Lok Sabha Question No. 2283 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Employment to Tribes
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2283

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.08.2021

## EMPLOYMENT TO TRIBES

## †2283.  SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)   whether the Government has made any provision to provide employment to local residents in industries being run/proposed to be set up in tribal areas to check this migration in search of employment;

- (b)        if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)        if not, the reasons therefor along with the reaction of the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)        Van  Dhan  Vikas  Karyakram, an  initiative under the Scheme 'Mechanism for Marketing  of  Minor  Forest  Produce  (MFP)  through  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  and Development of Value Chain for MFP', targets livelihood generation for tribals by harnessing the wealth of forest i.e. Van Dhan. Under this programme, tribal community owned Minor Forest  Produce  centric  multi-purpose  Kendras  are  set  up   through  Tribal  Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) in the districts with significant tribal population. The Kendras acts as common facility centres for procurement cum value addition to locally available Minor Forest Produce. Value addition of raw produce helps increasing the value of the MFP considerably and consequently the income of the gatherers. State-wise details of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras established in the country is given at Annexure .

As informed by TRIFED, Apart from above, two tertiary Food processing units are being set up  by  TRIFED  in  Jagdalpur,  Chhattisgarh  and  Raigad,  Maharashtra  in  convergence  with Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) and National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) at a cost of approximately Rs. 11 crore. These units are likely  to  become  functional  by  the  end  of  current  fiscal.  It  is  expected  to  generate  direct employment for 200 tribal people and indirect employment for 3000 tribal families in the near vicinity of each unit.

| States                             |   No. of Forest Gatherers benefitted |   Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in lakhs) |   No. of VDVKs (consisting of 15 vandhan SHG in each VDVK) Sanctioned |
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     |                                77658 |                            3882.9  |                                                                   263 |
| Assam                              |                                37786 |                            1920    |                                                                   128 |
| Bihar                              |                                 1630 |                              81.5  |                                                                     8 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |                                41700 |                            2085    |                                                                   139 |
| Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                  302 |                              15    |                                                                     1 |
| Goa                                |                                 3000 |                             150    |                                                                    10 |
| Gujarat                            |                                34424 |                            1721.2  |                                                                   116 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |                                  262 |                              13.1  |                                                                     1 |
| Ladakh                             |                                 3000 |                             150    |                                                                    10 |
| Jharkhand                          |                                11601 |                             569.7  |                                                                    39 |
| Karnataka                          |                                11448 |                             572.4  |                                                                    39 |
| Kerala                             |                                 7732 |                             385.25 |                                                                    28 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |                                32100 |                            1605    |                                                                   107 |
| Maharashtra                        |                                79350 |                            3960    |                                                                   264 |
| Manipur                            |                                60390 |                            2996.8  |                                                                   200 |
| Meghalaya                          |                                11835 |                             584.1  |                                                                    39 |
| Mizoram                            |                                46168 |                            2306.55 |                                                                   159 |
| Nagaland                           |                                61800 |                            3090    |                                                                   206 |
| Odisha                             |                                46807 |                            2269.25 |                                                                   156 |
| Rajasthan                          |                                57292 |                            2832.2  |                                                                   189 |
| Sikkim                             |                                23800 |                            1169.05 |                                                                    80 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |                                 2100 |                             105    |                                                                     7 |
| Telangana                          |                                 5100 |                             255    |                                                                    17 |
| Tripura                            |                                 9039 |                             436.95 |                                                                    32 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                                 7191 |                             359.55 |                                                                    25 |
| Uttarakhand                        |                                 3605 |                             179.95 |                                                                    12 |
| Total                              |                               677120 |                           33695.4  |                                                                  2275 |

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