Lok Sabha Question No. 14 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: Protection of Tribal Education and Culture
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gajendra Singh Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.14

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## PROTECTION OF TRIBAL EDUCATION AND CULTURE

## 14.  SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether any special schemes are being run for the protection of tribal education and culture; (b) whether any special centers will be set up of the preservation for tribal culture; and

- (c) the State-wise details of the places where the centres related to tribal cultures are being set up?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

- (a) Yes  Sir.  The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is administrating the schemes of 'Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs)' and 'Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution' for promotion of tribal education.  Total 740 EMRS schools have been proposed, one in every block having ST population  of  20000  or  more  and  with  50%  tribal  persons.  These  schools  will  provide  quality education  to  tribal  students  in  their  own  environment  besides  having  special  facilities  for preserving local art and culture, training in sports and skill development.

Further  under  the  schemes  of 'Support  of  Tribal  Research  Institute'  and  'Tribal  Festival, Research,  Information and  Mass  Education'  various  activities  are  undertaken  preserve  and promote tribal culture as detailed below:

- (i) Research studies/publication of books/documentation including audio visual documentaries on promotion of rich tribal cultural heritage. The details of these projects sanctioned can be seen at website of Ministry (tribal.gov.in)
- (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 etc.

(iv) To acknowledge the heroic and patriotic deeds of tribal people, Ministry has sanctioned setting up  10  Tribal  Freedom  Fighters  Museum.  These  museums  will also  exhibit  rich  tribal  cultural heritage of the region.

- (v)  To preserve and promote rich tribal cultural heritage and also to create awareness among others, a searchable digital repositories viz. Tribal Digital Document repository (https://repository.tribal.gov.in/) and Tribal Repository (https://tribal.nic.in/repository/) have been developed where all research papers, books, reports and documents, folks songs, photos/videos with  their  metadata  are uploaded.  The  tribal  repository  currently  has  more  than  10,000 photographs, videos and publications which are mostly done by TRIs.

(vi)  Development of bilingual Primers for preservation of tribal languages and enhancement of learning achievement level amongst the Scheduled Tribe Students. Many language primers have been developed by various State Governments.

- (vii) Ministry gives funding to TRIFED for organizing Adi Mahotsav festival.  State level festivals like Hornbill festival of Nagaland, Pawl-kut festival of Mizoram, Medaram Jatra of Telangana are funded through TRI. Tribal craft melas, painting competitions and festivals are being organised to promote tribal culture. Details can be seen at Adi-Prasaran portal (https://adiprasaran.tribal.gov.in/).
- (b) & (c) 27 Tribal Research Institutes (TRI) have been set up across country with an objective to act as a think tank and become repository of information on tribal communities. The details of TRIs, State-wise, are annexed.

Annexure

|   Sl. No | State / UT          | Location             |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar | Port Blair           |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam        |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Naharlagun           |
|        4 | Assam               | Guwahati             |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh        | Raipur               |
|        6 | Gujarat             | Ahmedabad            |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla               |
|        8 | Jammu And Kashmir   | Srinagar             |
|        9 | Jharkhand           | Ranchi               |
|       10 | Karnataka           | Mysore               |
|       11 | Kerala              | Kozhikode            |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal               |
|       13 | Maharashtra         | Pune                 |
|       14 | Manipur             | Imphal               |
|       15 | Mizoram             | Aizawl               |
|       16 | Nagaland            | Kohima               |
|       17 | Odisha              | Bhubaneswar          |
|       18 | Rajasthan           | Udaipur              |
|       19 | Sikkim              | Gangtok              |
|       20 | Tamil Nadu          | Nilgiri              |
|       21 | Telangana           | Hyderabad            |
|       22 | Tripura             | West Tripura         |
|       23 | Uttar Pradesh       | Lucknow              |
|       24 | West Bengal         | Kolkata              |
|       25 | Meghalaya           | West Garo Hills      |
|       26 | Uttarakhand         | Dehradun             |
|       27 | Goa                 | South Goa (proposed) |

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