Lok Sabha Question No. 2012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Basic Amenities of Adivasis in Hilly Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mahabali Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - † 2012

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 14/03/2022

## BASIC AMENITIES OF ADIVASIS IN HILLY AREAS

†2012.   SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government is aware that basic amenities are not available to the Adivasis in the country especially the Adiwasis residing in hilly areas of Bihar even after several centuries;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)    whether  the  Government  is  preparing  any  scheme  to  provide  basic  amenities  to  all  the Adiwasis in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)   if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): Ministry of Tribal Affairs has conducted a gap analysis based on Census 2011 data and Mission Antyodaya data maintained by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) for the year 2019. Based on the gaps, Ministry has identified 36,428 villages where  ST population ≥ 50% and more than 500 tribals.   In Bihar 184 such villages have been identified.  Ministry has revamped the  existing  Scheme  of  Special  Central  Assistance  to  Tribal  Sub-Scheme  (SCA  to  TSS)  into 'Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)' with the aim of upgrading infrastructural facilities in these villages  in a phased manner by mitigating gaps in various sectors of development in convergence with funds available under Central STC and State TSP.   The State-wise list of the villages is at Annexure - 1 .

Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2012 for 14.03.2022 regarding 'Basic Amenities of Adivasis in Hilly Areas'

Total villages with at least 50% tribal population and 500 STs under the scheme

| S.No   | Name of the State   |   No. of Villages |
|--------|---------------------|-------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh      |               517 |
| 2      | Arunanchal Pradesh  |               141 |
| 3      | Assam               |              1700 |
| 4      | Bihar               |               184 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh        |              4029 |
| 6      | Dadar& Nagar Haveli |                53 |
| 7      | Daman& Diu          |                 2 |
| 8      | Goa                 |                21 |
| 9      | Gujarat             |              3764 |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh    |                90 |
| 11     | Jammu &Kashmir      |               434 |
| 12     | Jharkhand           |              3891 |
| 13     | Karnataka           |               507 |
| 14     | Kerala              |                 6 |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh      |              7307 |
| 16     | Maharashtra         |              3605 |
| 17     | Manipur             |               254 |
| 18     | Meghalaya           |               836 |
| 19     | Mizoram             |               344 |
| 20     | Nagaland            |               530 |
| 21     | Odisha              |              1653 |
| 22     | Rajasthan           |              4302 |
| 23     | Sikkim              |                62 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu          |               167 |
| 25     | Telangana           |               533 |
| 26     | Tripura             |               375 |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh       |               183 |
| 28     | Uttarakhand         |                64 |
| 29     | West Bengal         |               874 |
|        | Total Villages      |             36428 |

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