Lok Sabha Question No. 5367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju, Shri B K Parthasarathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 5367

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 03/04/2025

## SPECIAL CENTRAL ASSISTANCE TO TRIBAL SUB-SCHEME

## 5367     SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU: SHRI B K PARTHASARATHI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of proposals received and approved under the Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS) during the last five years, year and State-wise;
- (b) the details of the funds demanded and approved under the said scheme during the said period, year and State-wise;
- (c) the details of funds sanctioned and disbursed for the approved projects during the said period, year and State-wise including district-wise for Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  physical  progress  of  the  approved  projects  along  with  the  number  of beneficiaries and the physical targets achieved in this regard in Andhra Pradesh, project-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): During 2021-22, the Government had revamped the earlier 'SCA to TSS' scheme and launched 'Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)'. The details of state wise funds approved and released under the scheme of Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to  TSS)  during  the  year  2020-21  is  at annexure  I .  The  scheme  of  PMAAGY  whcich  was implementated during 2021-22 to 2025-26, aimed at integrated development of 36,428 villages with at least 50% tribal population and this included 517 tribal villages of Andhra Pradesh.   The details  of  the  funds  released  to  the  states during  2021-22  to  2024-25  under  the  scheme  of PMAAGY'  is  at Annexure  II ,  However  as Andhra  Pradesh  did  not  submit  the  Village Development Plans (VDPs) under the schem and hence funds could not be released. The schem guidelines prescribed for the monitoring of physical progress by the state governmnets concerned and submit utilization certificates to the central government.
- (d) As per the Scheme guidelines, the State Tribal Department being the nodal department  coordinate the progress of various schemes / programmes  and make monitoring with well-defined indicators, covering fund allocation, release and expenditure, service delivery standards as well as outcomes.  Further the  details of the approved projects along with the number of beneficiaries in Andhra Pradesh under the scheme of SCA to TSS during the year 2020-21 is at annexure III.

Annexure I as referred in part (a) to (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 5367 raised    by Shri Bastipati Nagaraju & Shri B K Parthasarathi regarding 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme'

Statement showing fund approved and released to State Governments during 2020-21 under SCA to TSS

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No. States       | Funds approved by PAC   |   Total Released |
|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
| 1Andhra Pradesh    | 4954.96                 |          4954.96 |
| 2Arunachal Pradesh | 7015.50                 |          7015.5  |
| 3Assam             | 4578.76                 |          4578.76 |
| 4Bihar             | 2121.00                 |           994    |
| 5Chhatisgarh       | 8769.06                 |          8769.06 |
| 6Goa               | 724.26                  |           724.26 |
| 7Gujarat           | 10843.85                |         10786.4  |
| 8Himachal Pradesh  | 1367.00                 |          1367    |
| 9J&K               | -                       |             0    |
| 10Jharkhand        | 8712.00                 |          7049.64 |
| 11Karnataka        | 3826.15                 |             0    |
| 12Kerala           | 800.00                  |           459.15 |
| 13Madhya Pradesh   | 15216.03                |             0    |
| 14Maharashtra      | 5034.22                 |             0    |
| 15Manipur          | 1426.00                 |             0    |
| 16Meghalaya        | 2604.00                 |           328.25 |
| 17Mizoram          | 1236.22                 |          1236.22 |
| 18Nagaland         | 1944.64                 |          2846.14 |
| 19Odisha           | 9962.00                 |          9010.42 |
| 20Rajasthan        | 8662.66                 |          8662.66 |
| 21Sikkim           | 800.00                  |             0    |
| 22Tamilnadu        | 503.80                  |           377.47 |
| 23Telangana        | 4191.00                 |          4191    |
| 24Tripura          | 1173.3                  |          1173.3  |
| 25Uttarakhand      | 800.00                  |           757.8  |
| 26Uttar Pradesh    | 751.47                  |           508.83 |
| 27West Bengal      | 3746.00                 |          3746    |
| TOTAL              | 104970.73               |         79536.8  |

Annexure II as referred in part (a) to (c) of the reply to  Lok Sabha Unstarred question no.5367 raised     by  Shri  Bastipati  Nagaraju  &  Shri  B  K  Parthasarathi  regarding  'Special  Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme'

State-wise details of the villages covered under the scheme of PMAAGY, Village Development Plan (VDPs) approved and funds released during 2021-22 to 2024-25 to States including Andhra Pradesh

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No   | Name of State     | Total Villages un der PMAAGY   | PAC Approv ed Amount   | 2021-22        | 2022-23        | 2023-24        | 2024-25        | Total Rele ase       |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
| S. No   | Name of State     | Total Villages un der PMAAGY   | PAC Approv ed Amount   | Fund r eleased | Fund r eleased | Fund r eleased | Fund r eleased | (2021-22 to 2024-25) |
| 1       | Andhra Pr adesh   | 517                            | 0                      | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0                    |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 141                            | 0                      | 733.68         | 0              | 0              | 0              | 733.68               |
| 3       | Assam             | 1700                           | 34646                  | 8743.02        | 11538.2 2      | 7182.38        | 5186.19        | 32649.81             |
| 4       | Bihar             | 184                            | 0                      | 774.44         | 0              | 0              | 0              | 774.44               |
| 5       | Chhattisga rh     | 4029                           | 31181.4                | 15595.8        | 23021.8 2      | 0              | 0              | 38617.62             |
| 6       | DNDD              | 55                             | 0                      | 0              | 173.23         | 0              | 0              | 173.23               |
| 7       | Goa               | 21                             | 0                      | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0                    |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 3764                           | 57125.14               | 15916.7 8      | 19401.7 6      | 0              | 0              | 35318.54             |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 90                             | 1528.5                 | 377.03         | 288.09         | 0              | 0              | 665.12               |
| 10      | J&K               | 302                            | 5950.5                 | 0              | 932.39         | 0              | 0              | 932.39               |
| 11      | Ladakh            | 132                            | 1019                   | 0              | 470.525        | 0              | 0              | 470.525              |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 3891                           | 8145.52                | 6531.79        | 6915.28        | 0              | 0              | 13447.07             |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 507                            | 7443.7                 | 2139.9         | 937.48         | 0              | 0              | 3077.38              |
| 14      | Kerala            | 6                              | 122.38                 | 0              | 0              | 61.19          | 30             | 91.19                |
| 15      | Madhya P radesh   | 7307                           | 80674.67               | 12268.7 6      | 27694.5 4      | 0              | 0              | 39963.3              |
| 16      | Maharasht ra      | 3605                           | 31425.96               | 0              | 13485.5        | 0              | 0              | 13485.5              |
| 17      | Manipur           | 254                            | 896.72                 | 427.98         | 295.47         | 0              | 0              | 723.45               |
| 18      | Meghalay a        | 836                            | 3586.88                | 0              | 3342.3         | 0              | 0              | 3342.3               |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 344                            | 6847.47                | 580.83         | 1818.60 5      | 1112.00 9      | 1468           | 4979.44375           |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 530                            | 10801.4                | 886.53         | 2233.97        | 0              | 3827.44        | 6947.94              |
| 21      | Odisha            | 1653                           | 15950.6                | 2771.68        | 1001.24        | 3044.42 3      | 0              | 6817.3425            |

| 22   | Rajasthan      |   4302 |   30471.94 |   7224.71 | 15269.6 6   |         0 |        0 |   22494.37 |
|------|----------------|--------|------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|----------|------------|
| 23   | Sikkim         |     62 |     917.73 |      0    | 0           |     0     |     0    |       0    |
| 24   | Tamil Nad u    |    167 |    3220.04 |    285.32 | 285.62      |   855.805 |   461.37 |    1888.12 |
| 25   | Telangana      |    533 |    8722.64 |   2262.18 | 1681.03 5   |     0     |  1646    |    5589.22 |
| 26   | Tripura        |    375 |    7010.72 |    631.78 | 904.48      |  2737.23  |     0    |    4273.49 |
| 27   | Uttarakha nd   |     64 |       0    |      0    | 0           |     0     |     0    |       0    |
| 28   | Uttar Prad esh |    183 |       0    |      0    | 0           |     0     |     0    |       0    |
| 29   | West Ben gal   |    874 |       0    |      0    | 3495.2      |     0     |     0    |    3495.2  |
|      | Total          |  36428 |  347689    |  78499.2  | 135436      | 14993     | 12619    |  241548    |

## Annexure III

Annexure III as referred in part (d) of the reply to  Lok Sabha Unstarred question no.5367 raised by Shri Bastipati Nagaraju & Shri B K Parthasarathi regarding 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme'

Details  of the approved projects along with the number of beneficiaries in Andhra Pradesh under the scheme of SCA to TSS during the year 2020-21

(Rs.in lakh)

|   S.No | Activities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Location             | Beneficiaries   |   PAC App rovedAm ount |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|      1 | Fish farming in Small and Seasonal Water Bodi es ( in Acs) Purpose: The activities involve bringing all the water bodies mostly seasonal water-bodies of le ss than 1acre and 1-5 acre on the potentiality a nd local conditions into scientific fish producti on using natural methods, enhancing productivi ty and incomes. | State                | 1305.99         |                 721.19 |
|      2 | Millet promotion through ZBNF in Paderu ITD A area Purpose : Promotion &Expansion of Millets Total cost of project is Rs 324.21 lakhs Cost sharing is between GoI and beneficiaries                                                                                                                                           | Visakhapatnam        | 324.21          |                 302.32 |
|      3 | Demonstration - promotion of millets Cost sharing is between GoI and beneficiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Nellore              |                 |                   2.25 |
|      4 | Area expansion of cashew Cost sharing is between GoI and beneficiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Vizianagram          |                 |                  47.25 |
|      5 | Cashew rejuvenation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Vizianagram          |                 |                  90    |
|      6 | Strengthening of FPO for the processing andm arketing of organic coffee project, Chithapally                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Vishakhapatnam       |                 |                 234.61 |
|      7 | Setting Up of Pregnant Women Hostels. Total ( 42) Hostels-[4 running successfully, 18 propos ed in GoAP& 15 proposed in GoI] including N on-Recurring@ Rs.11.5 lakhs &Recurring Co st@ Rs.50.00 lakhs/year per each hostel. Project to be shared between GoI and GoAP                                                         | Tribal Areas, Stat e |                 |                 172.5  |
|      8 | Custard apple plantation (160 plants /acre). Bu nd plantation Cost sharing with beneficiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | East Godavari        |                 |                   9.72 |

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|   9. | Farm equipments (secateurs and rechargeable h and sprayers) Cost sharing with beneficiaries                                                                                                                                                                  | Farm equipments (secateurs and rechargeable h and sprayers) Cost sharing with beneficiaries                                                                                                                                                                  | Farm equipments (secateurs and rechargeable h and sprayers) Cost sharing with beneficiaries                                                                                                                                                                  | East Godavari        | 11.25   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------|
|   10 | Ambulances for Emergency transportation of P atients- Total Unit : 5 units Unit Cost: @Rs. 10.00 lakhs each Tribal people are facing severe difficulties in re aching medical emergency. There is a need for more ambulances in tribal areas because of scat | Ambulances for Emergency transportation of P atients- Total Unit : 5 units Unit Cost: @Rs. 10.00 lakhs each Tribal people are facing severe difficulties in re aching medical emergency. There is a need for more ambulances in tribal areas because of scat | Ambulances for Emergency transportation of P atients- Total Unit : 5 units Unit Cost: @Rs. 10.00 lakhs each Tribal people are facing severe difficulties in re aching medical emergency. There is a need for more ambulances in tribal areas because of scat | Tribal Areas, Stat e | 45.00   |
|   11 | Procurement of (6,000) Bunker Beds to TWAs hram Schools &Post matric Hostels and (2250 ) Duel Desks toTW Ashram Schools. GoI has already sanctioned Rs.16.35 Cr in 201 6-17 &Rs.9.92 Cr during 2018-19 &2019-20.                                             | Procurement of (6,000) Bunker Beds to TWAs hram Schools &Post matric Hostels and (2250 ) Duel Desks toTW Ashram Schools. GoI has already sanctioned Rs.16.35 Cr in 201 6-17 &Rs.9.92 Cr during 2018-19 &2019-20.                                             | Procurement of (6,000) Bunker Beds to TWAs hram Schools &Post matric Hostels and (2250 ) Duel Desks toTW Ashram Schools. GoI has already sanctioned Rs.16.35 Cr in 201 6-17 &Rs.9.92 Cr during 2018-19 &2019-20.                                             | State                | 571.91  |
|   12 | Pineapple expansion with Mauritius variety                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Pineapple expansion with Mauritius variety                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Pineapple expansion with Mauritius variety                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Srikakulam           | 1398    |
|   13 | Comprehensive Turmeric Development Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Comprehensive Turmeric Development Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Comprehensive Turmeric Development Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                      |         |
|   14 | Improvement of Coffee farmers income                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Improvement of Coffee farmers income                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Improvement of Coffee farmers income                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Vishakapatnam        | 265     |
|   15 | Pineapple area expansion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Pineapple area expansion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Pineapple area expansion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                      |         |
|   16 | Establishment of Cashew Processing Unit in I TDA, RC Varam                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Establishment of Cashew Processing Unit in I TDA, RC Varam                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Establishment of Cashew Processing Unit in I TDA, RC Varam                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                      |         |
|   16 | S. No.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Particulars                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Indicative Cost (Rs. in lakh)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                      |         |
|   16 | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Land Development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 12.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                      |         |
|   16 | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Building Civil Structure for processing/drying/packing                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 60.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                      | 570.00  |
|   16 | 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Godown for Storage of Raw Cashew                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 78.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                      |         |
|   16 | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Plant, Machinery, Electrical and Installation                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 60.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                      |         |
|   16 | 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Procurement of Raw cashew nut-200 MT                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 160.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                      |         |
|   16 | 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Labour for loading. unloading of raw materials and finished products, drying of raw                                                                                                                                                                          | 30.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                      |         |

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|       |       | material. processing and packing of cashew kernel (approximately 50 members for 200 days)         |        |         |
|-------|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|
|       | 7     | Post roasting and Packing equipment                                                               | 40.00  |         |
|       | 8     | Vehicles for internal transportation (4 vehicles X Rs.15.00 lakhs each)                           | 60.00  |         |
|       | 9     | Equipment to VDVKs to process and to shift part of material to Cashew Processing Unit. (25 VDVKs) | 50.00  |         |
|       | 10    | Recurring expenditure for running the unit                                                        | 20.00  |         |
|       |       | Total project cost                                                                                | 570.00 |         |
| Total | Total | Total                                                                                             | Total  | 4954.96 |

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