Lok Sabha Question No. 3916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Rajkumar Roat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- †3916

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 19/12/2024

## PRADHAN MANTRI JANJATIYA UNNAT GRAM ABHIYAN

†3916. SHRI RAJKUMAR ROAT:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  villages  selected,  benefited  and  remaining  villages  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PMJUGA) in tribal dominated areas, State-wise;

(b) whether under the said scheme, health, education, skill development and infrastructure are built for the  tribal  communities  and  if  so,  the  details  of  the  work  undertaken  in  Dungarpur-Banswara  under Banswara Parliamentary Constituency; and

(c) whether the Government proposes to extend the scope of the scheme by increasing the budget for the scheme and if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be done?

## Answer

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

(a) & (b): Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (name as per budget announcment 2024-25) has been launched as Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan by Hon'ble PM on 2nd October, 2024. The Abhiyan comprises of  25 interventions implemented by 17 line  Ministries and  aims to saturate infrastructural gaps in  63,843 villages, improve access to health, education, Anganwadi facilities and providing livelihood opportunities benefiting more than 5 crore tribals in 549 districts and 2,911 blocks in  30  States/UTs  in  5  years  including  1538  villages  in  Banswara  Parliamentary  Constituency.  The State/UT-wise coverage of districts along with the ST population under this Abhiyan is at AnnexureI .  Each Ministry has been allocated budget and targets under Abhiyan and responsible for implementing the intervention assigned to it.  The Abhiyan aims at Saturation through convergence and outreach. The actual  coverage  of  beneficiaries  in  a  particular  to  the  States  /  UTs  including  Rajasthan  is  subject  to meeting eligibility criteria of specific guidelines of concerned interventions.

(c): As the abhiyan has been launched on 2 nd  October, 2024 and is for the period of 5 years from 202425 to 2029-30 with budget of ore than Rs 79,000 cr.

Annex referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †3916 for answer on 19.12.2024 raised by Shri Rajkumar Roat regarding 'Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan'

The State/UT-wise coverage of villages under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan

| S.No   | Name of State                             |   Total Number of Villages |
|--------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH                            |                        878 |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                         |                        329 |
| 3      | ASSAM                                     |                       3161 |
| 4      | BIHAR                                     |                        771 |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH                              |                       6691 |
| 6      | GOA                                       |                         25 |
| 7      | GUJARAT                                   |                       4265 |
| 8      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                          |                        270 |
| 9      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                         |                        393 |
| 10     | JHARKHAND                                 |                       7139 |
| 11     | KARNATAKA                                 |                       1089 |
| 12     | KERALA                                    |                         89 |
| 13     | LADAKH                                    |                        143 |
| 14     | LAKSHADWEEP                               |                          2 |
| 15     | MADHYAPRADESH                             |                      11377 |
| 16     | MAHARASHTRA                               |                       4975 |
| 17     | MANIPUR                                   |                        516 |
| 18     | MEGHALAYA                                 |                       1437 |
| 19     | MIZORAM                                   |                        383 |
| 20     | NAGALAND                                  |                        608 |
| 21     | ODISHA                                    |                       7667 |
| 22     | RAJASTHAN                                 |                       6019 |
| 23     | SIKKIM                                    |                        119 |
| 24     | TAMIL NADU                                |                        248 |
| 25     | TELANGANA                                 |                        924 |
| 26     | THE DADRA ANDNAGARHAVELI ANDDAMAN AND DIU |                         76 |
| 27     | TRIPURA                                   |                        392 |
| 28     | UTTAR PRADESH                             |                        517 |
| 29     | UTTARAKHAND                               |                        128 |
| 30     | WEST BENGAL                               |                       3212 |
| Total  | Total                                     |                      63843 |