Lok Sabha Question No. 540 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-06
Subject: Support to TRI Scheme
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. D. Purandeswari, Shri Mukeshkumar Chandrakaant Dalal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 540 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2025

## Support to TRI Scheme

540. Shri Mukeshkumar Chandrakaant Dalal:

Dr. D. Purandeswari:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of students in each tribal community who are availing the benefits offered under 'Support to TRI' Scheme in the country, State-wise, particularly in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the number of workshops, seminars, exchange programs and conferences that were held by the Government to encourage the participation of tribal communities during the last five years, year and State-wise;
- (c)  the details of number of primers, stories, books, rhymes, etc., that have been translated and published in the tribal languages as well as sold; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to support and encourage the Multi-lingual Education among the tribal communities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

(a):  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  Government  of  India,  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  scheme 'Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs)' provides financial support to 29 Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in States/Union Territories (Uts) on the basis of the Annual Action Plan submitted by the States/Uts subject to the approval of the Apex Committee chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of  Tribal  Affairs.  Under  the  Scheme,  proposals  relating  to  infrastructural  needs,  research  & documentation  activities  and  training  &  capacity  building  programmes,  organization  of  tribal festivals,  yatras  for  promotion  of  unique  cultural  heritage  and  tourism  and  1rganized1on  of exchange visits by tribals are 1rganized so that the tribal culture practices, languages and ritual are preserved  and  disseminated.  The  support  under  the  scheme  'Support  to  TRIs'  is  based  on proposals made by the TRIs/States. Ministry has sanctioned various projects to the Tribal Research Institutes  of  the  States/Uts  towards  various  activities  for  the  socio-cultural,  educational,  and economic development of the tribal communities. TRIs are primarily institutions under the State Government/UT Administration.  The list of TRIs is at Annexure-I. The activities undertaken by

TRIs including Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, to benefit the tribal communities including students from tribal communities are mentioned as under:

- i. Preparing Bilingual Dictionaries and Trilingual Proficiency modules in tribal languages.
- ii.  Preparing Primers for students of Class I, II and III in tribal languages under Multi-Lingual Education (MLE) Intervention in the line of New Education Policy 2020.

iii. Publishing Varnamala, local rhymes, and stories in tribal languages. These primers are expected to help the speakers of tribal languages to understand and learn different aspects of education in their own languages.

- iv.  Publishing  books,  and  journals  on  different  tribal  languages  to  promote  tribal  literature.
- v. Documenting folklore and folktales of different tribes for the preservation and promotion of tribal folk traditions. Further, Collecting oral literature (songs, riddles, ballads, etc.)

vi. Translation and publication of Training module about Sickle Cell Anaemia disease awareness, Diagnosis  &  Treatment  in  local  Tribal  Dialects  in  the  States  covered  under  the  Mission  for Elimination of Sickle Cell Anaemia. vii. Conducting conferences, seminars, workshops, and poetic symposiums.

viii. Organising state Tribal festivals, fairs, and cultural programs to showcase glimpses of the rich cultural heritage of tribal people across the country through unique forms of folk dances, songs, cuisine, exhibitions, and demonstration of traditional skills in painting, art, and craft, medicinal practices, etc.

(b):  The number of workshops, seminars, exchange programs, and conferences sanctioned under the  'Support  to  TRIs'  during  the  last  five  years  for  States  are  at  Annexure  II.  Through  these activities,  tribal  community  students  are  encouraged  to  participate  in  conferences,  seminars, workshops, and exchange programs.

(c):The  TRIs  have  prepared  primers  in  various  tribal  languages.  Under  the  scheme,  TRIs  are encouraged to develop dictionaries and primers in tribal dialects and languages. As informed by various TRIs, around 200 primers in 39 languages/dialects have been developed and are in used for teaching in different educational institutions.

(d):  The  government  has  taken  various  steps  to  support  and  encourage  multilingual  education among tribal  communities.  As  a  result,  around  200  primers  have  been  developed  in  different languages by TRIs. Further, as the New Education Policy stipulates that young children learn and grasp quickly in their home language and mother tongue, the Ministry of Education, has initiated the  'Scheme  for  Protection  and  Preservation  of  Endangered  Languages  (SPPEL)'  under  the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru in 2013, which documents the language & culture of the mother tongues/languages of India spoken by less than 10,000 speakers in the form of primers, bi/trilingual dictionaries (electronic and print formats), grammatical sketches, pictorial glossaries and ethno-linguistic profile of the community. In the first phase, 117 tribal languages are  identified  by  them  to  work  on  languages  which  are  roughly  spoken  by  less  than  10,000 speakers. The Institute in collaboration with NCERT has brought out primers for numerous tribal languages.  Also,  dictionaries,  handbooks  and  grammar  books  for  tribal  languages  have  been developed by various TRIs.

## List of Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs)

|   Sl. No. | Address                                                                                                                                                                  |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Tribal Research Institute, Government of Andaman &Nicobar Islands, Administration, Port Blair - 744 101                                                                  |
|         2 | Tribal Research Institute, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Tribal Welfare Department, Kandhari Hotel Road, Revenue Colony, Vijayawada- 520 010                             |
|         3 | Tribal Research Institute, Department of Social Justice &Empowerment &Tribal Affairs, Behind Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, B-Sector. Naharlagun, Pin: 791110, Arunachal Pradesh. |
|         4 | Assam Institute of Research for Tribals& Scheduled Castes, Government of Assam, Jawahar Nagar, N.H. - 37, Guwahati-781022                                                |
|         5 | Tribal Research &Training Institute Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar, Sector-4, Raipur                                                               |
|         6 | Tribal Research &Training Institute, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380014, Gujarat                                                                           |
|         7 | Institute of Tribal Studies Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hills, Shimla- 171005, Himachal Pradesh                                                                  |
|         8 | Tribal Welfare Research Institute Government of Jharkhand, Morabadi Road, Ranchi - 834008                                                                                |
|         9 | Tribal Research Institute, Directorate of Tribal Affairs Govt. of Jammu &Kashmir, Civil Secretariat, Jammu - 180001                                                      |
|        10 | Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute, #CA-3 Treasury Laout, Kergally, Mysuru - 570026                                                                               |
|        11 | Kerala Institute for Research Training &Development, Studies for SC / ST, Government ofKerala, Kozhikode - 673017                                                        |

Annexure-I

|   12 | Tribal Research &Development Institute, Government of Madhya Pradesh, 35, Shyamla Hills, Bhopal - 462002                                                                           |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   13 | Tribal Research &Training Institute, Government of Maharashtra, 28, Queens Garden, Pune-411011                                                                                     |
|   14 | Tribal Research Institute, Government of Manipur, Chingmeirong, Imphal - 795001                                                                                                    |
|   15 | SC / ST Research &Training Institute, Government of Odisha, Unit-VIII, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar - 751003                                                                            |
|   16 | Tribal Research &Training Institute, Government of Rajasthan, Ashok Nagar, Post Box No. 86. Udaipur-313 001                                                                        |
|   17 | Tribal Research Institute, Social Justice &Empowerment and Welfare Department, Government of Sikkim, Samay Kalyan Bhavan, Room No. 402, 5 th Mile, Lumsay, Tadong, Gangtok-737 101 |
|   18 | Tribal Research Center, Government of Tamil Nadu, M.Palada (PO),Udhagamandalam, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu,Ooty-643 004                                                          |
|   19 | TCR &TI, Government of Telangana, DSS Bhawan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad-500 028                                                                                                        |
|   20 | Tribal Research &Cultural Institute, Government of Tripura, Lakechovemahui, Agartala, West Tripura-799001                                                                          |
|   21 | Cultural Research Institute, Government of West Bengal, P6-1/4 CIT Scheme VII-M, VIP Road, Kankurgachi, Kolkata- 700054                                                            |
|   22 | SC / ST Research &Training Institute, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, Bhagidari Bhawan, (Near Ambedkar Park), VipulKhand- Gomati Nagar, Lucknow-226010                                     |
|   23 | Tribal Research Institute, Social Welfare Directorate, Chaltlang, Aizawl, Mizoram 796012                                                                                           |
|   24 | Tribal Research Institute, The Directorate of Social Welfare, Near Raj Bhavan, Kohima, Nagaland.                                                                                   |
|   25 | Tribal Research Institute, Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttarakhand, Subhash Road, Secretariat, Dehradun - 248 001                                                     |

|   26 | Tribal Research Institute, Babadam, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya                                                |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   27 | Tribal Research Institute, Directorate of Tribal Welfare, 5 th Floor, Shram Shakti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji, Goa |
|   28 | Tribal Research Institute, Ladakh, Kargil Campus, University of Ladakh                                        |
|   29 | Bihar Scheduled Tribe Research and Training Institute (BSTRTI) 64/40 Officers Flat, Nehru Path, Patna- 800001 |

Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 540 for answer on 06.02.2025

Annexure-II

## Number of workshops, seminars, exchange programs and conferences sanctioned under the Scheme ' Support to TRIs' during the last five years are as under:

|   S. No. | States                    |   No. of Training/ Seminars/ Workshops/ Conferences | No. of Exchange of visits   |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS |                                                   6 | 1                           |
|        2 | ANDHRA PRADESH            |                                                  20 | 12                          |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |                                                   1 | 2                           |
|        4 | ASSAM                     |                                                 106 | 4                           |
|        5 | BIHAR                     |                                                   4 | 1                           |
|        6 | CHHATTISGARH              |                                                  17 | 4                           |
|        7 | DELHI (NTRI)              |                                                   2 | -                           |
|        8 | GOA                       |                                                  12 | 1                           |
|        9 | GUJARAT                   |                                                  11 | -                           |
|       10 | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |                                                   4 | 1                           |
|       11 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR         |                                                  43 | 6                           |
|       12 | JHARKHAND                 |                                                  24 | 6                           |
|       13 | KARNATAKA                 |                                                  37 | 3                           |
|       14 | KERALA                    |                                                  29 | -                           |
|       15 | LADAKH                    |                                                   3 | 3                           |
|       16 | MADHYAPRADESH             |                                                  44 | 7                           |
|       17 | MAHARASHTRA               |                                                  13 | -                           |
|       18 | MANIPUR                   |                                                   9 | 2                           |
|       19 | MEGHALAYA                 |                                                   1 | -                           |

| 20   | MIZORAM       |   13 | 2   |
|------|---------------|------|-----|
| 21   | NAGALAND      |   20 | 3   |
| 22   | ODISHA        |   63 | 5   |
| 23   | RAJASTHAN     |   11 | -   |
| 24   | SIKKIM        |    7 | 4   |
| 25   | TAMIL NADU    |   27 | 4   |
| 26   | TELANGANA     |   25 | 5   |
| 27   | TRIPURA       |   46 | 2   |
| 28   | UTTAR PRADESH |   26 | 1   |
| 29   | UTTARAKHAND   |   18 | 3   |
| 30   | WEST BENGAL   |   20 | 2   |
|      | TOTAL         |  662 | 84  |

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