Lok Sabha Question No. 1567 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Schemes to Promote Employment in Tribal Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1567

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13/02/2025

## SCHEMES TO PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT IN TRIBAL AREAS

## †1567. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the schemes being implemented by the Government to promote employment in tribal areas;

(b) the funds allocated by the Government for the said schemes during the last five years, State-wise; and

(c) the works carried out in this regard in Rajasthan during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

(a) to (b) Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) & National Scheduled Tribes  Finance  &  Development  Corporation  (NSTFDC)  are  the  two  main  entities  under  the  Ministry  of Tribal  Affairs  which  are  engaged  in  promoting  livelihood  generation  and  employment  among  the  tribal communities.

Under  the  scheme  of  'Pradhan  Mantri  Janjatiya  Vikas  Mission  (PMJVM)',  TRIFED  envisions  to strengthen  tribal  entrepreneurship  initiatives  and  to  facilitate  livelihood  opportunities  by  promoting  more efficient, equitable, self-managed, optimum use of natural resources, Agri / Minor Forest Produce (MFPs) / Non-farm  produce.  Under  the  scheme,  financial  support  of  INR  15.00  lakhs  is  provided  to  the  State Governments for  setting  up  of  each  Van  Dhan  Vikas  Kendras  (VDVKs)  which  are  the  centres  of  value addition  activities  of  MFPs/Non-MFPs.  Since  2019-20,  an  amount  of  Rs.  587.36  crores  have  been sanctioned  for  establishment  of  3958  VDVKs  associating  11.83  lakh  beneficiaries.  The  State/UT-wise details of the same are given at Annexure I .

National  Scheduled  Tribes  Finance  and  Development  Corporation  (NSTFDC),  a  Central  Public Sector  Enterprise  (CPSE)  under  the  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  provides  credit  linkage  by  extending concessional  loans  to  the  eligible  Scheduled  Tribe  persons  for  undertaking  income  generation  activities/ self-employment under various schemes. During the last five years, NSTFDC has disbursed an amount of Rs.  1577.12  cr  to  6,23,605  tribal  beneficiaries  under  various  schemes  of  NSTFDC.  The  State/UT-wise details of the same are given at Annexure II .

Apart from the above, Government has also been implementing several schemes/programmes aimed at  promoting  employment  including  tribals  areas  like  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNRLM),  Formation  and  Promotion  of  10,000  FPOs,  Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  of  Ministry  of Agriculture and  Farmers' Welfare,  National  Livestock  Mission  and  Dairy  Development  of  Department of Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying,  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada  Yojana  of  Department  of  Fisheries, Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Sampada  Yojana  and  Prime  Ministry  Formalization  of  Micro  Food  Processing Enterprises  Scheme  of  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries,  Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  Rozgar  Yojana  of

Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment,  Pradhan  Mantri  Employment  Generation  Programme  of  Ministry  of Micro,  Small  &  Medium  Enterprises,  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  of  Ministry  of  Skill Development &Entrepreneurship, National Handicraft Development Programme of Ministry of Textiles etc.

(c)        In the last three years, TRIFED has sanctioned 290 VDVKs in the State of Rajasthan associating 87, 511  beneficiaries  and  NSTFDC  has  disbursed  loans  amounting  to  Rs.  20.10  crores  to  3329  tribal beneficiaries in the last three years.

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## Details of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) Sanctioned to States/UTs since 2019-20

| Sl. No.   | State                              |   Total No. of VDVKs Sanctioned |   Total No. of VDVKs Beneficiaries | Amount Sanctioned (In Rs/ Lakh)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                             415 |                             123578 | 6,162.90                          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                             106 |                              32897 | 1590                              |
| 3         | Assam                              |                             471 |                             143309 | 7065                              |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                       |                             139 |                              41700 | 2085                              |
| 5         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                               1 |                                302 | 15                                |
| 6         | Goa                                |                              10 |                               3000 | 150                               |
| 7         | Gujarat                            |                             200 |                              57968 | 2895.65                           |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh                   |                               4 |                               1110 | 55.5                              |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                             100 |                              29791 | 1457                              |
| 10        | Ladakh                             |                              10 |                               3000 | 150                               |
| 11        | Jharkhand                          |                             146 |                              43701 | 2174.7                            |
| 12        | Karnataka                          |                             140 |                              41748 | 2087.4                            |
| 13        | Kerala                             |                              44 |                              12038 | 597.25                            |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                             126 |                              37860 | 1890                              |
| 15        | Maharashtra                        |                             264 |                              79350 | 3960                              |
| 16        | Manipur                            |                             200 |                              60403 | 2996.8                            |
| 17        | Meghalaya                          |                             169 |                              50835 | 2534.1                            |
| 18        | Mizoram                            |                             259 |                              76168 | 3806.55                           |
| 19        | Nagaland                           |                             284 |                              85198 | 4259.9                            |
| 20        | Odisha                             |                             170 |                              50094 | 2479.25                           |
| 21        | Rajasthan                          |                             479 |                             144803 | 7135.6                            |
| 22        | Sikkim                             |                              80 |                              23381 | 1169.05                           |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                         |                               8 |                               2400 | 120                               |
| 24        | Telangana                          |                              17 |                               5100 | 255                               |
| 25        | Tripura                            |                              57 |                              16116 | 776                               |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                              25 |                               7238 | 359.55                            |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                        |                              12 |                               3605 | 179.95                            |
| 28        | West Bengal                        |                              22 |                               6719 | 329.35                            |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                              |                            3958 |                            1183412 | 58,736.50                         |

## Annex referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of LSUQ No. 1567 for answer on 13.02.2025 raised by Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi regarding 'Schemes to Promote Employment in Tribal Areas'

## State-wise details of beneficiaries assisted and loans disbursed to them under the schemes of NSTFDC in the last five years (till 2023-24)

| S. No.   | State/UT                 |   Loans disbursed (in crores) |   Beneficiaries |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           |                        171.06 |           55705 |
| 2        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                          2.45 |            7501 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                         25.1  |           10426 |
| 4        | Assam                    |                          1.03 |             212 |
| 5        | Bihar                    |                          0.15 |             958 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh             |                         30.52 |            6676 |
| 7        | Dadra& Nagar Haveli      |                          0.05 |               6 |
| 8        | Goa                      |                          0    |               1 |
| 9        | Gujarat                  |                         76.89 |           36453 |
| 10       | Haryana                  |                          0    |               0 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh         |                          1.27 |             201 |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir           |                         37.86 |            1361 |
| 13       | Jharkhand                |                         37.44 |           32501 |
| 14       | Karnataka                |                         69.62 |            8817 |
| 15       | Kerala                   |                         22.32 |            1641 |
| 16       | Lakshadweep              |                          0    |               0 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh           |                        174.43 |           33198 |
| 18       | Maharashtra              |                         45.96 |           11649 |
| 19       | Manipur                  |                          3.23 |             296 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                |                         78.72 |           40731 |
| 21       | Mizoram                  |                        273.87 |           30504 |
| 22       | Nagaland                 |                         54.25 |          149187 |
| 23       | Odisha                   |                         69.76 |           84849 |
| 24       | Rajasthan                |                         65.27 |            9986 |
| 25       | Sikkim                   |                          4.32 |             164 |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu               |                         44.09 |           16723 |
| 27       | Telangana                |                        190.13 |           54311 |
| 28       | Tripura                  |                         49.31 |            5530 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand              |                          2.23 |             277 |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh            |                          0.05 |               8 |
| 31       | West Bengal              |                         45.78 |           23733 |
|          | TOTAL                    |                       1577.12 |          623605 |

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