Lok Sabha Question No. 1 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs)
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 04/12/2023

## TRIBAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES (TRIs)

## 1. DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  Tribal  Research  Institutes  (TRIs)  functioning  under the  administrative  control  of  the Ministry across the country, name/location- wise;

(b) the achievements made by these TRIs during the last five years;

(c) the fund allocated, released and spent by each TRI during the last five years;

(d) whether the Government has ever reviewed the functioning of these TRIs; and

(e) if so, the outcome of the reviews?

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

(a): Tribal Research Institutes are functioning under the administrative control of respective State Government. With the setting up of TRI at Ladakh in 2023, there are 28 TRIs across the country. Ministry of Tribal Affairs has funded under centrally sponsored scheme " Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs), 27 Tribal Research Institutes in 25 States and 2 UTs. Through 'Support of Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs)' scheme ministry is providing financial assistance to States / UTs for various activities to be undertaken by State Tribal Research Institutes including execution research programmes. The basic objective of the scheme is to strengthen the Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) and their infrastructural needs, research & documentation activities and training and capacity building programmes etc.  The name and location of TRIs are annexed as Annexure I.

(b) & (c): The Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) have been implementing the activities covering the areas like culture, tradition and customs of the tribal communities which are preserved and promoted . The Tribal Research Institutes  (TRIs)  have  done  the  work  of  conducting  research  and  evaluation  studies,  collection  of  data, identification of challenges in the field of socio-economic development of tribals and in understanding, promoting and  preserving  their  culture  through  various  studies  and  other  kinds  of  interventions.  Besides,  training  and capacity building of stakeholders, and knowledge advocacy, various other activities for survey and research works and studies are also being conducted by TRIs including organising cultural  and tribal exchange program for awareness  and  welfare  of  the  tribal  communities.  The  TRIs  have  conducted  a  number  of  research  studies, seminars, workshops and training programs to protect, and promote the linguistic features, unique art forms  and distinct  agricultural  practices  of  the  tribal  people  of  the  State  for  their  comprehensive  development.  These

## ANSWER

institutes have improved the documentation of tribal history and heritage by preparing books and dictionaries in tribal language for the each access of the tribal communities. Ten tribal freedom fighters museums sanctioned under the Support to TRI Scheme. Celebration of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas since 2021 has been done by all the TRIs.

More than 500 projects relating to Action Research, Seminar, Workshops, Conferences etc. have been completed, since the year 2017-18 to till date, as per the information available on TRI Portal (https://tritribal.gov.in/Home.aspx).  Details of the allocation/ release and expenditure of funds to TRIs during the last five years is given in Annexure II.

(d) to (e): Monitoring of the sanctioned project activities of the TRIs are being done regularly through review meetings with the State Governments by the Ministry. To assess the impact of the scheme of 'Support to TRIs' an evaluation was done by NITI Aayog during 2019. The evaluation report has been submitted by NITI Aayog. Reviews  are  helpful  and  supportive  for  the  timely  and  qualitative  implementation  of  various  projects.  Also Ministry of Tribal Affairs has developed data-driven governance models for evidence-based decision making, outcome-oriented planning and service delivery namely: Tribal Repository, Tribal Digital Document Repository, Adiprashikshan Portal and National Tribal Research Portal.

## Statement referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1  for  answer  on 04.12.2023

## Name  and Location of TRIs

|   S. N. | State               | Name of TRI                                                                   | Location        |
|---------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|       1 | Andaman and Nicobar | Tribal Research Institute, Andaman and Nicobar                                | Port Blair      |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh      | Tribal Research Institute,Andhra Pradesh                                      | Visakhapatnam   |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Tribal Research Institute, Arunachal Pradesh                                  | Naharlagun      |
|       4 | Assam               | Assam Institute of Research for Tribals &Scheduled Castes, Assam              | Guwahati        |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh        | Tribal Research &Training Institute, Chhattisgarh                             | Raipur          |
|       6 | Gujarat             | Tribal Research &Training Institute, Gujarat                                  | Ahmedabad       |
|       7 | Himachal Pradesh    | Institute of Tribal Studies, Himachal Pradesh                                 | Shimla          |
|       8 | Jammu And Kashmir   | Tribal Research Institute, Jammu And Kashmir                                  | Srinagar        |
|       9 | Jharkhand           | Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Jharkhand                                  | Ranchi          |
|      10 | Karnataka           | Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute, Karnataka                          | Mysore          |
|      11 | Kerala              | Kerala Institute for Research Training &Development Studies for SC/ST, Kerala | Kozhikode       |
|      12 | Madhya Pradesh      | Tribal Research &Development Institute, Madhya Pradesh                        | Bhopal          |
|      13 | Maharashtra         | Tribal Research &Training Institute, Maharashtra                              | Pune            |
|      14 | Manipur             | Tribal Research Institute, Manipur                                            | Imphal          |
|      15 | Mizoram             | Tribal Research Institute, Mizoram                                            | Aizawl          |
|      16 | Nagaland            | Tribal Research Institute, Nagaland                                           | Kohima          |
|      17 | Odisha              | SC / ST Research &Training Institute, Odisha                                  | Bhubaneswar     |
|      18 | Rajasthan           | Tribal Research &Training Institute, Rajasthan                                | Udaipur         |
|      19 | Sikkim              | Tribal Research Instittute,Sikkim                                             | Gangtok         |
|      20 | Tamil Nadu          | Tribal Research Center, Tamil Nadu                                            | Ooty            |
|      21 | Telangana           | TCR &TI, Telangana                                                            | Hyderabad       |
|      22 | Tripura             | Tribal Research &Cultural Institute, Tripura                                  | Agartala        |
|      23 | Uttar Pradesh       | SC/ST Research &Training Institute, Uttar Pradesh                             | Lucknow         |
|      24 | West Bengal         | Cultural Research Institute, West Bengal                                      | Kolkata         |
|      25 | Meghalaya           | Tribal Research Institute, Meghalaya                                          | West Garo Hills |
|      26 | Uttarakhand         | Tribal Research Institute, Uttarakhand                                        | Dehradun        |
|      27 | Goa                 | Tribal Research Institute, Goa                                                | Panaji          |
|      28 | Ladakh              | Tribal Research Institute, Ladakh                                             | Kargil          |

Annexure - II Details of allocation / released of funds and expenditure under the scheme 'Support to TRIs' during the last 5

years

## Amount (₹) in Lakh

| S. No.   | State              | Fund Al location/ Release d   | Expendit ure / UC Submitte d   | Fund Al location/ Release d   | Expendit ure / UC Submitte d   | Fund Al location/ Release d   | Expendit ure / UC Submitte d   | Fund Al location/ Release d   | Expendit ure / UC Submitte d   | Fund Al location/ Release d   | Expendit ure / UC Submitte d   |
|----------|--------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|          |                    | 2018-19                       | 2018-19                        | 2019-20                       | 2019-20                        | 2020-21                       | 2020-21                        | 2021-22                       | 2021-22                        | 2022-23                       | 2022-23                        |
| 1        | Andaman &Ni cobar  | 99.00                         | 77.99                          | 0.00                          |                                | 0.00                          |                                | 0.00                          |                                | 0.00                          |                                |
| 2        | Andhra Prades h    | 749.58                        | 749.58                         | 500.00                        | 500.00                         | 455.00                        | 455.00                         | 432.75                        | 378.86                         | 219.13                        | 0.00                           |
| 3        | Arunachal Prad esh | 253.01                        | 253.01                         | 923.85                        | 923.85                         | 184.15                        | 183.23                         | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 4        | Assam              | 198.75                        | 99.77                          | 235.64                        | 80.66                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh       | 504.49                        | 286.87                         | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 211.53                        | 112.36                         | 113.43                        | 0.00                           |
| 6        | Gujarat            | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 1719.06                       | 1661.96                        | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 7        | Himachal Prad esh  | 106.80                        | 106.80                         | 68.05                         | 68.05                          | 50.00                         | 50.00                          | 114.10                        | 52.87                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 8        | Jammu And Ka shmir | 97.00                         | 97.00                          | 308.84                        | 308.84                         | 206.51                        | 206.51                         | 200.00                        | 200.00                         | 170.85                        | 170.85                         |
| 9        | Jharkhand          | 1211.83                       | 1211.83                        | 1654.50                       | 1654.50                        | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 84.00                         | 82.50                          | 164.96                        | 162.82                         |
| 10       | Karnataka          | 130.00                        | 115.00                         | 106.00                        | 94.00                          | 185.50                        | 123.00                         | 26.35                         | 0.00                           | 184.25                        | 30.00                          |
| 11       | Kerala             | 401.25                        | 398.83                         | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 12       | Madhya Prades h    | 738.34                        | 259.45                         | 0.00                          | 121.10                         | 447.00                        | 280.60                         | 484.58                        | 534.94                         | 0.00                          | 345.19                         |
| 13       | Maharashtra        | 485.01                        | 142.99                         | 141.00                        | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 14       | Manipur            | 530.11                        | 0.00                           | 877.01                        | 109.00                         | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 15       | Mizoram            | 825.00                        | 825.00                         | 1512.00                       | 1512.00                        | 1178.22                       | 1178.22                        | 766.65                        | 766.65                         | 53.75                         | 53.75                          |
| 16       | Nagaland           | 825.00                        | 825.00                         | 275.00                        | 275.00                         | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 85.00                         | 79.50                          | 205.00                        | 205.00                         |
| 17       | Odisha             | 819.07                        | 946.86                         | 780.04                        | 629.25                         | 541.96                        | 554.13                         | 605.80                        | 568.05                         | 313.16                        | 365.30                         |
| 18       | Rajasthan          | 214.00                        | 97.09                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 8.89                          | 0.00                           | 215.34                        | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 19       | Sikkim             | 194.50                        | 194.50                         | 82.50                         | 82.50                          | 144.00                        | 0.00                           | 273.30                        | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu         | 177.25                        | 73.23                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 135.09                        | 71.13                          | 0.00                          | 30.00                          |
| 21       | Telangana          | 454.00                        | 454.00                         | 557.25                        | 557.25                         | 375.75                        | 375.75                         | 548.95                        |                                | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 22       | Tripura            | 316.14                        | 316.14                         | 335.52                        | 230.25                         | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 44.29                         | 43.19                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh      | 47.85                         | 31.80                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 35.15                         | 0.00                           | 89.25                         | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 24       | West Bengal        | 380.15                        | 155.15                         | 149.25                        | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 25       | Meghalaya          | 574.35                        | 574.35                         | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 66.22                         | 66.22                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |
| 26       | Uttarakhand        | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 693.00                        | 680.74                         | 2183.48                       | 2183.48                        | 1400.75                       | 912.82                         | 0.00                          | 496.38                         |
| 27       | Goa                | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 0.00                          | 0.00                           | 202.50                        | 41.82                          | 111.75                        | 83.10                          | 0.00                          | 0.00                           |