Lok Sabha Question No. 1342 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Education to PVTG
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Queen Oja, Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1342

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 11/12/2023

## EDUCATION TO PVTG

## 1342. SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds allocated for tribal education during the last five years; and
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to uplift and educate the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups during the last five years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS SHRI ARJUN MUNDA

(a)  and  (b): Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  implementing  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  of Eklavya Model Residential  School  (EMRS) to  provide  quality  education  to  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)  and  Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) students. National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), an autonomous organization, was established in 2019 to manage and implement the scheme of EMRS. Earlier, EMRS was a component under Article 275(1), hence, no separate allocation was made for EMRS upto the year 2019-20. Under the new scheme, Ministry releases funds to NESTS and NESTS further releases funds to States/ UTs/ PSUs/ Construction Agencies/ State Societies for construction and running of EMRSs country wide. Funds released by the Ministry to NESTS for EMRSs during the last three years are as under:

| Financial year   |   Fund released to NESTS (Rs. in cr.) |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2020-21          |                               1199.98 |
| 2021-22          |                               1057.74 |
| 2022-23          |                               1999.9  |

In EMRS, there is provision of 5% reservation for students belonging to PVTG communities.   During the current academic year, i.e. 2023-24, a total number of 4700 PVTG students are enrolled in various EMRSs across the country.

In  addition  to  this,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  releases  funds  under Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India to enable States to implement projects of various sectors, including education, and a statement showing funds released for educational activities under Article 275(1) during the last five years is at Annexure-I .

Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing the scheme of ' Development of PVTGs ' with the objective of overall  socio-economic  development  including  education  and  welfare  of  these  most  vulnerable  sections among tribal people and funds are provided to the concerned State/UT Governments on the basis of their proposals  for  Conservation  cum  Development  (CCD)  plans.  A  statement  showing  funds  sanctioned  for educational activities under Development of PVTGs during the last five years is at Annexure-II .

Government  has  recently  launched Pradhan  Mantri  Janjati  Adivasi  Nyaya  Maha  Abhiyan  (PMJANMAN) that aims to saturate PVTG households and habitations with basic facilities such as safe housing, clean drinking water and sanitation, improved access to education, health and nutrition, road and telecom connectivity, and sustainable livelihood opportunities.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs is also administering the scheme of "Grant in Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of STs' to uplift and educate STs including PVTGs and to enhance the reach of welfare schemes of the Government to fill gaps in the sectors such as education, health and livelihood through the efforts of voluntary organizations. Fund released for education sector under the scheme of "Grant in Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of STs' during the last five years is at Annexure-III .

Further,  Scholarship  Division,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  implementing  the  following Scholarship Schemes to promote and encourage basic and higher education amongst ST population, including PVTGs:-

- i) Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class IX and X)
2. ii) Post Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class XI and above)
3. iii) National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education for ST students.
4. iv) National Overseas Scholarship for ST students

Fund released under the above mentioned scholarship schemes during the last five years are at AnnexureIV .

Funds allocated and released under  Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) of Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL) during the last five years is as under:

| (in Rs. Cr)    | (in Rs. Cr)   | (in Rs. Cr)   | (in Rs. Cr)   |
|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Financial Year | BE            | RE            | Actuals       |
| 2018-19*       | 3246.57       | 3309.57       | 3336.13       |
| 2019-20        | 4232.69       | 4228.28       | 4083.15       |
| 2020-21        | 4280.00       | 3727.11       | 3555.15       |
| 2021-22        | 3433.88       | 3318.36       | 2713.78       |
| 2022-23        | 4130.55       | 3612.21       | 3372.94       |

Annexure-I as referred in part (a) and (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1342 raised by Shrimati Queen Oja and Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane regarding "Education to PVTG".

State-wise  funds  sanctioned  for  educational  activities  under  Grants  under  Article  275(1)  of  the Constitution for the last five years

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | State             |   2018-19 * |   2019-20 * |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |     3555.77 |     5590.83 |   2295    |   2055.7  |    856.6  |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |     2320.09 |     3835    |    725    |   1280    |   1972.55 |
| 3.       | Assam             |     2060    |     5228.24 |    358.9  |    620    |   1300    |
| 4.       | Bihar             |     1393.52 |        0    |      0    |     80    |      0    |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      |    12788.3  |    21545.8  |   8845.99 |   4965.95 |   7978.22 |
| 6.       | Goa               |        0    |        0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 7.       | Gujarat           |    10637.4  |    15840    |   2845.87 |   5329.15 |   2848.83 |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh  |     2018.56 |     2980.08 |     87    |    605    |    230    |
| 9.       | Jammu &Kashmir    |     4234.68 |     3260    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 10.      | Jharkhand         |     7425.75 |    11751.1  |   2650    |   1714.5  |   3714.86 |
| 11.      | Karnataka         |     1887.59 |     7417.77 |   1000    |   2100    |   3022.9  |
| 12.      | Kerala            |      976.33 |     1065.58 |    797.67 |      0    |    817.67 |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh    |     7109.3  |    44572.8  |  10687.4  |   1944.81 |   1963.88 |
| 14.      | Maharashtra       |     7851.45 |    15547.1  |   6390.73 |      0    |      0    |
| 15.      | Manipur           |     2142.2  |     4277.6  |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 16.      | Meghalaya         |     4993.54 |      425    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 17.      | Mizoram           |     2823.47 |     4163.64 |    201.1  |   1068.57 |    319    |
| 18.      | Nagaland          |     3199.54 |     3488.71 |    650    |    605    |    445    |
| 19.      | Odisha            |    14932.6  |    17470    |  12027    |   3877    |      0    |
| 20.      | Rajasthan         |     9173.13 |    13029.2  |   6956    |   5411.9  |   7947.03 |
| 21.      | Sikkim            |      662.98 |     3175.36 |    376    |    420    |      0    |
| 22.      | Tamil Nadu        |     1224.97 |     6562.74 |    200    |      0    |    150.7  |
| 23.      | Telangana         |     4121.89 |     9273.28 |   1769    |      0    |   5426.25 |
| 24.      | Tripura           |     2183.06 |     2952.64 |    400    |    790    |    525    |
| 25.      | Uttar Pradesh     |     1145.88 |     1147.09 |     30    |      0    |   1273.93 |
| 26.      | Uttarakhand       |     1220.34 |      428.37 |    700    |    591.88 |    645.41 |
| 27.      | West Bengal       |     6043.49 |     6051.25 |    450    |      0    |    950    |
|          |                   |   118126    |   211079    |  60442.7  |  33459.5  |  42387.8  |

Annexure-II as referred in part (a) and (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1342 raised by Shrimati Queen Oja and Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane regarding "Education to PVTG".

## State-wise funds sanctioned for educational activities under the scheme of Development of PVTGs for the last five years

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No   | State          |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|---------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh |    207    |    200    |      0    |       0   |         0 |
| 2.      | A&N Island     |      0    |      0    |     50    |      50   |         0 |
| 3.      | Bihar          |    221    |      0    |      0    |       0   |         0 |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh   |      0    |    902.8  |    460.22 |     670   |         0 |
| 5.      | Gujarat        |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |         0 |
| 6.      | Jharkhand      |      0    |      0    |   1031.3  |    1190   |       950 |
| 7.      | Karnataka      |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |         0 |
| 8.      | Kerala         |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |       175 |
| 9.      | Madhya Pradesh |      0    |   3250    |   3403    |    4521.6 |         0 |
| 10.     | Maharashtra    |    451.3  |    529.98 |    500    |       0   |         0 |
| 11.     | Manipur        |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |         0 |
| 12.     | Odisha         |    400    |      0    |      0    |       0   |        40 |
| 13.     | Rajasthan      |     60    |     10    |     60    |       0   |        20 |
| 14.     | Tamil Nadu     |    270.6  |      0    |    184    |     332.8 |         0 |
| 15.     | Telangana      |      0    |    300    |      0    |     667.5 |         0 |
| 16.     | Tripura        |    164.2  |    300    |    250    |     150   |        50 |
| 17.     | Uttar Pradesh  |      0    |      0    |      0    |       0   |         0 |
| 18.     | Uttarakhand    |      0    |    489.53 |      0    |       0   |         0 |
| 19.     | West Bengal    |      2.72 |      2.72 |      0    |       0   |         0 |
|         | Total          |   1776.82 |   5985.03 |   5938.52 |    7581.9 |      1235 |

Annexure-III as referred in part (a) and (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1342 raised by Shrimati Queen Oja and Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane regarding "Education to PVTG".

## DETAILS OF FUND RELEASED DURING THE YEAR 2018-19 TO 2022-23 UNDER THE SCHEME OF "GRANT IN AID TO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WORKING FOR THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES" (EDUCATION SECTOR)

| STATE             | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | (Amount in Rs.) 2022-23   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 9956434   | 4979433   | 1221283   | 5627780   | 17550800                  |
| ARUNACHALPRADESH  | 40667502  | 15761175  | 12375556  | 18010423  | 17514689                  |
| ASSAM             | 11402715  | 1405983   | 2340816   | 3743167   | 9864633                   |
| CHATTISGARH       | 14805290  | 15948615  | 4189137   | 13036874  | 12672371                  |
| DELHI             | 540869    | -         | 1316151   | 1428775   | 831450                    |
| GUJARAT           | 17048209  | 12533244  | 4252127   | 5082871   | 21961313                  |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 28015712  | 17953743  | 22425259  | 13154561  | 22602270                  |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 1968822   | 1587901   | 4639377   | 2672910   | 3676230                   |
| JHARKHAND         | 74030677  | 52663490  | 12448475  | 42411417  | 39128149                  |
| KARNATAKA         | 25277497  | 16017371  | 3758208   | 13346498  | 19185107                  |
| KERALA            | 5473467   | -         | 2884500   | 7674134   | 4121156                   |
| LADAKH            | -         | -         | -         | 3689713   | 7432575                   |
| MADHYAPRADESH     | 94196926  | 49199977  | 22388570  | 110269307 | 108466254                 |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 56691939  | 62859152  | 40257292  | 67398480  | 125567395                 |
| MANIPUR           | 19204931  | 31683604  | 24506073  | 54828976  | 18727918                  |
| MEGHALAYA         | 77884200  | 138754746 | 79359500  | 68291606  | 207069763                 |
| MIZORAM           | 7446706   | 2680047   | -         | 6079087   | 4924428                   |
| NAGALAND          | 1085873   | -         | -         | -         | -                         |
| ODISHA            | 322096241 | 286782893 | 152394090 | 239506052 | 194327692                 |
| RAJASTHAN         | 29419245  | 17184495  | 18979922  | 10165582  | 21070376                  |
| SIKKIM            | 8501627   | 3046526   | 946123    | 2718360   | 4681356                   |
| TAMIL NADU        | 11680039  | 6235422   | 2604255   | 7964049   | 469185                    |
| TELANGANA         | 5363885   | 1096770   | 5481754   | 5664219   | 3999477                   |
| TRIPURA           | 5771765   | 4656113   | 3354479   | 156271    | 9568845                   |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | -         | -         | 11222937  | 3220666   | 6149490                   |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 13381104  | 851220    | 4147512   | 5390422   | 11292690                  |
| WEST BENGAL       | 64820955  | 54328698  | 35068283  | 45267526  | 34852580                  |
| TOTAL             | 946732630 | 798210618 | 472561679 | 756799726 | 927708192                 |

## Annexure-IV as referred in part (a) and (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1342 raised by Shrimati Queen Oja and Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane regarding "Education to PVTG".

| Budget Estimate, Revised Estimates and Actual Expenditure under the Scholarship Schemes of MoTA (2018-19 to 2022-23)   |                                                                                                |          |          |                   |                      |          |          |                   |                      |          |          |                   |                      |          |          |                   |                       |          |         |                   |                      |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|-------------------|----------------------|----------|----------|-------------------|----------------------|----------|----------|-------------------|----------------------|----------|----------|-------------------|-----------------------|----------|---------|-------------------|----------------------|
| S. N.                                                                                                                  | Name o                                                                                         | 2018-19  |          |                   |                      |          |          |                   | 2019-20              |          |          | 2020-21           | 2021-22              |          |          |                   | (₹ in crores) 2022-23 |          |         |                   |                      |
|                                                                                                                        | f the Sc heme                                                                                  | BE       | RE       | Final Al location | Actual E xpenditu re | BE       | RE       | Final Al location | Actual E xpenditu re | BE       | RE       | Final Al location | Actual E xpenditu re | BE       | RE       | Final Al location | Actual E xpenditu re  | BE       | RE      | Final Alloc ation | Actual E xpenditu re |
| 1                                                                                                                      | Post Ma tric Sch olarship for STs                                                              | 1586.0 0 | 1643.0 3 | 1647.53           | 1647.53              | 1613.5 0 | 1826.3 9 | 1862.65           | 1862.65              | 1900.0 0 | 1833.0 0 | 1833.00           | 1830.14              | 1993.0 0 | 2257.7 2 | 2257.72           | 2257.72               | 1965.0 0 | 1965.00 | 1965. 00          | 1965.00              |
| 2                                                                                                                      | Pre-Mat ric Scho larship f or Need y Sched uled Tri be stude nts stud ying in c lasses I X & X | 350.00   | 310.00   | 311.50            | 311.50               | 340.00   | 440.00   | 440.00            | 439.99               | 400.00   | 250.00   | 250.00            | 248.90               | 400.00   | 400.00   | 394.14            | 394.14                | 419.00   | 357.30  | 357.3 0           | 357.30               |
| 3                                                                                                                      | National Fellows hip and Scholars hip for Higher Educatio n of ST Students                     | 100.00   | 100.00   | 100.00            | 99.98                | 100.00   | 100.00   | 100.00            | 100.00               | 100.00   | 120.00   | 120.00            | 120.00               | 150.00   | 120.00   | 120.00            | 120.00                | 145.00   | 140.00  | 145.0 0           | 145.00               |
| 4                                                                                                                      | National Oversea s Schola rship for ST stude nts                                               | 2.00     | 2.00     | 2.00              | 2.00                 | 2.00     | 2.00     | 2.00              | 2.00                 | 2.00     | 4.76     | 4.76              | 4.76                 | 3.00     | 4.95     | 4.95              | 4.95                  | 4.00     | 4.00    | 4.00              | 4.00                 |