Lok Sabha Question No. 1720 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Upliftment of Tribals
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1720

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 31/07/2023

## UPLIFTMENT OF TRIBALS

## 1720. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has many schemes and programmes for the tribal people of the country in different States, and whether it has helped in economic upliftment of tribals, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the impact of the different schemes and programmes for economic upliftment of the tribal people; and
- (c)  the  number of  tribal  people,  both  men  andwomen,  who are  getting  benefits  from these schemes and programmes, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a)  to  (c): Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  implementing  following  schemes/programmes  for economic upliftment of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the country:

(1)  Ministry  is  implementing  the  scheme 'Pradhan  Mantri  Janjatiya  Vikas  Mission (PMJVM)' with a total financial outlay of Rs. 1612.27 crore for implementation during the financial  years  2021-22  to  2025-26.  PMJVM  has  been  redesigned  through  merger  and extension of two existing schemes for promotion of tribal livelihood, i.e., 'Mechanism for Marketing  of  Minor  Forest  Produce  (MFP)  through  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  and Development  of  Value  Chain  for  MFP'  and  'Institutional  Support  for  Development  and Marketing  of  Tribal  Products  /  Produce'.  Tribal  Cooperative  Marketing  Development Federation of India (TRIFED) is the nodal agency for implementation of the Scheme. PMJVM envisions to strengthen tribal entrepreneurship initiatives and to facilitate livelihood opportunities by promoting more efficient, equitable, self-managed, optimum use of natural resources, Agri / Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) / Non-farm enterprises. The Mission seeks to support the theme of 'Vocal for Local by Tribal'.

(2) Marketing and Logistics Development for Promoting Tribal Products from North EasternRegion - The scheme has been approved during 2021-22 for two years which aims to strengthen livelihood opportunities for tribal artisans through  increased efficiency in procurement,  logistics  and  marketing  of  tribal  products.  The  scheme  has  been  specifically designed for the North Eastern Region of India.

(3) Venture Capital Funds for STs - The scheme has been approved during 2021-22 and aims topromote entrepreneurship among the Scheduled Tribes and to provide concessional finance tothem. The VCF-ST  scheme would be a social sector initiative to promote ST entrepreneurship and to support and incubate the start-up ideas by ST youth. The scheme would be managed bythe agency having expertise and experience.

(4) National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) , under the  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  an  apex  organisation  set  up  exclusively  for  economic development of Scheduled Tribes. The Corporation provides financial assistance for income generation activities and marketing support assistance for economic upliftment of Scheduled Tribes all over the country under the following schemes:

-  Term Loan Scheme: NSTFDC provides Term Loan for viable projects  costing  upto ₹50.00 lakh per unit. Under the scheme, financial assistance is extended upto 90% of the cost of the project and the balance is met by way of subsidy / promoter contribution / margin money.
-  Adivasi Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana (AMSY): This is an exclusive scheme for economic development of Scheduled Tribes women. Under the scheme, NSTFDC, provides loan upto 90% for projects costing upto ₹2.00 lakh. Financial assistance under the scheme is extended at highly concessional rate of interest of 4% per annum.
-  Micro Credit Scheme for Self Help Groups (MCF): This is an exclusive scheme for Self Help Groups for meeting small loan requirement of ST members. Under the scheme, the Corporation provides loans upto ₹50,000/- per member and maximum ₹ 5 Lakh per Self Help Group (SHG).
-  Adivasi Shiksha Rrinn Yojana (ASRY): This is an education loan scheme to enable the ST students to meet expenditure for pursuing technical and professional education including Ph.D. in India. Under this scheme, the Corporation provides financial assistance upto ₹10.00 lakh per eligible family at concessional rate of interest of 6% per annum.

Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  also  provides  funds  to  the  State  Governments  based  on  their proposals  for  economic  upliftment  of  tribals  by  undertaking  various  livelihood  activities including  agriculture,  horticulture,  animal  husbandry,  fisheries  and  other  non-farm-based livelihood  activities  etc.  under  the  schemes/programmes  'Development  of  Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)' and 'Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution'.

Apart from the above, Government has also been implementing several schemes/programmes aimed at improving economic condition of people including tribals like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  National  Social  Assistance  Programme  (NSAP)  of Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  Formation  and  Promotion  of10,000  FPOs,  PM-KISAN, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, Crop Insurance Scheme, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana of Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers'  Welfare,  National  LivestockMission  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 & MediumEnterprises, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana of Ministry of Skill Development &Entrepreneurship, National Handicraft Development Programme of Ministry of  Textiles,  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan-Dhan  Yojana  (PMJDY),  Atal  Pension  Yojana  (APY), Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) etc.

NITI Aayog has published a report 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index' in July 2023 which concludes that 13.5 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty between 201516 and 2019-21. Though the report does not explicitly mention about STs, district -wise data reveals that almost all the tribal priority districts have  shown  an improvement  in multidimensional poverty.

Details of State-wise beneficiaries under some schemes/programmes/activities of Ministry of Tribal Affairs during the last three years are given at Annexure.

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1720 for 31.07.2023 by SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA regarding 'UPLIFTMENT OF TRIBALS'

## State-wise details of beneficiaries under Van Dhan Vikas Kendra(VDVK) program

| Sl. No.   | State                                |   Total No. of VDVKs |   Total No. of beneficiaries |   Survey |   Training Completed by VDVK |   Number of Operational VDVK |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|----------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       |                  415 |                       123258 |      401 |                          369 |                          232 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                   85 |                        25500 |       85 |                           10 |                           15 |
| 3         | Assam                                |                  471 |                       143309 |      190 |                          198 |                          206 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                         |                  139 |                        41700 |      111 |                            0 |                           70 |
| 5         | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                    1 |                          302 |        1 |                            1 |                            1 |
| 6         | Goa                                  |                   10 |                         3000 |        1 |                            5 |                            1 |
| 7         | Gujarat                              |                  116 |                        34424 |      113 |                           23 |                            0 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh                     |                    4 |                         1110 |        1 |                            0 |                            1 |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir                       |                  100 |                        29791 |        0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 10        | Jharkhand                            |                  146 |                        43701 |       39 |                           39 |                           16 |
| 11        | Karnataka                            |                  140 |                        41748 |      133 |                            2 |                           25 |
| 12        | Kerala                               |                   44 |                        12038 |       42 |                           14 |                           44 |
| 13        | Ladakh                               |                   10 |                         3000 |        6 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                       |                  126 |                        37860 |       86 |                           86 |                           63 |
| 15        | Maharashtra                          |                  264 |                        79350 |      186 |                           13 |                           38 |
| 16        | Manipur                              |                  200 |                        60403 |      167 |                          139 |                          139 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                            |                   39 |                        11835 |        9 |                           33 |                           33 |
| 18        | Mizoram                              |                  159 |                        46168 |      159 |                          159 |                          122 |
| 19        | Nagaland                             |                  216 |                        64798 |       92 |                          147 |                          148 |
| 20        | Odisha                               |                  170 |                        50094 |      147 |                          107 |                          107 |
| 21        | Rajasthan                            |                  479 |                       144803 |      262 |                           36 |                           27 |
| 22        | Sikkim                               |                   80 |                        23801 |       66 |                           18 |                           20 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                           |                    8 |                         2400 |        7 |                            8 |                            5 |
| 24        | Telangana                            |                   17 |                         5100 |        0 |                           17 |                            0 |
| 25        | Tripura                              |                   57 |                        16116 |       18 |                           19 |                           19 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh                        |                   25 |                         7238 |       13 |                            7 |                            5 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                          |                   12 |                         3605 |       11 |                            3 |                           11 |
| 28        | West Bengal                          |                   22 |                         6719 |       22 |                            0 |                            0 |
|           | Total                                |                 3555 |                      1063171 |     2368 |                         1453 |                         1348 |

## State-wise details of tribal artisans/suppliers empanelled with TRIFED

| State                    |   Empanelled Suppliers (as on 31-03-2023) | No. Of Tribal Families Associated (as on 31-03-2023)   |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Gujarat                  |                                        23 | 6102                                                   |
| Dadar &Nagar Haveli      |                                         6 | 606                                                    |
| Daman &Diu               |                                         0 |                                                        |
| Karnataka                |                                        43 | 4607                                                   |
| Goa                      |                                         0 | -                                                      |
| Lakshadweep              |                                         0 | -                                                      |
| Tamil Nadu               |                                        27 | 2455                                                   |
| Kerala                   |                                        13 | 960                                                    |
| Puducherry               |                                         0 | -                                                      |
| Odisha                   |                                       128 | 15215                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh           |                                       460 | 6224                                                   |
| Uttarakhand              |                                       114 | 2804                                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh            |                                        26 | 244                                                    |
| Delhi                    |                                        11 | 11                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |                                         8 | 230                                                    |
| Assam                    |                                       464 | 6270                                                   |
| Manipur                  |                                        64 | 1050                                                   |
| Meghalaya                |                                        48 | 705                                                    |
| Mizoram                  |                                        20 | 150                                                    |
| Nagaland                 |                                       115 | 1580                                                   |
| Sikkim                   |                                        40 | 580                                                    |
| Tripura                  |                                        68 | 680                                                    |
| Telangana                |                                        74 | 26400                                                  |
| Andhra Pradesh           |                                        35 | 27962                                                  |
| Rajasthan                |                                       125 | 9076                                                   |
| Chattisgarh              |                                       123 | 41,964                                                 |
| Maharashtra              |                                        91 | 7419                                                   |
| Jharkhand                |                                       125 | 32587                                                  |
| Bihar                    |                                        35 | 294                                                    |
| West Bengal              |                                        27 | 6971                                                   |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                         1 | 28                                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh         |                                        41 | 2999                                                   |
| Jammu &Kashmir           |                                         7 | 128                                                    |
| Ladakh                   |                                        64 | 1921                                                   |

## State-wise number of beneficiaries assisted during last three years by 'National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)' under its' Schemes

| S. No.   | State             | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S. No.   | State             | Male      | Female    | Male      | Female    | Male      | Female    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 161       | 12806     | 2         | 2004      | 1882      | 11787     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1         | -         | 4155      | 3988      | 216       | 1619      |
| 3        | Assam             | 2         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 4        | Bihar             | -         | -         | 0         | 955       | -         | -         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 177       | 59        | 765       | 168       | 730       | 486       |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 4576      | 3654      | 708       | 10345     | 221       | 5003      |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  | 2         | -         | 2         | 0         | 59        | 61        |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 118       | 57        | 344       | 66        | 278       | 257       |
| 9        | Jharkhand         | 2         | 10750     | 8         | 15518     | 644       | 112       |
| 10       | Karnataka         | 1899      | 1115      | 488       | 474       | 838       | 1089      |
| 11       | Kerala            | 100       | 92        | 108       | 328       | 148       | 518       |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh    | 4571      | 1114      | 1857      | 689       | 3406      | 7451      |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 296       | 526       | 5042      | 2366      | 894       | 310       |
| 14       | Manipur           | 19        | 46        | -         | -         | 19        | 38        |
| 15       | Meghalaya         | 17513     | 17503     | 1080      | 803       | 783       | 444       |
| 16       | Mizoram           | 788       | 611       | 3606      | 12670     | 1648      | 1936      |
| 17       | Nagaland          | 19298     | 28942     | 19320     | 28937     | 1         | 0         |
| 18       | Odisha            | 965       | 21266     | 102       | 29924     | 2200      | 2137      |
| 19       | Rajasthan         | 1724      | 940       | 368       | 220       | 1384      | 472       |
| 20       | Sikkim            | 21        | 0         | 11        | 5         | -         | -         |
| 21       | Telangana         | 387       | 12678     | 1166      | 8189      | 365       | 11496     |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        | 830       | 779       | 830       | 779       | 1964      | 1439      |
| 23       | Tripura           | 803       | 253       | 1230      | 966       | 10        | 10        |
| 24       | Uttarakhand       | 2         | 0         | -         | -         | 154       | 90        |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1         | 3         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 26       | West Bengal       | 66        | 2023      | 210       | 4305      | 687       | 7706      |

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