Lok Sabha Question No. 1191 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Tribal Population in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajbahadur Singh, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1191

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 25/07/2022

## TRIBAL POPULATION IN UTTAR PRADESH

1191. SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH: DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI: SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI: SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has latest district-wise data of tribal population living in Uttar Pradesh updated post the 2011-census;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the Tribal migrated from rural to urban areas, state wise details and the steps taken by Government under Vocal for Local to retain the tribal culture;

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  data  indicating  the  total  budgetary  expenditure  of  the  last  three years under Special Central Assistance to Tribal Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme for Uttar Pradesh;

(e) if so, the district wise details thereof;

(f)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  towards  imparting  skills  amongst  the  tribal population leveraging their cultural heritage; and

(g) if so, the details highlighting the annual income of skilled tribal population?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b): Data of tribal population is available from decennial censuses conducted by Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (RGI). As informed by RGI, Census 2021 has been postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. However, district wise Scheduled Tribes population of Uttar Pradesh as per Census, 2011, is given at Annexure .

(c): Information  on  State-wise  'details  of  the  Tribal  migrated  from  rural  to  urban  areas'  is  not available  with  this  Ministry.  However,  as  per  survey  on  Employment  &  Unemployment  and Migration  Particulars  conducted  by  the  National  Statistical  Office  (NSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics &Programme  Implementation  during  NSS  64 th round  (2007  -  08),  estimated  percentage  of Scheduled Tribes migration in urban areas from rural area is 67.1 percent.

Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  has  been  implementing  the  scheme  of  'Institutional  Support  for Development  and  Marketing  of  Tribal  Products/Produce"  (now  merged  under  Pradhan  Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission) through Tribal Co-Operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).  Under  the  scheme,  efforts  are  made  to  support  marketing  and  development  of  tribal products including promotion of Vocal for Local including training and skill up- gradation regarding creation of supply chain etc. Details of steps taken in this regard are given below:

TRIFED provides marketing platform for tribal products through its network of 119 outlets and also organizes Tribal Artisan Mela (TAM) at District/Tehsil level to reach tribals located in interior tribal areas and source tribal art and craft directly. National Tribal Festival 'Aadi Mahotsav'-Festival of Craft, Culture, Cuisine and Commerce is organized to display and sale of tribal art and craft, tribal medicine & healers and tribal cuisine, tribal craft demonstrations and tribal folk performance.TRIFED has also established its own E-commerce portal www.tribesindia.com and is also present on all major e-commerce portals like Amazon, Snapdeal, Flipkart, Paytm, and Gem for promotion and marketing of tribal products.

National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)  is an apex organization set up on 10.04.2001, exclusively for economic development of Scheduled Tribes. The Corporation  continues  to  function  as  a  catalytic  agent  for  promoting  economic  development activities of STs by providing financial assistance at concessional rates of interest under its schemes.

(d) to (e): Funds released under the scheme 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme' to the State of Uttar Pradesh is given below. Details of district wise provision of fund by the State Government, are not centrally maintained.

(Rs. in lakh)

| Year     |   Fund Released |
|----------|-----------------|
| 2019-20  |          779.91 |
| 2020-21  |          508.83 |
| 2021-22* |            0    |

*Scheme revamped as PMAAGY (Pradhan Mantri Adi Adrash Gram Yojna).

(f) to (g): ' Van Dhan Vikas Karyakaram' is a development of value chain component of the Scheme 'Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and  Development  of  Value  Chain  for  MFPs'  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Janjatiya  Vikas  Mission.   It emphasizes the enterprise route for generating additional income to the village level primary SHG units known as Van Dhan Self Help Groups (VDSHGs). Each VDSHG comprises of upto 20 forest dwellers  to  undertake  the  gathering,  processing  and  value  addition  of  Minor  Forest  Produces.  15 such VDSHGs are subsumed into each Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK) of upto 300 members to reap  the  advantages  of  economies  of  scale  in  training,  aggregation  of  raw  material,  branding, packaging  and  marketing  operations  envisaged  to  create  an  inherent  strength  in  the  VDVK organisation  in  the  area.  The  scheme  allows  VDVK  members  to  undertake  other  activities  like agriculture,  floriculture,  medicinal  plants  etc.  for  ensuring  round  the  year  livelihood.  Since  the launch of Van Dhan Vikas Karyakaram /Van Dhan Yojana, TRIFED has sanctioned 3225 VDVKs associated  with  9.63  Lakhs  beneficiaries  in  25  states  and  3  Union  Territories.   Under  Tech  for Tribals Initiative, TRIFED  has initiated entrepreneurship training programs to Van Dhan beneficiaries,  funds  for  which  have  been  provided  by  the  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises(MSME) under their ESDP scheme.

Also, TRIFED imparts skill up-gradation training from time to time to tribal beneficiaries associated with  TRIFED  for  supply  of  tribal  products  which  include  Comprehensive  Training  Programme (CTP), Design Workshop Training (DWT) and Design & Technology up-gradation cum Production Workshop (DTPW).

Further, under  Skill India  Mission,  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is implementing its flagship scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)' for Skill based training  of  the  youth  across  the  country  including  Tribal  candidates  under  Short  Term  Training (STT) courses and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Presently,  the  third  phase  of  PMKVY  i.e.  PMKVY  3.0  is  being  implemented.  PMKVY  3.0  is  a demand driven scheme with bottom-up approach with District level plan being the fundamental level of implementation. Under PMKVY 3.0, District Skill Committees have been entrusted with the task of  identifying  local  demand,  based  on  which  training  is  arranged  in  the  district. Further,  for incentivizing  the  youth  of  ST  category,  there is  also  a  provision  of  monthly  travel  allowance  and post placement support, Career progression support etc under the PMKVY scheme. The details of the ST candidates trained under the PMKVY scheme is given below:

| UP/PAN India   | ST candidates Trained   |
|----------------|-------------------------|
| PAN India      | 6,49,310                |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 18,575                  |

(as on 30.06.2022)

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1191 for 25.07.2022 by SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH, DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI, SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN  SHARAN  SINGH,  SHRI  PRATAP  CHANDRA  SARANGI,  SHRI  P.P. CHAUDHARY regarding 'Tribal Population in Uttar Pradesh'

## District wise population of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Uttar Pradesh

|   Sl. No. | District Name                |   ST Population |
|-----------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Sonbhadra                    |          385018 |
|         2 | Ballia                       |          110114 |
|         3 | Deoria                       |          109894 |
|         4 | Kushinagar                   |           80269 |
|         5 | Lalitpur                     |           71610 |
|         6 | Kheri                        |           53375 |
|         7 | Chandauli                    |           41725 |
|         8 | Ghazipur                     |           28712 |
|         9 | Varanasi                     |           28617 |
|        10 | Balrampur                    |           24887 |
|        11 | Mau                          |           22915 |
|        12 | Mirzapur                     |           20132 |
|        13 | Gorakhpur                    |           18172 |
|        14 | Mahrajganj                   |           16435 |
|        15 | Siddharthnagar               |           12021 |
|        16 | Bahraich                     |           11159 |
|        17 | Azamgarh                     |            9327 |
|        18 | Allahabad                    |            7955 |
|        19 | Lucknow                      |            7506 |
|        20 | Agra                         |            7255 |
|        21 | Shrawasti                    |            5534 |
|        22 | Jaunpur                      |            4736 |
|        23 | Ghaziabad                    |            3968 |
|        24 | Jhansi                       |            3873 |
|        25 | Kanpur Nagar                 |            3753 |
|        26 | Basti                        |            3620 |
|        27 | Meerut                       |            3390 |
|        28 | Bareilly                     |            3227 |
|        29 | Bijnor                       |            3058 |
|        30 | Unnao                        |            2926 |
|        31 | Firozabad                    |            2565 |
|        32 | Gautam Buddha Nagar          |            2215 |
|        33 | Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) |            1873 |
|        34 | Rae Bareli                   |            1756 |

|   Sl. No. | District Name       |   ST Population |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
|        35 | Pilibhit            |            1714 |
|        36 | Sitapur             |            1602 |
|        37 | Sant Kabir Nagar    |            1593 |
|        38 | Mathura             |            1520 |
|        39 | Saharanpur          |             980 |
|        40 | Faizabad            |             931 |
|        41 | Gonda               |             870 |
|        42 | Jalaun              |             832 |
|        43 | Kanpur Dehat        |             801 |
|        44 | Ambedkar Nagar      |             746 |
|        45 | Pratapgarh          |             723 |
|        46 | Sultanpur           |             696 |
|        47 | Moradabad           |             685 |
|        48 | Mahoba              |             647 |
|        49 | Aligarh             |             629 |
|        50 | Bara Banki          |             610 |
|        51 | Shahjahanpur        |             508 |
|        52 | Mainpuri            |             478 |
|        53 | Hamirpur            |             474 |
|        54 | Chitrakoot          |             366 |
|        55 | Rampur              |             358 |
|        56 | Hardoi              |             349 |
|        57 | Fatehpur            |             340 |
|        58 | Muzaffarnagar       |             317 |
|        59 | Mahamaya Nagar      |             268 |
|        60 | Farrukhabad         |             230 |
|        61 | Bulandshahr         |             198 |
|        62 | Kaushambi           |             193 |
|        63 | Etawah              |             169 |
|        64 | Jyotiba Phule Nagar |             164 |
|        65 | Banda               |             163 |
|        66 | Auraiya             |             150 |
|        67 | Kanshiram Nagar     |             150 |
|        68 | Etah                |             140 |
|        69 | Budaun              |              58 |
|        70 | Kannauj             |              15 |
|        71 | Baghpat             |              14 |

Source: Census 2011, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (RGI)

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