Lok Sabha Question No. 1153 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Rural Development Scheme in Tribal Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Malook Nagar, Basanta Kumar Panda

## MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS SHRI ARJUN MUNDA

(a): The  Government  of  India  is  implementing  various  schemes  through  sectoral  Ministries  wherein dedicated  funds  are  earmarked  as  Scheduled  Tribe  Component  (STC)  [Development  Action  Plan  for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST)] for tribal welfare and development across the country. This includes support for education,  health,  sanitation,  water  supply,  livelihood  etc.  As  on  date,  besides  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs (MoTA), 41 Ministries / Departments are allocating certain percentage of their total scheme budget for tribal development under STC for various tribal development projects. Major part of infrastructure development in tribal dominated areas and provision of basic amenities to tribal people in the country is carried out through various schemes / programmes of concerned Central Ministries and the State Governments concerned, while the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) implements scholarship schemes, EMRS scheme, Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna , Pradhan Mantri Jan Jatiya Vikas Mission and various other schemes exclusively for the welfare of tribal areas and tribal communities.    Scheme-wise details of funds allocated by different Central Ministries / Departments under their schemes are reflected in the Union Budget as Statement 10B which is laid on the table of the House and is also available at https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/stat10b.pdf

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-† 1153

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 11/12/2023

## RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN TRIBAL AREAS

## †1153. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR: SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the various Rural Development Schemes being implemented in different tribal areas and the amount of funds allocated for each scheme separately;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to give ownership right to the tribal people residing on the forest land in rural areas;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has decided to develop roads and other infrastructural facilities in the said areas?

## ANSWER

Ministry of Rural Development, being nodal Ministry for rural development, is implementing various schemes for welfare and development of rural areas of the country viz., Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhayay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),  National  Social  Assistance  Programme (NSAP), Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) and Watershed Development Component (WDC) of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) for rural development.

(b) & (c): 'The Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition Of Forest Rights) Act, 2006'(in short FRA) has provisions for recognition and vesting of forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes (FDSTs) and other traditional forest dwellers (OTFDs). As  per  FRA  and  rules  made  thereunder, Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  is  the  nodal  agency  and  the responsibility  for  implementation of the Act  lies  with  State Governments/UT Administrations. As per information received from State Governments as on 31.10.2023, a total of  45,70,932 claims (43,81,385 individual  and  1,89,547  community)  have  been  filed  and  23,43,009  titles  (22,29,013  individual  and 1,13,996 community) have been distributed to the extent of 1,80,70,577.43 acres (47,96,364.16 acres for individual and 1,32,74,213.27 acres for community) of forest land.

(d): Government  has  approved  scheme  'Pradhan  Mantri  Adi  Adarsh  Gram  Yojna  (PMAAGY)',  for implementation  during  2021-22  to  2025-26,  which  aims  at  integrated  development  of   villages  with significant  tribal  population  covering  about  population  of  4.22  crore  (About  40%  of  the  total  Tribal Population). It is envisaged to cover 36,428 villages having at least 50% tribal population and 500 STs across States / UTs with notified STs.  The scheme envisions to mitigate gaps prominently in 8 sectors of development viz. Road connectivity (Internal and Inter village  /block), Telecom connectivity (Mobile /internet), School, Anganwadi Centres, Health Sub-Centre, Drinking water facility, Drainage and solid waste management. A sum of ₹20.38 lakh per village as 'Gap-filling' has been provisioned for approved activities including administrative expenses under PMAAGY. Besides States / UTs are encouraged for convergence of resources as Central / State Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) funds and other financial resources available with them for saturation of gaps in the villages identified under PMAAGY. Further, Union Cabinet has approved Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) to improve socio-economic conditions of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).

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