Lok Sabha Question No. 2092 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Schemes for SCs and STs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri, Jagannath Sarkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2092 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2023

## SCHEMES FOR SCs AND STs

## 2092. SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI: SHRI JAGANNATH SARKAR:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to generate awareness among Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) about the provisions of law aimed at ending discrimination, if s0, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (6) the details of the various schemes running with Central assistance for the social development and empowerment of SCs and STs in Uttar Pradesh; and
- the details of the funds disbursed and utilized for social development and empowerment of SCs and STs during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

(a) An Act of Parliament namely the Protection of Civil Rights {PCR} 1955, prescribes punishment for enforcement of any disability arising from practice of *untouchability' \_ Likewise another Act of Parliament namely the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) {PoA} Act; 1989, has been enacted to prevent the  commission atrocities   against   members of  Scheduled Castes(SCs) and   Scheduled   Tribes(STs). For the effective implementation of these Acts, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme is in force to provide admissible Central  assistance to State Governments and Union Territory Administrations  for inter-alia, Awareness Generation and Publicity as well: Act,

Further, a National Helpline against Atrocities (NHAA) for the members of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes has been also launched by the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment  The objective of the helpline is to generate awareness about the provisions and NHAA is available on toll-free number 14566' across the country.

- (b): The details of various schemes/programmes run with  Central Assistance for the social development and empowerment of SCs & STs by this Department and Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the States/UTs including the State of Uttar Pradesh are attached as Annexure [ & II respectively.
- (c): The State-wise details of the funds disbursed for social development and empowerment of SCs and STs by this department and Ministry of Tribal Affairs during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 are attached as Annexure III and IV.

## Annexure I

## Schemes implemented by the Department Of Social Justice & Empowerment for empowerment of persons belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes

|                        | Centrally Sponsored Schemes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                      | PPradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) ba) Special Central Assistance (SCA) to Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) b) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojna                                                          |
| 2_                     | Post-Matric Scholarship for SC students                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 3.                     | IPre-Matric Scholarship for SC students and others                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 4                      | Kentrally Sponsored Scheme for the   implementation of the PCR Act,1955 & the SCIST PoA) Act, 1989.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Central Sector Schemes | Central Sector Schemes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 5_                     | Icholarship for Higher Education for Young Achievers Scheme (SHREYAS) Class Scholarship scheme for SCs (TCS) b) Free Coaching scheme for SC and OBC students National Overseas scholarship Scheme for SC etc; students (NOS) National Fellowship scheme for SCs (NFSC) Top |
| 6_                     | IScheme for Residential Education for Residential Education for Students in High KSchools in Targeted Areas(SHRESHTA)                                                                                                                                                      |
| 7_                     | Venture Capital Funds for SCs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 8.                     | Various livelihood and skill development schemes of the National Finance and pevelopment Corporation for Scheduled Castes (NSFDC)                                                                                                                                          |

## Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no2092 for 14.03.2023

## Annexure II

## Schemes and Programmes   implemented by the   Ministry of Tribal Affairs for persons belonging to Scheduled Tribes

|   1 | IPRADHANMANTRI AADI ADARSH GRAM YOJANA la)Scheme of Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS) b) Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY):                                                                       |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2 | DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUPS (PVTGs):                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   3 | KGRANTS UNDER ARTICLE 275(1) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA                                                                                                                                                                                |
|   4 | EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   5 | POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE STUDENTS BELONGING TO SCHEDULED TRIBES FOR STUDIES IN INDIA                                                                                                                                              |
|   6 | PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR NEEDY SCHEDULED TRIBE STUDENTS ISTUDYING IN CLASSES Ix&X                                                                                                                                                      |
|   7 | NATTONAL FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OF ST ISTUDENTS ka): NATZONAL FELLOWSHIP (earlier known as RGNF) FOR HIGHER EDUCATION JOF ST STUDENTS. kb) SCHOLARSHIP(Top Class Education) FOR HIGHER EDUCATIONOF ST STUDENTS: |
|   8 | NATIONAL OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP FOR SCHEDULED TRIBE CANDIDATES                                                                                                                                                                             |
|   9 | SCHEME OF GRANT-IN-AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION WORKING FOR THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES.                                                                                                                                            |
|  10 | SUPPORT TO TRIBAL RESEARCH INSTTTUTE                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|  11 | Tribal Research Information, Education, communication and Events (TRI-ECE)                                                                                                                                                               |
|  12 | PRADHAN MANTRI JANJATTYA VIKAS MISSION (PMJVM)                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|  13 | MARKETING AND LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT FOR PROMOTING TRIBAL PRODUCTS FROM THE NORTH EASTERN REGION (PTP-NER)                                                                                                                                |
|  14 | EQUITY SUPPORT TO NATIONAL STATE SCHEDULED TRIBES FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (NSTFDC STFDCS)                                                                                                                                    |
|  15 | VENTURE CAPITAL FUND FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES (VCF-STS)                                                                                                                                                                                      |

## Centrally Sponsored Schemes:

(Rs. in Lakh)

|       | State/UT         | 2019-20   |   2020-21 |           |
|-------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   | 41503.94  |  61789    | 57778.83  |
| 2_    | Assam            | 3904.60   |   4304.3  | 768.00    |
| 3.    | Bihar            | 10190.80  |   6288    | 14788 00  |
| 4.    | Chandigarh       | 102.00    |     50    | 338.00    |
| 5.    | Chhattisgarh     | 9199.50   |  10021.2  | 9960.82   |
| 6     | Daman & Diu      | 0.00      |      0.83 | 20.00     |
| 7.    | Delhi            | 716.00    |    404.37 | 706.45    |
| 8     | Goa              | 4.00      |      6.6  | 3.00      |
| 9.    |                  | 9215.92   |  22328.6  | 3416.14   |
| 10    | Haryana          | 2216.21   |   3506.8  | 1821.21   |
| 11_   | Himachal Pradesh | 6473.60   |   4659.19 | 2208.95   |
| 12    | Jammu & Kashmir  | 2122.00   |    360    | 731.83    |
| 13.   | Jharkhand        |           |   2029.83 | 7619.34   |
| 14.   | Karnataka        | 28115.58  |  41941.3  | 33247.26  |
| 15.   | Kerala           | 5215.84   |  11152.1  | 2972.52   |
| 16.   | Madhya Pradesh_  | 36469.83  |  50698.2  | 5192593   |
|       | Maharashtra      | 14515.21  |  61613.5  | 44185.05  |
| 18.   | Manipur          | 1910.79   |    878.59 | 4378.00   |
| 19.   | Nagaland         | 262.50    |      0    | 2182.50   |
| 20.   | Odisha           | 22529.91  |  24272.6  | 39719.40  |
| 21.   | Puducherry       | 272.45    |   1058.82 | 878.63    |
| 22.   | Punjab           | 25711.80  |  22452.6  | 31587.49  |
| 23.   | Rajasthan        | 47204.33  |  38878.1  | 46800.39  |
| 24.   | Sikkim           | 552.14    |    261.35 | 589.30    |
| 25.   | Tamil Nadu       | 116634.25 |  30055.6  | 105659.49 |
| 26    | Telangana _      | 4823.65   |  29753.7  | 4458.92   |
| 27_   | Tipura           | 4354.14   |   3199.5  | 8815.31   |
| 28.   | Uttar Pradesh    | 134270.37 | 112710    | 154522.56 |
| 29    | Uttarakhand      | 1202.87   |   2263.42 | 319419    |
| 30    | West Bengal      | 20236.61  |  36054.4  | 34803.00  |
| Total |                  |           | 582992    | 670080.51 |

## Central Sector Schemes:-

Central Sector schemes are implemented   directly by this department without involvement of States/UTs: As such, State/UT wise information is schemes: However, the funds released under the Central Sector Schemes in the last three Financial Years i.e 2019-20,2020-21 and 2021-22 are Rs. 1241.05 Crores, 850.98 Crores and 951.26 Crores respectively.

## Annexure II :

(a) Under proviso to Grants under Article 275 (1) of the Constitution of India, financial assistance are provided to the State Governments based upon proposals received from them; duly recommended by State   level Executive Committee   and  after  appraisal and   approval  thereof by a Project   Appraisal Committee (PAC) constituted in this Ministry for the purpose. Under proviso to Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution; funds are provided for activities related to education; health, sanitation; water supply, livelihood, skill development, minor infrastructure etc  with the objective of development of scheduled area and also the welfare of Scheduled Tribes (STs):

(Rs. In Lakhs)

| SNo:   | StateslUTs        | 2019-20       | 2020-21       | 2021-22       |
|--------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|        |                   | Total Release | Total Release | Total Release |
|        | Andhra Pradesh    | 8942.43       | 2055.55       | 2638.65       |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 13202.25      | 6014.00       | 9830.00       |
| 3      | Assam             | 10802.85      | 4592.37       | 2570.000      |
| 4      | Bihar             | 0.00          | 0.00          | 642.08        |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 22500.77      | 9976.24       | 11604.02      |
| 6      | Goa               |               | 0.00          | 600.41        |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 16833.88      | 5940.04       | 6923.79       |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh  | 5314.7        | 1161.00       | 1500.00       |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5410          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 10     | Jharkhand         | 11166.77      | 10278.00      | 12264.19      |
| 11     | Karnataka         | 10435.46      | 3305.68       | 3210.00       |
| 12     | Kerala            | 633.29        | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    | 44938.92      | 4279.78       | 5319.10       |
| 14     | Maharashtra       | 23136.7       | 4573.16       | 0.00          |
| 15     | Manipur           | 6151.91       | 0.00          | 0.00          |

|   16 | Meghalaya_    |   4799.53 |   492.71 | 1595.25   |
|------|---------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|   17 | Mizoram       |   6598.83 | 1909.71  |           |
|   18 | Nagaland      |   6802.11 | 1717.38  | 3202.39   |
|   19 | Odisha        |  15110.7  | 6304.62  | 11382.05  |
|   20 | Rajasthan     |  15586.2  | 9166     | 10435.21  |
|   21 | Sikkim        |   3175.35 |  516     | 2045.00   |
|   22 | Tamil Nadu    |   6356.07 |    0     | 0.00      |
|   23 | Telangana     |   9973.28 | 2517     | 2050.00   |
|   24 | Tripura       |   2952.63 |  201.74  | 607.53    |
|   25 | Uttar Pradesh |   2760.71 |  927.426 | 832.71    |
|   26 | Uttarakhand   |    428.37 |    0     | 100.65    |
|   27 | West Bengal   |  12127.2  | 4041.14  | 0.00      |

- (6) Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing a Scheme "Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)" with the objective of overall socio-economic development and welfare of these most vulnerable sections among tribal people. Funds are provided to the concerned State Government UT on the basis   of their proposals in  diverse sectors i.e. education,  housing   land  development; agricultural development, animal husbandry, construction of link roads, installation ofnon-conventional sources of energy for lighting purpose, conservation of culture and traditional practices o any other innovative activity with respect to these identified 75 PVTG communities in the nature of gap filling intervention besides interventions undertaken by the States out of Tribal Sub-Plan funds

Rs. In Lakhs)

|                  |                  | 2019-20       | 2020-21       | 2021-22       |
|------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| SN Name of State | SN Name of State | Fund Released | Fund Released | Fund Released |
|                  | Andhra Pradesh   | 3713.43       | 1245.51       | 1829.60       |
|                  | A & N Islands    | 0.00          | 0.00          | 252.11        |
| 3                | Bihar            | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 4                | Chhattisgarh     | 1311.35       | 989.32        | 996.90        |
| 5                | Gujarat          | 429.05        | 552.20        | 761.80        |
| 6                | Jharkhand        | 847.00        | 1777.29       | 1696.93       |
|                  | Karnataka        | 1933.01       | 438.46        | 661.17        |
| 8                | Kerala           | 0.00          | 88.00         | 0.00          |

|    | Madhya Pradesh   |   8064.89 |   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    |
|    | Grand Total      |  24999    |  14000    |  16000    |

(c) Under the scheme of EMRS, funds are released by the Ministry to an autonomous society, National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for implementation of the scheme and NESTS further releases funds to State Societies and Construction Agencies etc. aS per their requirements. Upto the year 2019-20, funds were being released to states including Uttar Pradesh for this scheme under Grants under Article 275 (1) of the constitution as one of the components From the year 2020-21 onwards, separate allocation has been made for EMRS scheme and the details of fund allocation to NESTS for release of funds to State Societies and Construction Agencies etc. including Uttar Pradesh by the Ministry from the year 2020-21 onwards is as under:

(Rs. in Crores)

| Financial year   | Funds sanctioned/ released to NESTS   |   Utilization Report by NESTS |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2020-21          | 1199.98                               |                       1199.98 |
| 2021-22          | 1057.74*                              |                        301    |

- (d) Till the year 2020-21 under the scheme of Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS),   100% grants were provided to the State Governments with notified STs including Uttar Pradesh interalia for activities related to education, health; sanitation, water supply, livelihood, skill development, minor infrastructure etc. for the development of Scheduled Tribes (ST)

During 2021-22, MoTA has revamped the existing Scheme of 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal SubScheme (SCA to TSS) with   nomenclature Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh for

- implementation  during 2021-22 to 2025-26, which  aims at transforming  villages  with   significant   tribal population into model village (Adarsh Gram) The State-wise details of the funds released and utilization thereof reported by the State Government for funds released during 2019-20 to 2021-22 under the scheme of 'SCA to TSS? PMAAGY is as under:

(Rs. in lakhs)

| S_   | States            | 2019-20       | 2020-21       | 2021-22       |
|------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| S_   | States            | Total Release | Total Release | Total Release |
|      | Andhra Pradesh    | 12470.50      | 4954.96       | 0.00          |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 9224.29       | 7015.50       | 733.68        |
| 3    | Assam             | 2710.08       | 4578.76       | 8743.02       |
| 4    | Bihar             | 0.00          | 3106.00       | 774.44        |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh_     | 9415.53       | 8769.06       | 15595.8       |
| 6    | Goa               | 0.00          | 724.26        | 0.00          |
|      | Gujarat           | 8975.55       | 10786.40      | 15916.78      |
| 8    | Himachal Pradesh  | 2394.18       | 1367.00       | 377.03        |
| 9    | J & K             | 4509.00       | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 10   | Jharkhand         | 6201.49       | 7049.64       | 6531.79       |
| 11   | Karnataka         | 7434.00       | 0.00          | 2139.9        |
| 12   | Kerala            | 0.00          | 459.15        | 0.00          |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh    | 13415.25      | 0.00          | 12268.76      |
| 14   | Maharashtra       | 11929.09      | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 15   | Manipur           | 1434.02       | 0.00          | 427.98        |
| 16   | Meghalaya         | 3788.00       | 328.25        | 0.00          |
| 17   | Mizoram           | 3140.00       | 1236.22       | 580.83        |
| 18   | Nagaland          | 2951.12       | 2846.14       | 886.53        |
| 19   | Odisha            | 8691.18       | 9010.42       | 2771.68       |
| 20   | Rajasthan         | 11461.41      | 8662.66       | 7224.71       |
| 21   | Sikkim            | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00          |
| 22   | Tamilnadu         | 450.56        | 377.47        | 285.32        |
| 23   | Telangana         | 5361.29       | 4191.00       | 2262.18       |
| 24   | Tripura_          | 1362.97       | 1173.30       | 631.78        |
| 25   | Uttarakhand       | 600.00        | 757.80        | 0.00          |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh     | 779.91        | 508.83        | 0.00          |
| 27   | West Bengal       | 5862.58       | 3746.00       | 0.00          |
|      | Total             | 134562.00     | 81648.82      | 78152.21      |

- (e) The scheme of "Grant in Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of STs" which is demand-driven and the are provided directly to the Non-Governmental Organizations/ Voluntary grants

Organizations for running their health, educational and livelihood projects after their online application, providing relevant information, recommendation of Authorities at District level, duly recommended by the multi-disciplinary State Level Committee of the concerned State GovernmentIUT Administration:

Details of fund released during 2019-20, 2020-21 2021-22 to NGOsl VOs working in Statesl UTs including Uttar Pradesh is as under:

| DETAILS OF FUND RELEASED DURING THE YEAR 2019-20 TO 2021-22 UNDER THE SCHEME OF GRANT-IN- AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR WELFARE OF STS   | DETAILS OF FUND RELEASED DURING THE YEAR 2019-20 TO 2021-22 UNDER THE SCHEME OF GRANT-IN- AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR WELFARE OF STS   | DETAILS OF FUND RELEASED DURING THE YEAR 2019-20 TO 2021-22 UNDER THE SCHEME OF GRANT-IN- AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR WELFARE OF STS   | DETAILS OF FUND RELEASED DURING THE YEAR 2019-20 TO 2021-22 UNDER THE SCHEME OF GRANT-IN- AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR WELFARE OF STS   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                                                                               | 2020-21                                                                                                                                               | 2021-22                                                                                                                                               |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                        | 10157218                                                                                                                                              | 5026080                                                                                                                                               | 16228664                                                                                                                                              |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                     | 35595687                                                                                                                                              | 27184297                                                                                                                                              | 23778993                                                                                                                                              |
| ASSAM                                                                                                                                                 | 6213405                                                                                                                                               | 4061646                                                                                                                                               | 18512478                                                                                                                                              |
| CHATTISGARH                                                                                                                                           | 15948615                                                                                                                                              | 4900346                                                                                                                                               | 13036874                                                                                                                                              |
| DELHI                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                       | 1316151                                                                                                                                               | 1428775                                                                                                                                               |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                                                               | 17888100                                                                                                                                              | 12098347                                                                                                                                              | 10403047                                                                                                                                              |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                      | 17953743                                                                                                                                              | 22425259                                                                                                                                              | 13154561                                                                                                                                              |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                                                                     | 1587901                                                                                                                                               | 4639377                                                                                                                                               | 2672910                                                                                                                                               |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                                                                             | 107514637                                                                                                                                             | 50136982                                                                                                                                              | 69711917                                                                                                                                              |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                                                             | 25497469                                                                                                                                              | 11651044                                                                                                                                              | 22293781                                                                                                                                              |
| KERALA                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                       | 12082483                                                                                                                                              | 14281473                                                                                                                                              |
| LADAKH                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 4308595                                                                                                                                               |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                                                        | 49199977                                                                                                                                              | 22388570                                                                                                                                              | 110269307                                                                                                                                             |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                                                           | 62859152                                                                                                                                              | 40257292                                                                                                                                              | 67398480                                                                                                                                              |
| MANIPUR                                                                                                                                               | 33097504                                                                                                                                              | 28092348                                                                                                                                              | 60202985                                                                                                                                              |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                                                                             | 145347653                                                                                                                                             | 84500593                                                                                                                                              | 77602299                                                                                                                                              |
| MIZORAM                                                                                                                                               | 4711528                                                                                                                                               | 6963997                                                                                                                                               | 11151249                                                                                                                                              |
| ODISHA                                                                                                                                                | 293997570                                                                                                                                             | 153681894                                                                                                                                             | 242481660                                                                                                                                             |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                                                             | 17184495                                                                                                                                              | 18979922                                                                                                                                              | 10165582                                                                                                                                              |
| SIKKIM                                                                                                                                                | 3046526                                                                                                                                               | 946123                                                                                                                                                | 2718360                                                                                                                                               |
| TAMIL NADU                                                                                                                                            | 28908752                                                                                                                                              | 11703033                                                                                                                                              | 27473845                                                                                                                                              |
| TELANGANA                                                                                                                                             | 1096770                                                                                                                                               | 5481754                                                                                                                                               | 5664219                                                                                                                                               |
| TRIPURA                                                                                                                                               | 4656113                                                                                                                                               | 3354479                                                                                                                                               | 156271                                                                                                                                                |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 11222937                                                                                                                                              | 3220666                                                                                                                                               |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                                                           | 1558170                                                                                                                                               | 4854462                                                                                                                                               | 6422488                                                                                                                                               |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                                                                           | 64483189                                                                                                                                              | 47050584                                                                                                                                              | 57760521                                                                                                                                              |
| Grand Total                                                                                                                                           | 948504174                                                                                                                                             | 595000000                                                                                                                                             | 892500000                                                                                                                                             |

If) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been implementing the following Scholarship Schemes to promote and encourage basic and higher education amongst ST population These Schemes are also implemented in the States of Uttar Pradesh:

- Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class IX and X)
- iii) National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education for ST students.
- ii) Post Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class XI and above)
- iv) National Overseas Scholarship for ST students

Out of the schemes mentioned above, the scholarship schemes at SLNo (i) to (ii) are Central Schemes are open ended Schemes wherein scholarships are given to all eligible students fot pursuing studies from class 9th to PhD, whose parental income is up to Rs.2.5 lakh per annum: The calling of applications, verification, selection of beneficiaries is the responsibility of the States/UTs The Ministry of  Tribal Affairs,  releases funds to StatesMUTs based on proposals   submitted by them and after examining financial and   physical progress: State GovernmentsMUnion   Territory Administrations disburse the scholarship amount to all the eligible ST Students bank account through DBT mode.

The Schemes at SLNo. (iii) & (iv) are Central Sector Schemes. There are no state-wise allocation of Higher Education for ST students, funds are directly released to the Students/Institutions through DBT mode whereas National Overseas Scholarship for ST students is implemented by through the Ministry of Tribal Affairs: There is no state-wise allocation of funds under these Central Sector Schemes

Central Sponsored Schemes i.e,, Pre Matric Scholarship Scheme Post Matric Scholarship Schemes are open   ended State-wise  fund  released and utilization by States/UTs during 2019-20 to 2021-22 under Pre-Matric  Scholarship Scheme & Post Matric Scholarship Schemes is given as under:

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| SL:   | Statel UT         | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22      |
|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
| No:   | Andaman &         | Release   | Release   | Release 8.03 |
|       | Nicobar Andhra    | 5.62      | 12.33     | 3935.06      |
| 2     | Pradesh           | 736.32    | 1433.81   |              |
| 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         |
| 0     | Chhattisgarh      | 4796.94   | 3541.54   | 0.00         |

|    | Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu   |    38.49 | 234.00   |   206.62 |
|----|----------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
|    | Daman & Diu                            |     5.89 | 0.00     |     0    |
| 9  | Goa                                    |    80.56 | 4135     |     0    |
| 10 | Gujarat                                |  5248.34 | 2198.84  |  3689.18 |
| 11 | Himachal Pradesh                       |    83.92 | 91.87    |     0    |
| 12 | Jammu & Kashmir                        |     0    | 0.00     |     0    |
| 13 | Jharkhand                              |  1514.49 | 0.00     |  3899.03 |
| 14 | Karnataka                              |  1846.92 | 0.00     |  1753.16 |
| 15 | Kerala                                 |   287.31 | 116.56   |   347.07 |
| 16 | Ladakh                                 |     0    | 42.27    |    74.22 |
| 17 | Madhya Pradesh                         |  7698.9  | 5429.34  | 11458.2  |
| 18 | Maharashtra                            |     0    | 0.00     |     0    |
| 19 | Manipur                                |   443.33 | 0.00     |     0    |
| 20 | Meghalaya                              |     0    | 0.00     |     0    |
| 21 | Mizoram                                |   702.21 | 167.86   |   657.47 |
| 22 | Nagaland                               |     0    | 60.75    |     0    |
| 23 | Odisha                                 |  6157.65 | 6944.96  |  5236.75 |
|    | Puducherry                             |     0    | 1.63     |     0    |
| 25 | Rajasthan                              |  5346.97 | 3126.90  |  6234.34 |
| 26 | Sikkim                                 |     3.57 | 9.41     |     0    |
| 27 | Tamil Nadu                             |   589.74 | 241.00   |   546.55 |
| 28 | Telangana                              |     0    | 0.00     |     0    |
| 29 | Tripura_                               |   386.18 | 252.09   |    58.55 |
| 30 | Uttar Pradesh                          |     0    | 0.00     |    88.17 |
| 31 | Uttarakhand                            |     0    |          |     0    |
| 32 | West Bengal                            |   894.18 | 788.22   |   912.51 |
|    | Total                                  | 43999    | 24890.24 | 39414.4  |

## Details of fund released and utilized under Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| SL: No   | Statel UT                            | 2019-20       | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|----------|--------------------------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
|          | Andaman &                            | Release 11.34 | Release   | Release   |
| 2        | Nicobar                              |               | 13.29     | 10.35     |
|          | Andhra Pradesh                       | 7797.07       | 6039.35   | 8991.45   |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 6113.41       | 5712.96   | 12360.50  |
| 4        | Assam                                | 4867.20       | 5413.54   | 1093.40   |
| 5        | Bihar                                | 1525.43       | 708.22    | 0.00      |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                         | 7022.69       | 8790.24   | 0.00      |
| 7        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 88.66         | 3481.73   | 0.00      |
| 8        | Daman & Diu                          | 0.00          | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 9        | Goa                                  | 732.79        | 458.18    | 0.00      |
| 10       | Gujarat                              | 14004.48      | 22977.64  | 46170.25  |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                     | 2468.81       | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 1048.29       | 805.44    | 0.00      |
| 13       | Jharkhand                            | 7862.86       | 0.00      | 12654.88  |
| 14       | Karnataka                            | 15003.43      | 0.00      | 17080.51  |
| 15       | Kerala                               | 1641.52       | 3285.25   |           |
| 16       | Ladakh                               | 0.00          | 738.00    | 2214.00   |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 12198.58      | 12344.00  | 24529.43  |
| 18       | Maharashtra                          | 15575.38      | 18149.52  | 19214.82  |
| 19       | Manipur                              | 6235.55       | 2184.19   | 4292.15   |
| 20       | Meghalaya                            | 0.00          | 0.00      | 2636.09   |
| 21       | Mizoram                              | 4415.78       | 3446.82   | 3874.64   |
| 22       | Nagaland                             | 3268.73       | 3226.37   | 4435.75   |
| 23       | Odisha                               | 16640.15      | 19095.97  | 21842.98  |
| 24       | Puducherry                           | 0.00          | 19.56     | 0.00      |
| 25       | Rajasthan                            | 25950.52      | 25557.03  | 13744.70  |
| 26       | Sikkim                               | 566.80        | 553.83    | 1036.28   |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu                           | 5025.19       | 3328.99   | 4849.38   |
| 28       | Telangana                            | 19610.60      | 27297.83  | 7503.90   |

| 29   | Tripura       |   2355.78 | 4804.98   | 7188.77   |
|------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 30   | Uttar Pradesh |   1822.71 | 2218.67   | 0.00      |
| 31   | Uttarakhand   |      0    | 0.00      |           |
| 32   | West Bengal   |   2411    | 2256.42   | 3872.05   |
|      | Total         | 186265    |           | 225681.13 |

- (g) TRI and Media Division is administrating the centrally sponsored scheme "Support of Tribal Research including preservation and promotion of their art, culture, practices, traditions in following ways:
- (i ) Research studies/publication of books/documentation including audio visual documentaries on promotion ofrich tribal cultural heritage which includes preservation of tribal languages
- (ii) Tribal cultural exchange programmes
- (iii) Research and documentation of Indigenous practices by tribal healers and medicinal plants, Adivasi Languages, agriculture system, dances and paintings, organization of literary festivals, publication of books written by tribal writers/ authors, translation works and literature competitions, etc
- (iv) To acknowledge the heroic and patriotic deeds of tribal unsung heroes; Ministry has sanctioned setting up Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum for ten states. This museum along with ethnographic Tribal museums will also showcase and preserve tribal artefacts related to life and culture of tribes.
- Ministry gives funding to states/UTs for organizing tribal festival at State level.
- (vi)The Ethnographic Museum of the states preserve and showcase rare artifacts related to life and culture of various tribes:
2. Ministry is releasing funds to States under centrally sponsored scheme Support to TRI based on their proposal through Committee Meeting: Details of funds released under the Scheme of 'Support to Tribal Research Institutes are as under: Apex

| Fund Released   | Fund Released       | Fund Released   | Fund Released   | Fund Released   |
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                 | State               |                 | p2o20-21        | [2021-22        |
|                 | Andaman and Nicobar |                 |                 | 0               |
|                 | Andhra Pradesh      | 500.00          | 455.00          |                 |
|                 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 923.85          | 184.15          |                 |
|                 | Assam               | 235.64          |                 |                 |
|                 | Chhattisgarh_       | 0.00            | 0.00            | 189.04          |
|                 |                     |                 | pooo            |                 |
|                 | Jammu And Kashmir   | 308.84          | 206.51          | boo             |
|                 | Jharkhand           | 1654.50         |                 | 13.92           |
|                 | Karnataka           | 185.50          |                 | 184.25          |
| 111             | Kerala              |                 |                 | 0               |

(Rs. in lakh)

| I12   | MMadhya Pradesh   |         | 6447.00   | h84.58    |
|-------|-------------------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|       | Maharashtra       | 141.00  | 10.00     |           |
| 14    | Manipur           | 1877.00 | 0.00      |           |
| 15    | Mizoram           | 1512.00 | 1178.22   | 766.65    |
|       | NNagaland         | p275.00 |           | 185       |
|       |                   | 780.04  | 503.00    | 1644.76   |
|       | IRajasthan        | 00.00   | 8.89      | p15.34216 |
|       | (Sikkim           | 82.50   | 1144.00   | p273.3    |
|       | Tamil Nadu        | 0.00    | 10.00     | 135.09    |
|       | Telangana         | 557.25  | 375.75    | 548.95    |
|       | [Tripura          | 335.52  | lo.00     |           |
|       | UUttar Pradesh    |         |           | 6925      |
|       | West Bengal       | 14925   |           |           |
|       | Meghalaya         |         |           | 66.224    |
|       | [Uttarakhand      | 693.00  | p183.48   | 1400.75   |
| b7    | Goa               |         |           | 111.75    |