Lok Sabha Question No. 2442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: DAJGUA in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2442

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2025

## DAJGUA IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 2442.   Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni:

Will the Minister of Tribal Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that 6.55 lakh Adivasis of 18 districts have been covered under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise;
- (c) the details of interventions and targets implemented by the Government under DAJGUA scheme through its line Ministries and achieved thereof along with the manner in which the infrastructure and other gaps are going to be filled;
- (d) whether the said scheme also addresses livelihood opportunities and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether there is time and cost overrun of any of the projects under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the present status of delayed schemes and the time by which they are going to be completed?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b): The  District-wise  coverage  in  Andhra  Pradesh  along  with  the  ST  population  under  Dharti  Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan is at Annexure-I .
- (c): 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 in 549 districts and 2,911 blocks in 30 States/UTs in 5 years. Each concerned 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 details of various interventions and targets, Ministry-wise, thereof under the Abhiyan are at Annexure-II . However, the actual progress under the Abhiyan in a particular State is subjected to eligibility criteria of specific guidelines of concerned interventions as per norms approved and submission of proposals by State Governments in terms of scheme guidelines. As the Abhiyan  has  been  launched  recently  on  2 nd October,  2024,  in  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Ministry  of  Rural Development has sanctioned 1 Awas, work under has been issued for 669 village for drinking water supply and Ministry of Tribal Affairs has approved 6 Tribal Multipurpose Marketing Centers (TMMCs), 175 projects for tribals schools/residential schools etc, 1 CoC and FRA cell.
- (d): The  abhiyan  also  addresses  livelihood  opportunities  through  skill  development,  facilitating  marketing through  tribal  multi-purpose  marketing  centres  (TMMCs),  promotes  tribal  home  stays  and  strengthens agricultural, animal husbandry and pisciculture  for FRA Patta holders.
- (e) and (f): The abhiyan is for a period of 5 years. As on date, no delays or cost overrun in the implementation of the abhiyan has been brought to the notice of this Ministry by concerned Ministry / Department.

District-wise  coverage  in  Andhra  Pradesh  along  with  the  ST  population  under  Dharti  Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan

| S. No.   | District              |   Total ST population |
|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU |                356292 |
| 2        | ANAKAPALLI            |                 13435 |
| 3        | ANANTAPUR             |                  4722 |
| 4        | ANNAMAYYA             |                  9924 |
| 5        | CHITTOOR              |                   375 |
| 6        | ELURU                 |                 47437 |
| 7        | KAKINADA              |                  3952 |
| 8        | KURNOOL               |                  2890 |
| 9        | NANDYAL               |                  1762 |
| 10       | NTR                   |                  9514 |
| 11       | PALNADU               |                 11195 |
| 12       | PARVATHIPURAMMANYAM   |                134020 |
| 13       | PRAKASAM              |                 10424 |
| 14       | SRI SATHYA SAI        |                  1707 |
| 15       | SRIKAKULAM            |                 35646 |
| 16       | TIRUPATI              |                  1675 |
| 17       | VIZIANAGARAM          |                  7307 |
| 18       | Y.S.R.                |                  3173 |
|          | Total                 |                655450 |

## Annex referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2442 for answer on  13.03.2025  raised  by  Shri  Balashowry  Vallabhaneni  regarding  'DAJGUA  in  Andhra Pradesh'

The details  of  various  interventions  and  targets,  Ministry-wise,  thereof  under  the  Dharti  Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan

|   S. No. | Ministry                                           | Interventions/ (Scheme)                                                | Targets                                                                           |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)               | Pucca houses - (PMAY - Gramin)                                         | 20 lakhs houses                                                                   |
|        1 | Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)               | Connecting Road - (PMGSY)                                              | 25000 Km Road                                                                     |
|        2 | Ministry of Jal Shakti                             | Water Supply - Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)                                | (i). Every eligible village (ii). 5,000 hamlets ≤ 20HH                            |
|        3 | Ministry of Power                                  | House Electrification- (Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme - RDSS)    | Every unelectrified HH and unconnected public institutions                        |
|        4 | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy               | Off-grid Solar Connection - New Solar Power Scheme.                    | (i). Every unelectrified HH and public institutions not covered through grid.     |
|        5 | Ministry of Health and family Welfare              | Mobile Medical Units - National Health Mission Ayushman Card - Pradhan | Up to 1000MMU Every eligible HH covered                                           |
|        6 | Ministry of Petroleum &Natural Gas                 | LPG Connections - (PM Ujjwala Yojana)                                  | 25 Lakhs HHs                                                                      |
|        7 | Ministry of Women and Child Development            | Establishment of Anganwadi Centres - Poshan 2.0                        | 8000 (2000 New AWC) &6000 upgradation to Saksham AWC)                             |
|        8 | Ministry of Education                              | Construction of Hostels-Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)                  | 1000 hostels                                                                      |
|        9 | Ministry of AYUSH                                  | Poshan Vatikas - National AYUSH Mission                                | 700 Poshan Vatikas                                                                |
|       10 | Department of Telecommunications                   | 4G/5G Network - Universal Service Obligation Fund (DoT)                | 5000 Villages                                                                     |
|       11 | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Skill India Mission (Existing Schemes)/propose                         | Skilling Centre in tribal districts                                               |
|       11 | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Skill India Mission (Existing Schemes)/propose                         | 1000 VDVKs, Tribal Groups etc                                                     |
|       12 | Ministry of Electronics &                          | Digital Initiatives for tribals in collaboration                       | Development and integration of Mnistry specific portals with PM Gatishakti portal |

|    | Information Technology                   |                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                      |
|----|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 13 | Ministry of Agriculture &farmer welfare  | Promotion of sustainable agriculture - multiple Schemes of DoAFW    | FRA Patta holders (~2 lakhs)                                                                                                                                         |
| 14 | Department of Fisheries                  | Fish culture support - Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) | 10,000 community and 1,00,000 individual beneficiaries                                                                                                               |
| 14 | Department of Animal Husbandry& Dairying | Livestock rearing - National Livestock Mission                      | 8500 Individual/Group beneficiaries                                                                                                                                  |
| 15 | Ministry of Panchayati Raj               | Capacity building on FRA - Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)     | All Gram sabhas and concerned officers at Sub-division, District and State level dealing with FRA                                                                    |
| 16 | Ministry of Tourism                      | Tribal Home Stays - Swadesh Darshan                                 | 1000 Tribal Home Stays with support of upto Rs 5 lakh per unit (for new construction), upto Rs 3 lakhs (renovation) and Rs 5 lakh for village community requirement. |
| 17 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs               | DAJGUA                                                              | Enhancing the scope of SCA to Tribal Development / PMAAGY by including other interventions*                                                                          |

*100Tribal  Multi-purpose  Marketing  Centres,  improving  infrastructure  of  Ashram  Schools, Hostels, Govt./State Tribal Residential schools, Centre of Competencies for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and counselling support, Support for FRA & CFR Management interventions, setting up of FRA Cells, and project management funds with incentives for top performing tribal districts.

# Schemes under the abhiyan are covered subject to approval of respective schemes by the Cabinet. *****