/20 issued guidelines aiming to relax the provisions of lockdown for Collection, harvesting and processing of Minor Forest Produce(MFP)/ Non Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) by STs and other forest dwellers in forest areas across the country.

Under the scheme of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP), TRIFED also implements the initiative of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs), launched in 2018-19, wherein tribal community owned Minor Forest Produce centric multi-purpose Kendras are set up in predominantly tribal districts which act as common facility centres for procurement cum value addition to locally available MFPs. Under Van Dhan Yojana , starting from 27 Aug 2019 onwards, TRIFED has so far sanctioned 2,275 Van Dhan Vikas Kendras consisting of 34,125 Vandhan Self Help groups in 24 States and 2 UTs, in which 6.77 lakh Tribal women forest gatherers have been on boarded. A total of Rs. 336.95 crore has been sanctioned by TRIFED for the purpose.

The ongoing intervention under PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMJKAY) has been extended for a further period of five months till November, 2021, wherein, provision is there to provide an additional allocation of 5kg of food grains (wheat / rice), free of cost to around 80 crore National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries including tribal people.

Further,  funds  to  the  tune  of  Rs.  12355.43  crore  have  been  provided  as  Scheduled  Tribe Component  (STC)  by  the  other  Central  Ministries  /  Departments  under  livelihood  related schemes during 2020-21 and 2021-22 as detailed at Annexure 2 .

(b) & (c) The nomenclature of Aboriginal Tribes has not been adopted by Government of India in respect of any tribal group. However, there are six numbers of identified Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Tamil Nadu with total population over 2.5 lakh as per Census 2011.

The COVID-19 vaccination drive does not make any discrimination on the basis of gender, socio-economic class or residence etc. Record of religion or caste wise beneficiary details are not centrally maintained. State wise vaccination status is available in public domain at https://www.mohfw.gov.in. As on 28.07.2021, vaccination status in the State of Tamil Nadu is as under:

| Beneficiaries Vaccinated   | Beneficiaries Vaccinated   | Beneficiaries Vaccinated   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1st Dose                   | 2 nd Dose                  | Total Doses                |
| 1,80,46,306                | 39,38,716                  | 2,19,85,022                |

Annexure 1 referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2215 for 2.8.2021 regarding 'Livelihood of Tribals during COVID Lockdown'

State-wise details of funds approved / sanctioned for Livelihood and Income Generating activities under SCA to TSS, Grants under Article 275(1) of Constitution of India and scheme for Development of PVTGs during 2020-21

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | States            |   SCA to TSS |   Grants under Article 275(1) |   Development of PVTGs |    Total |
|----------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      3081.99 |                          0    |                 158.01 |  3240    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      3250    |                       4555    |                   0    |  7805    |
| 3        | Assam             |      2020    |                       3387.07 |                   0    |  5407.07 |
| 4        | Bihar             |       990.75 |                          0    |                   0    |   990.75 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |      1968.48 |                          0    |                 147    |  2115.48 |
| 6        | Goa               |         0    |                          0    |                   0    |     0    |
| 7        | Gujarat           |      2614.9  |                       1159.7  |                  30    |  3804.6  |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |       653.75 |                        185    |                   0    |   838.75 |
| 9        | J&K               |         0    |                          0    |                   0    |     0    |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |       890    |                          0    |                1679    |  2569    |
| 11       | Karnataka         |         0    |                       1255.68 |                   0    |  1255.68 |
| 12       | Kerala            |       300    |                          0    |                  88    |   388    |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |         0    |                       4279    |                 538.1  |  4817.1  |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |         0    |                       2425.82 |                 523    |  2948.82 |
| 15       | Manipur           |         0    |                          0    |                   0    |     0    |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |       328.25 |                          0    |                   0    |   328.25 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |       636.22 |                        486.42 |                   0    |  1122.64 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |       917    |                          0    |                   0    |   917    |
| 19       | Odisha            |      9010.42 |                          0    |                 240    |  9250.42 |
| 20       | Rajasthan         |      4154    |                        800    |                   0    |  4954    |
| 21       | Sikkim            |         0    |                          0    |                   0    |     0    |
| 22       | Tamilnadu         |       155    |                          0    |                 182.5  |   337.5  |
| 23       | Telangana         |      1546    |                          0    |                 150    |  1696    |
| 24       | Tripura           |       368    |                          0    |                   0    |   368    |
| 25       | Uttarakhand       |       216.32 |                         99.25 |                   0    |   315.57 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |         0    |                          0    |                   0    |     0    |
| 27       | West Bengal       |      1732.78 |                       1500    |                  45.5  |  3278.28 |
|          | Total             |     34833.9  |                      20132.9  |                3781.11 | 58747.9  |

Annexure 2

## Annexure 2 referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2215 for 2.8.2021 regarding 'Livelihood of Tribals during COVID Lockdown'

(Rs. in crores)

|     |                                                               |                                                                           | FY-2020-21   | FY-2020-21   | FY-2020-21   | FY-2021-22   | FY-2021-22                 |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------------|
| SN. | Ministry/Departme nt                                          | Schemes focus on Livelihoods                                              | BE           | RE           | Exp.         | BE           | Exp. (as on 1 0 July 2 021 |
| 1   | Department of Agric ulture, Cooperation a nd Farmer's welfare | Agriculture Market ing: Integrated Sch eme on Agricultur e Marketing      | 21.00        | 21.00        | 3.86         | 21.00        | --                         |
| 1   |                                                               | Crop Insurance Sc heme: Pradhan Ma ntriFasalBimaYoja na                   | 1372. 56     | 1301.01      | 1241.70      | 1381.26      | 1248.82                    |
| 1   |                                                               | Distribution of Pul ses to State / Unio n Territories forW elfare Schemes | 68.80        | 41.60        | --           | 25.80        | --                         |
| 1   |                                                               | Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Co operation                            | 34.40        | 29.40        | 34.35        | 34.44        | --                         |
| 1   |                                                               | Interest Subsidy fo r Short Term Credi t to Farmers                       | 1557. 55     | 1596.31      | 1377.88      | 1547.26      | --                         |
| 1   |                                                               | Market Interventio n Scheme and Pric e Support Scheme (MIS-PSS)           | 172.0 0      | 82.00        | --           | 129.00       | --                         |
| 1   |                                                               | National Bamboo Mission                                                   | 37.00        | 32.00        | 21.96        | 32.00        | 0.96                       |
| 1   |                                                               | National Food Sec urity Mission                                           | 218.9 2      | 192.50       | 189.42       | 186.20       | 22.79                      |
| 1   |                                                               | National Mission o n Horticulture                                         | 244.2 0      | 177.92       | 185.78       | 281.28       | 10.19                      |
| 2   | Department of Ami mal Husbandry, Dair ying                    | Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Dev elopment Fund                         | 12.92        | --           | --           | 14.62        | --                         |
| 2   |                                                               | Dairy Entrepreneur ship Development                                       | 0.01         | --           | --           | --           | --                         |
| 2   |                                                               | Dairy Processing a nd Infrastructure D evelopment Fund                    | 5.16         | 0.86         | 0.86         | --           | --                         |
| 2   |                                                               | Livestock Health a nd Disease Control                                     | 36.05        | 21.81        | 21.81        | 145.76       | 4.52                       |

|    |                                                                               | National Animal D isease Control Pro gramme for Foot a nd Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucell osis                                                                | 106.6 5   | 106.65   | 106.65   | --    | --    |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|----------|-------|-------|
|    |                                                                               | National Dairy Pla n (EAP)                                                                                                                                    | --        | --       | --       | --    | --    |
|    |                                                                               | National Livestock Mission                                                                                                                                    | 48.70     | 46.25    | 71.23    | 29.00 | --    |
|    |                                                                               | National Program me for Dairy Deve lopment                                                                                                                    | 25.80     | 24.59    | 24.59    | 21.91 | 15.71 |
|    |                                                                               | RashtriyaGokul Mi ssion                                                                                                                                       | 27.00     | 32.00    | 32.00    | 54.00 |       |
|    |                                                                               | Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer O rganizations engag ed in Dairy Activit ies (erstwhile Supp ort to State Co-ope rative Dairy Feder ations) | 8.60      | 8.60     | 8.60     | --    | --    |
| 3  | Department Commer Coffee Board                                                | Department Commer Coffee Board                                                                                                                                | 12.09     | 6.40     | 6.40     | 12.09 | 3.02  |
|    |                                                                               | Rubber Board                                                                                                                                                  | 4.30      | 2.00     | 2.00     | 4.30  | 1.07  |
|    |                                                                               | Spices Board                                                                                                                                                  | 3.50      | 3.50     | 3.50     | 3.50  | 0.85  |
|    |                                                                               | Tea Board                                                                                                                                                     | 3.12      | 1.56     | 1.56     | 3.12  | 0.39  |
| 4  | Department of Empo erment of Persons wi Deendayal Disable d Rehabilitation Sc | Department of Empo erment of Persons wi Deendayal Disable d Rehabilitation Sc                                                                                 | 11.18     | 8.89     | 8.62     | 10.75 | 0.66  |
|    |                                                                               | heme Assistance to Disa bled Persons for P urchase/Fitting of Aids and Applican ces                                                                           | 19.78     | 17.18    | 17.14    | 18.92 | 0.47  |
| 5  | Departmrnt of Fisher Fisheries and Aqua                                       | culture Infrastructu re Development Fu                                                                                                                        | 0.60      | 0.60     | 0.60     | 1.50  | --    |
|    |                                                                               | nd Integrated Develop ment and Manage ment of Fisheries                                                                                                       | 45.40     | --       | 21.91    | --    | --    |
|    |                                                                               | Pradhan MantriMa tsyaSampadaYojan a (PMMSY)                                                                                                                   | --        | 62.39    | 40.37    | 90.00 | 9.15  |
| 6  | Departmrnt of Food and Public Distributi Strengthening of P DS Operations     | Departmrnt of Food and Public Distributi Strengthening of P DS Operations                                                                                     | --        | 5421.31  | --       | 0.35  | --    |

|   7 | Department of Healt h &Family Welfare                                      | Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri J an ArogyaYojana ( PMJAY)                                     | 689.5 5   | 252.21   | 252.21   | 252.21   | 99.60   |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
|   8 | Department of Land Resources                                               | Integrated Watersh ed Development Pr ogram (Programm e Component)                               | 200.0 1   | 100.01   | 110.95   | 200.01   | --      |
|   9 | Department of Rural Development                                            | National Rural Liv elihood Mission (P rogramme Compo nent)                                      | 1613. 00  | 1613.02  | 1583.52  | 2393.84  | 356.16  |
|   9 | Department of Rural Development                                            | Pradhan MantriAw asYojna (PMAY)- Rural (Programme Component)                                    | 3413. 00  | 4210.00  | 3413.52  | 3412.50  | 412.22  |
|  10 | Department of Wate r Resources, River D evelopment and Gan ga Rejuvenation | HarKhetKoPani                                                                                   | 205.0 0   | 150.00   | 165.85   | 165.00   | --      |
|  11 | Ministry of AYUSH                                                          | National AYUSH Misson (NAM)- C ultivation of Medic inal Plants                                  | 29.00     | 23.00    | 23.00    | 25.00    | --      |
|  12 | Ministry of DoNER                                                          | North East Special Infrastructure Dev elopment Scheme ( NESIDS)                                 | 250.0 0   | 150.61   | 182.60   | 300.00   | 78.01   |
|  13 | Ministry of Electroni cs and Information t echnology                       | Pradhan MantriGra min Digital Saksha rtaAbhiyan (PMG DISHA)                                     | 25.19     | 10.00    | 10.00    | 20.00    | --      |
|  13 | Ministry of Electroni cs and Information t echnology                       | Promotion of IT/IT eS Industries                                                                | 10.00     | --       | --       | 10.00    | --      |
|  14 | Ministry Of Food Pr ocessing industries                                    | Pradhan MantriKis anSampadaYojana                                                               | 46.50     | 32.25    | 6.43     | 30.10    | 11.67   |
|  15 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs                                      | DeendayalAntyoda yaYojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NU LM) (States/UTs C omponent) | 34.03     | 34.03    | 34.91    | 33.46    | 12.68   |
|  15 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs                                      | PMAY-Urban (Ot her items of States/ UTs Component)                                              | 130.0 0   | 335.40   | 125.57   | 141.04   | 2.60    |
|  16 | Ministry Of Labour and Employment                                          | BimaYojana for U norganised Worker s                                                            | 17.45     | --       | --       | --       | --      |
|  16 | Ministry Of Labour and Employment                                          | Pradhan MantriGar eebKalyanYojana                                                               | --        | 216.44   | --       | --       | --      |

| 17   | Ministry of Micro, S mall and Medium En treprises    | ASPIRE (Promoti on of Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship)   | 4.30    | 1.85   | --     | --     | --    |
|------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|--------|--------|-------|
|      |                                                      | Coir VikasYojana                                                         | 1.23    | 0.30   | 1.23   | 0.30   | 0.21  |
|      |                                                      | Credit Linked Capi tal Subsidy and Te chnology Upgradat ion Scheme       | 2.80    | 2.80   | 0.18   | 2.80   | --    |
|      |                                                      | GramodyogVikas Yojana                                                    | 16.92   | 2.78   | --     | 4.50   | --    |
|      |                                                      | Interest Subventio n Scheme for Incre mental Credit toM SMEs             | 65.00   | 115.00 | 100.00 | 52.00  | --    |
| 18   | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy                 | KisanUrja Suraksh a EvamUtthaanMa habhiyan(KUSUM )                       | 50.00   | 20.00  | 12.18  | 72.50  | --    |
|      |                                                      | Biogas Programme                                                         | 10.00   | 8.50   | 3.99   | 15.00  | --    |
| 19   | Ministry of Panchay atiraj                           | Rashtriya Gram S waraj Abhiyan (R GSA)                                   | 74.62   | 42.02  | 56.48  | 78.86  | 17.60 |
| 20   | Ministry of Petroleu mand Natural Gas                | LPG Connection t o Poor Households                                       | 48.07   | 416.67 | 48.07  | --     | --    |
| 21   | Ministry of Power                                    | DeenDayalUpadhy aya Gram JyotiYoj na                                     | 387.0 0 | 227.00 | 227.00 | 309.60 | --    |
| 22   | Ministry of Skill De velopment and Entre preneurship | Programme for Ap prenticeship Traini ng                                  | 15.50   | 15.50  | 9.47   | 9.29   | 9.29  |
|      |                                                      | Development of E ntrepreneurship                                         | 3.02    | 0.93   | 1.01   | 3.87   | --    |
|      |                                                      | Development of S kills                                                   | 121.7 3 | 130.44 | 129.87 | 122.50 | 4.39  |
|      |                                                      | Skill Acquisition a nd Knowledge Aw areness for Livelih ood Promotion    | 39.50   | 14.32  | 12.88  | 20.97  | 0.45  |
|      |                                                      | Strengthening of I nfrastructure for In stitutional Training             | 7.40    | 7.39   | 6.86   | 8.26   | 0.37  |
| 23   | Ministry of Textiles                                 | AmbedkarHasthshi lpVikasYojana                                           | 1.00    | 0.50   | 0.79   | 1.00   | 0.62  |
|      |                                                      | Handicrafts Artisa ns comprehensive welfare scheme                       | 1.00    | 1.00   | 0.09   | 1.50   | --    |
|      |                                                      | Handloom Weaver ComprehensiveW                                           | 1.00    | --     | --     | --     | --    |

|       |                     | elfare Scheme (H WCWS)                                                                  |           |          |           |           |         |
|-------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|       |                     | Integrated Scheme for Skill Developm ent                                                | 12.00     |     6    | 8.59      | 12.00     | --      |
|       |                     | Integrated Wool D evelopment Progra mme                                                 | 8.00      |     5.25 | 5.25      | 2.00      | 1.75    |
|       |                     | Marketing Support and Services                                                          | 1.00      |     1    | --        | 1.00      | --      |
|       |                     | National Handloo mDevelopment Pr ogramme                                                | 42.00     |    22    | 23.48     | 42.10     | 1.44    |
| 24    | Ministry of Tourism | Integrated Develop ment of Tourist Cir cuits around specif ic themes (Swades h Darshan) | 102.0 0   |    49    | 49.00     | 82.00     | --      |
| Total | Total               | Total                                                                                   | 11775 .11 | 12034.2  | 10027.77* | 11873.27* | 2327.66 |

Note: * Provisional figures Source- https://stcmis.gov.in

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