Lok Sabha Question No. 2815 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Empowerment of Tribal Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2815

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2023

## EMPOWERMENT OF TRIBAL WOMEN

## †2815. SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- a. whether  the  Government  is  working  on  the  empowerment  of  tribal  women  of Khandwa Parliamentary Constituency who are engaged in traditional work;
- b. if so, the details thereof;
- c. the total amount spent by the Government on the empowerment of tribal women in the State of Madhya Pradesh during the last three years; and
- d. the schemes launched or to be launched by the Government in this regard in the near future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d): The Government has adopted a holistic approach for overall development of tribal population,  including  tribal  women,  by  providing  support,  inter  alia,  for  education,  health, employment,  agriculture,  horticulture,  animal  husbandry,  sanitation,  drinking  water,  skill development and livelihood across the country including the State of Madhya Pradesh. The Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  has  been  implementing  schemes/  programmes  with  focused approach on the socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes (STs), including tribal women, in a coordinated and planned manner.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs through Tribal Co-Operative Marketing Development Federation of  India  (TRIFED)  and  National  Scheduled  Tribes  Finance  and  Development  Corporation (NSTFDC) provides assistance and support to promote entrepreneurship among tribal people with special focus to tribal women in the States / UTs with notified STs including Madhya Pradesh, who are involved in traditional work through the following schemes:

(i) ' Pradhan  Mantri  Jana  Jatiya  Vikas  Mission  (PMJVM) ' from  2021-22,  having  two components ' Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP ' and ' Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products / Produce ' ;  and (ii)  "Equity Support to National  Scheduled  Tribes  Finance  and  Development  Corporation  (NSTFDC)  /  State Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporations (STFDCs)". TRIFED is implementing  Van  Dhan  Vikas  Karyakaram  (VDVK)  under  PMJVM  in  the  areas  with significant  tribal  population.  The  VDVK  envisages  setting  up  Van  Dhan  Vikas  Kendras (VDVKs), each having about 300 members to promote value-addition and marketing of tribal products and minor forest products (MFP). Each VDVK consists of 15 Van Dhan Self Help

Groups  (VDSHGs),  each  of  which  comprises  of  up  to  20  members.  Since  August,  2019, TRIFED has sanctioned 3,110 Van Dhan Vikas Kendra wherein 52,976 Van Dhan Self Help Groups associated with 9.27 lakhs beneficiaries has been included in 25 States and 02 UTs.

NSTFDC is implementing an exclusive scheme titled "Adivasi Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana (AMSY) ' for Tribal women to undertake any income generation activity. Under this scheme, loan up to 90% of project costing up to Rs.2 lakh is provided at a highly concessional rate of interest of 4% per annum.

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