Lok Sabha Question No. 4058 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: Initiatives under Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Gajendra  Singh Patel, Shri Biplab Kumar Deb

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- †4058

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 19/12/2024

## INITIATIVES UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI VANBANDHU KALYAN YOJANA

†4058. SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL: SHRI BIPLAB KUMAR DEB:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of the major initiatives taken under Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana;
- (b) the status of funding and implementation of the said initiatives;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  further  expand  Pradhan  Mantri  Vanbandhu  Kalyan  Yojana which aims at overall welfare of the tribal society and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of tribal people who have benefited from this scheme so far in Tripura, district- wise; and
- (e) the details of the schemes introduced for tribal development in the country, particularly in Tripura?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGA DAS UIKEY)

(a): Under the umbrella of 'Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (PMVKY)' Ministry of Tribal Affairs  is  implementing  6  Centrally  sponsored  schemes  for  development  and  welfare  of  tribal communities as given below.

- i. Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)
- ii. Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)/ Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha AbhiyaN (PM JANMAN)
- iii. Support to Tribal Research Institutes
- iv. Pre-Matric Scholarship
- v. Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme
- vi. Administrative Support to States for setting up PMU.

Details of components of Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana:

- i. 'Pradhan  Mantri  Adi  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (PMAAGY)'  aims  at  integrated  development  of 36,428 villages with 50% tribal population and 500 STs.   An amount of Rs.20.38 lakh per village (Rs 7276 cr for 36,428 villages) is contributed by Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the States are required to make Village development plan with convergence of Central STC (Schedule tribe component) and State TSP (Tribal Sub Plan) funds available with sectoral Central Govt Ministries and State Govt.  As on date 17,656 VDPs have been approved and total funds released amounts to Rs.2357.50 Cr.  On 2nd October 2024, Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA)  has  been  launched,  which  is  more  structured  version  of  PMAAAGY  with  dedicated convergence  of  funds  and  Saturation  for  key  interventions  from  line  Ministries  and  State departments.  DA-JGUA  would  cover  63,843  villages  including  the  villages  covered  under PMAAGY.  Attempt has been made to remove the difficulties and challenges faced in PMAAGY.
- ii. Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme (for class IX -X) and Post Matric Scholarship (From XI onwards) are 2 Centrally Sponsored schemes implemented through States. The schemes are open ended and every ST student having family income not be more than Rs.2.50 lakhs per annum is eligible. Funding  ratio  is  75:25  between  Centre  and  States  for  all  States  except  North  East  and  Hills States/UT like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir where it is 90:10. For UTs without legislature sharing pattern is 100% Central share.
- iii. Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha AbhiyaN (PM JANMAN) was launched in 2023-24 for socio-economic development of 75 PVTG communities residing in 18 states and one UT. The mission aims to provide basic facilities 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 planned to be met through 11 interventions implemented by 9-line Ministries
- iv. Support to TRIs: The basic objective of the scheme is to strengthen the Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in their infrastructural needs, Research & documentation activities.
- v. Under  Administrative  costs  funding  is  provided  for  setting  up  Project  Management  unit  in States/UTs

(b) & (c): The Umbrella of Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (PMVKY) has been approved for Finance Cycle  2021-22 to 2025-26 with  a  total cost  of Rs.  26135.46 crores.  Based  on the  proposals received state Governments/ UTs, details of funds released in the above mentioned schemes during the last three years is as under:

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   | Name of the Scheme                                                     | Funds Released   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|         |                                                                        | 2021-22          | 2022-23          | 2023-24          |
| 1.      | Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)                          | 78152.21         | 135186.00        | 14993.00         |
| 2.      | Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)/ PMJANMAN | 16000.00         | 13717.93         | 9999.00          |
| 3.      | Support to Tribal Research Institutes                                  | 6000.00          | 1240.26          | 4353.17          |
| 4.      | Pre-Matric Scholarship                                                 | 39414.00         | 35730.00         | 30860.00         |
| 5.      | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme                                         | 225772.00        | 196465.00        | 266883.00        |
| 6.      | Administrative Support to States for setting up PMU.                   | 0.00             | 400.00           | 842.00           |

The scope of the umbrella scheme has been enhanced substantially, as PM JANMAN and DAJGUA  has  been  launched  on  15.11.20223  and  2.10.2024  respectively  for  comprehensive development of tribal families  and villages with the funds available with sector al Ministries under DAPST.  PM JANMAN has allocated budget of Rs 24,104 cr (2023-24 to 2025-2026) and DA-JGUA has allocated budget of Rs 79,156 cr (2024-25 to 2028-29). For the next Finance Cycle,the  continuation/expansion  is  as  per  the  mechanism  approved  by  Department  of Expenditure for EFC and Cabinet approval.

(d): As mentioned above, in reply to part (a), Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme (for class IX -X) and Post Matric Scholarship (From XI onwards) are open ended schemes. On an average more than 30 lakh students benefit every year under these 2 schemes.  The data shared by States with regard to number of beneficiaries, fund disbursed and other key parameters is collated, compiled and uploaded on Ministry's dashboard (dashboard.tribal.gov.in) ,which may please be visited for details.

Dharti  Aaba  JGUA,  aims  to  cover  population  of  5.38  cr  residing  in  63,843  villages.   PM JANMAN aims to cover 11 lakh PVTG household residing in about 29,000 habitations.  Under Support to Tribal Research Institutes and Administrative Support to States, budgetary allocation is given to the State governments / UTs to carry out various development activities / research works and for setting PMU respectively. A statement showing State wise list of Districts and number of villages including Tripura along with ST covered under DA-JGUA is at Annexure 1 .

(e) Other than the 6 schemes implemented by MoTA under Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana, MoTA is also implementing 6 Central Sector Schemes and also giving grants to States under Article 275(1) of the Constitution, which are also implemented  for tribal development in the country including State of Tripura is given in Annexure-II.

Apart from above, Government is implementing Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST)  as  a  strategy  for  the  development  of  Scheduled  Tribes  and  areas  having  tribal concentration in the country. Besides Ministry of Tribal Affairs, 41 Ministries/Departments are allocating certain percentage of their total scheme budget every year for tribal development under DAPST  for  various  tribal  development  projects  relating  to  education,  health,  agriculture, irrigation,  roads,  housing,  electrification,  employment  generation,  skill  development,  etc. Ministry-wise and scheme wise details of DAPST funds is available in Statement 10B of Union Budget document at https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/stat10b.pdf.

## State wise list of Districts and number of villages including Tripura alongwith ST covered under DA-JGUA

| SR. No              | Name of the State         | No. of District   |   No. of Block |   No. of Villages |   Total Population |   ST Population |   %ST |
|---------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------|
| 1 ANDHRA            |                           | 18                |            107 |               878 |            1113652 |          655450 | 58.86 |
| 2                   | PRADESH ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 23                |             84 |               329 |             272750 |          230896 | 84.65 |
| 3                   | ASSAM                     | 32                |            147 |              3161 |            2779667 |         2124774 | 76.44 |
| 4 BIHAR             |                           | 24                |             74 |               771 |            1783928 |          407136 | 22.82 |
| 5                   | CHHATTISGARH              | 32                |            138 |              6691 |            6967289 |         4909442 | 70.46 |
| 6                   | GOA                       | 2                 |              9 |                25 |              47144 |           34105 | 72.34 |
| 7 GUJARAT           |                           | 21                |            102 |              4265 |            7675215 |         6605912 | 86.07 |
| 8 HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 10                        |                   |             26 |               270 |             170351 |          117040 | 68.71 |
| 9 JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 20                        |                   |            112 |               393 |             792087 |          502935 | 63.49 |
| 10 JHARKHAND        | 24                        |                   |            231 |              7139 |            7044011 |         4976859 | 70.65 |
| 11 KARNATAKA        |                           | 28                |            129 |              1089 |            1975186 |          805566 | 40.78 |
| 12 KERALA           |                           | 4                 |              9 |                89 |            1322280 |          219524 | 16.6  |
| 13 LADAKH           |                           | 2                 |             30 |               143 |             163981 |          155238 | 94.67 |
| 14                  | LAKSHADWEEP               | 1                 |              2 |                 2 |               9868 |            9322 | 94.47 |
| 15 MADHYA PRADESH   |                           | 51                |            267 |             11377 |           13186399 |         9323125 | 70.7  |
| 16 MAHARASHTRA      |                           | 32                |            214 |              4975 |            6347798 |         4694682 | 73.96 |
| 17 MANIPUR          | 13                        |                   |             57 |               516 |             666137 |          629332 | 94.47 |
| 18 MEGHALAYA        |                           | 12                |             53 |              1437 |            1183736 |         1135901 | 95.96 |
| 19 MIZORAM          |                           | 11                |             26 |               383 |             414444 |          400652 | 96.67 |
| 20 NAGALAND         | 16                        |                   |             74 |               608 |             956721 |          915742 | 95.72 |
| 21 ODISHA           |                           | 27                |            234 |              7667 |            7042261 |         4815670 | 68.38 |
| 22 RAJASTHAN        | 30                        |                   |            208 |              6019 |            7655043 |         5537444 | 72.34 |
| 23 SIKKIM           |                           | 6                 |             26 |               119 |             123635 |           72682 | 58.79 |
| 24 TAMIL NADU       | 16                        |                   |             36 |               248 |             489153 |          303711 | 62.09 |
| 25 TELANGANA        | 30                        |                   |            230 |               924 |            1691305 |         1150538 | 68.03 |
| 26 D&Dand DNH       | 2                         |                   |              2 |                76 |             203454 |          147290 | 72.39 |
| 27 TRIPURA          |                           | 8                 |             52 |               392 |             988452 |          828393 | 83.81 |
| 28 UTTAR            |                           | 26                |             47 |               517 |            1183202 |          311488 | 26.33 |
| 29 UTTARAKHAND      | 7                         |                   |             15 |               128 |             209384 |           88723 | 42.37 |
| 30 WEST             | BENGAL                    | 21                |            170 |              3212 |            3974631 |         1707342 | 42.96 |
| Grand Total         |                           | 549               |           2911 |             63843 |           78433164 |        53816914 | 68.61 |

Annexure-II Annexure-II  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  †4058  for 19.12.2024 regarding Initiatives under Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana

- (i).  Grants  under  Article  275(1)  of  the  Constitution: Under  the  Proviso  to  Article  275(1)  of Constitution, Grants are released to States, having ST population for raising the level of administration in Scheduled Areas and for the welfare of tribal people.
- (ii) Grant-in Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes: Under the scheme Ministry funds projects in the fields of education and health, covering residential schools, non-residential schools, hostels, mobile dispensaries, ten or more bedded hospitals, livelihood, etc.
- (iii) National Overseas Scholarships for ST Candidates: The Scheme provides for financial assistance to selected students to pursue Post Graduation, PhD & Post-Doctoral study abroad.  A total of 20 awards are given every year.

## (iv) National Fellowship &Scholarship for Higher Education of ST students:

- (a)National  Scholarship-  (Top  class)  Scheme  [Graduate  level]:  The  objective  of  the  scheme  is  to encourage meritorious ST students for pursuing studies in prescribed courses in any of the 265 institutions of excellence across the country like IITs, AIIMS, IIMs, NIITs, etc. identified by the Ministry.
- (b)  National  Fellowship  for  ST  students:  750  fellowships  are  provided  to  ST  students  each  year  for pursing higher studies in India for MPhil and PhD. Fellowship is granted as per UGC norms.
- (v) Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS): The scheme of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS), as a Central Sector Scheme, was started in the year 2018-19 to provide quality education to the tribal  children  in  their  own  environment.  In  the  Union  Budget  of  2018-19,  the  Government  of  India announced that EMRS school will be established in every block having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons (as per census 2011).    An amount of Rs. 1.09 lakhs per student per annum is released to meet the recurring expenditure on these students including food, uniform, books etc. For establishment of EMRSs, construction cost of Rs.37.80 crore per school in plain areas and Rs. 48 crores per school in North East, hilly areas and areas affected by Left Wing Extremism is released by the Ministry.
- (vi)  Pradhan Mantri Jan Jatiya Vikas Mission (PMJVM): The scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission (PMJVM)' has been approved with a total financial outlay of Rs. 1612.27 cr and envisions to strengthen tribal entrepreneurship initiatives and to facilitate livelihood opportunities by promoting more  efficient,  equitable,  self-managed,  optimum  use  of  natural  resources,  Agri  /  NTFP  /  Non-farm enterprises.

(vii) Tribal  Festivals,  Research  Information  and Mass  Education: Through the scheme, promotion of rich tribal cultural heritage, dissemination of information and creation of awareness various activities are undertaken.

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