Lok Sabha Question No. 3401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Panchayati Raj System in Tribal Areas
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Rodmal Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. NO. 3401 ANSWERED ON: 21.03.2023

## PANCHAYATI RAJ SYSTEM IN TRIBAL AREAS

## †3401. SHRI RODMAL NAGAR

Will the Minister of Panchayati Raj be pleased to state;

- (a) the details of schemes being implemented to strengthen the Panchayati Raj system in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) whether the Government is working on a new scheme regarding rural development through Panchayati Raj in the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of schemes being implemented in the tribal areas under the Panchayati Raj system so as to make the tribal dominated areas self-reliant?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a)  The  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  is  implementing  the  (i)  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj  Abhiyan  (RGSA)  with  the  primary  objective  of strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) by way of capacity building and training of the  elected  representatives  and  the  functionaries  of  the  PRIs  and  providing  infrastructural support like Gram Panchayat Bhawan and Computerisation, (ii) Incentivization of Panchayats (IoP),  Components of RGSA scheme to encourage competitive spirit among Panchayat Raj Institutions  (PRIs)  under  which,  Awards  including  financial  incentives  are  given  to  best performing Panchayats in recognition of their good work for improving delivery of services and  public  good  and  (iii)  Mission  Mode  Project  on  e-Panchayats,  a  Central  component  of RGSA scheme under which various e-governance projects are funded towards digitalisation of Panchayats to bring in efficiency, accountability and transparency in the functioning of the PRIs for overall transformation of PRIs. (No funds are released to States under the scheme). These schemes are implemented in all the States/UTs including the State of Madhya Pradesh and its tribal areas.

(b) & (c) The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing a number of Schemes/Programmes  viz.  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act (MGNREGA), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAYNRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay  -  Gramin  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -  Gramin (PMAY-G),  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY),  National  Social  Assistance Programme (NSAP) and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM) through State Governments to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas in the country including the tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) is implementing a scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)', which aims at integrated development of 36,428 villages having at least 50% tribal population and 500 STs through States / UTs with notified STs. As per  the  scheme  guidelines,  respective  States  /  UTs  are  expected  to  prepare  their  Village Development Plan with active consultation with the villagers, and be adopted by the Gram Sabha/  Panchayat/Village  Council.  MoTA  is  also  administering  the  Scheduled  Tribes  and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (In short FRA), wherein  Gram  Sabha  has  been  entrusted  with  the  responsibility  to  initiate  the  process  of recognition  of  rights  envisaged  to  be  given  to  bonafide  Forest  Dweller  Scheduled  Tribes (FDSTs)  and  Other  Traditional  Forest  Dwellers  (OTFDs),  including  rights  to  protect, regenerate  or  conserve  or  manage  any  community  forest  resource  which  they  have  been traditionally protecting and conserving for sustainable use.

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