Lok Sabha Question No. 4383 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-27
Subject: PM-PVTG Development Mission
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Santosh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- †4383

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 27/03/2025

## PM-PVTG DEVELOPMENT MISSION

†4383. SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of objectives and targets of the Pradhan Mantri Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) Development Mission;

- (b) whether the Government has formulated any policy to provide benefits to the PVTGs and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  information  or  awareness  campaign  to  increase  the effectiveness of the said mission and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is formulating any specific action plan for the tribal areas of Chhattisgarh and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of the funds allocated to Chhattisgarh for the purpose since 2019, district-wise; and

(f) the details of the tribal groups of Chhattisgarh included among the identified PVTGs by the Government?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): On 15th November 2023, Hon'ble Prime Minister launched Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha  AbhiyaN  (PM  JANMAN)  (Pradhan  Mantri  PVTG  Development  Mission,  name  as  per  budget announcement 2023-24) for socio-economic development of 75 PVTG communities residing in 18 states and one UT. The mission aims to provide basic facilities to improve their socio-economic conditions such as safe housing,  clean  drinking water  and  improved access  to  education,  health  and  nutrition,  road and  telecom connectivity, electrification of unelectrified households and sustainable livelihood opportunities in 3 years. These objectives are being met through 11 interventions implemented by 9-line Ministries.

In  view  of  the  implementation  of  PM  JANMAN,  the  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  through  the  State Governments/  UT  Administration/departments  has  undertaken  habitation  level  data  collection  exercise through PM Gati Shakti mobile application to estimate PVTG population figures and infrastructure gaps in order to cover PVTG population residing in villages & habitations under PM JANMAN.

Prior  to  launch  of  PMJANMAN,  for  development  of  PVTGs,  the  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  was implementing scheme of 'Development of PVTGs' wherein funds were provided to the concerned State Government / UT on the basis of their proposals for Conservation cum Development (CCD) plans. These were to fill gaps in infrastructure and were demand driven. With the introduction of PMJANMAN Scheme the  Development  of  PVTG  Scheme  has  been  discontinued  and  Ministry  is  only  providing  committed liabilities till March 2025.

Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  also  implementing  a  flagship  scheme  'Eklavya  Model  Residential  School (EMRS)' to provide quality education to ST Students from class 6th to 12th. 5% seats in each of the EMRSs is reserved for PVTG students.

In  the  scheme  of  National  Fellowship,  25  slots  out  of  750  slots  are  reserved  for  PVTG  students.  Under National Overseas Scholarship for ST students, 3 slots out of 20 slots are reserved for PVTG candidate.

(c): Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched two Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign under PM-JANMAN to create awareness about the mission from 15 December, 2023 to 15 January, 2024 and 23 August, 2024 to 02 October, 2024. Various national/state/district level events and activities were organized.  Financial  support  were  extended  to  concerned  State  /  UT  Governments  under  the  Centrally Sponsored scheme 'Support to Tribal Research Institute (TRI)' to promote PM JANMAN organizing various state/district level event and activities during the campaign.

(d)  &  (e): Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  implementing  various  schemes/programmes  for  the  welfare  and development of the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the country including Chhattisgarh. Ministry of Tribal Affairs has undertaken two missions for development of STs through convergence of funds available with different Ministries/Departments under DAPST namely Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyay Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) and Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA JGUA) which cover State of Chhattisgarh. Funds have been / are provided to State Government of Chhattisgarh for development of STs under various schemes  /  grants  viz.  Proviso  to  Article  275  (1),  Pre-Matric  Scholarship  to  ST  students,  Post  Matric Scholarship to ST students, SCA to TSS / PMAAGY, Support to TRIs, Development of PVTGs. The details of funds released to State Government of Chhattisgarh under the relevant schemes/grants since 2019-20 are as under:

| Scheme/Grants                     | FY 2019- 20   | FY 2020- 21   | FY 2021- 22   | FY 2022- 23   |   FY 2023- 24 |   FY 2024- 25 |
|-----------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Proviso to Article 275 (1)        | 22500.77      | 9976.24       | 11604.02      | 13578.45      |      15676.8  |       14506.5 |
| Pre-Matric Scholarship            | 4796.94       | 3541.54       | 0.00          | 0.00          |       5250    |           0   |
| Post Matric Scholarship           | 7022.69       | 8790.24       | 0.00          | 9330.35       |       7125    |        7000   |
| SCA to TSS/PMAAGY (since 2021-22) | 9415.53       | 8769.06       | 15595.80      | 23021.82      |          0    |           0   |
| Support to TRIs                   | 0.00          | 0.00          | 189.04        | 113.43        |        250    |        1000   |
| Development of PVTGs              | 1311.35       | 989.32        | 996.90        | 1500.00       |          0    |           0   |
| PM JANMAN (MPCs)                  | NA            | NA            | NA            | NA            |        852.39 |           0   |

Besides, Ministry has sanctioned 75 EMRSs in the State of Chhattisgarh and all EMRSs are reported to be functional.

(f) The details of tribal communities identified as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) residing in Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh) are at Annexure-I .

Annexure-I

Annex referred to in reply to part (f) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred  Question No. †4383 for answer on 27.03.2025 raised Shri Santosh Pandey regarding 'PM-PVTG Development Mission'

## List of PVTGs

|   S.No. | Name of States                          | Name of PVTGs              |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh) | Abujh Marias / Abhuj Maria |
|       2 | Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh) | Baiga                      |
|       3 | Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh) | Bharia                     |
|       4 | Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh) | Birhor                     |
|       5 | Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh) | Hill Korwa                 |
|       6 | Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh) | Kamar                      |
|       7 | Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh) | Saharia                    |

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