Lok Sabha Question No. 10 (STARRED), answered on 2026-01-29
Subject: Implementation of DAJGUA and Digital Initiatives
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Manna Lal Rawat, Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO *10

TO BE ANSWERED ON-29/01/2026

## IMPLEMENTATION OF DAJGUA AND DIGITAL INITIATIVES

## *10 SMT. ROOPKUMARI CHOUDHARY: DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the objectives, geographical coverage, targeted tribal villages and budget allocation under the 'Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan' (DAJGUA) in the country, State/UT-wise particularly its coverage and outcome in Chattisgarh and Nabarangpur Lok Sabha Constituency in Odisha;
- (b) the total number of tribal villages covered in the 549 districts across the country under the said Abhiyan including the districts in Chattisgarh, Karnataka and Odisha and the number of tribal beneficiaries thereunder, district-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  proposals  received,  work  approved  and  the  budget  allocated  for  Udaipur,  Salumbar, Dungarpur and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan under the said Abhiyan;
- (d) the current status of the progress made with respect to the 'Adi-Vaani', artificial intelligence-enabled tribal language translator along with the various tribal languages/dialects currently supported or proposed to be included in the country particularly those in Chattisgarh, Karnataka/the Western Ghats region and Nabarangpur Lok Sabha Constituency; and
- (e) the details of the roadmap and action plan prepared by the Government for the preservation, documentation, and  promotion  of  endangered  tribal  languages  through  digital  initiatives  and  AI  based  preservation  tools particularly  with  respect  to  Chattisgarh,  Karnataka/the  Western  Ghats  region  and  Nabarangpur  Lok  Sabha Constituency in Odisha?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JUAL ORAM)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*10 for answer on 29.01.2026 regarding Implementation of DAJGUA and Digital Initiatives

(a)    Hon'ble Prime Minister launched Dharti Aaba Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) on 2 nd  October,2024. The  Abhiyan  comprises  of  25  interventions  implemented  by  17  line  Ministries  and  aims  to holistic  socioeconomic development of tribal communities by saturation of infrastructural & human development gaps in ST majority villages or those in Aspirational districts. The objectives of the Abhiyan inter alia include improving access  to  health,  education,  drinking  water,  housing,  livelihood  and  infrastructure  for  tribal  populations, saturating gaps in social infrastructure, health services, schooling, connectivity, skill development, and livelihood support through convergence of existing schemes across ministries.

The total number of tribal villages covered in the 549 districts across the country under the said Abhiyan is 63,843 in  2,911  blocks  of  30  States/UTs.  The  Abhiyan  covers  in  6691  and  7667  villages  in  the  State  of Chattisgarh and Odisha respectively. The total budgetary outlay is ₹79,156 crore (Central ₹56,333 cr + State share ₹22,823 cr) over five years across the country.  Each concerned Ministry has been allocated budget and targets under Abhiyan and responsible for implementing the intervention assigned to it.

The outcome/progress of various interventions in the State of Chattisgarh and Nabranngpur District of Odisha since the inception of DAJGUA is at Annexure-I

(b)       The total number of tribal villages covered in the 549 districts across the country under the said Abhiyan is 63,843 in  2,911  blocks  of  30  States/UTs  including  the  States  of  Chattisgargh,  Karnataka  &  Odisha.  The State/UT-wise coverage of districts, villages and ST population including the States of Chattisgarh, Karnataka & Odisha under this Abhiyan is at Annexure-II .

(c)       The details of activities approved by Ministry of Tribal Affairs in Udaipur, Salumbar, Dungarpur and Pratapgarh districts based on the proposals of State Government of Rajasthan under the Abhiyan are given at Annexure-III .  Further, as per information received from Ministry of Jal Shakti, out of total coverage of 2038 villages  in  Udaipur,  Salumbar,  Dungarpur  and  Pratapgarh,  districts,  1850  villages  have  been  saturated  for drinking water supply. Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned 6076 awas in Dungarpur district, 2793 awas in Pratapgarh district, 9092 in Salumbar district and 2218 awas in Udaipur district. Department of Telecom has  covered  10,27  and  125  villages  for  mobile  connectivity  in  Dungarpur,  Pratapgarh  and  Udaipur  districts respectively.

(d)        Under the Adi Vaani project, four languages i.e., Gondi from Chhattisgarh, Mundari from Jharkhand, Bhili from Madhya Pradesh, and Santali from Odisha is live on the beta version of app and web portal. Two languages, i.e, Kui from Odisha and Garo from Meghalaya is in the development phase. In the second phase of the project, following seven more languages is proposed to be included in Adi Vaani:

-  Maharashtra - Katkari
-  Andhra Pradesh - Savara
-  Tripura - Kokborok
-  Karnataka - Betta Kurumba
-  Manipur - Thodou Kuki & Tangkhul
-  Gujarat - Chodri

(e)         For  the  preservation,  documentation,  and  promotion  of  endangered  tribal  languages  through  digital initiatives and AI based preservation tools, the Government is working to develop Adi Vaani as an AI based translation tool. Under this, an app and web-based platform is being developed with its beta version launched on 1st September with 4 tribal languages namely Gondi from Chhattisgarh, Mundari from Jharkhand, Bhili from Madhya Pradesh, and Santali from Odisha. This platform will provide text-to-text, speech-to-text and speech-tospeech translation of Hindi and English sentences to tribal languages and vice versa. Adi Vaani will also make the policies, schemes, and guidelines available to people in the proposed tribal languages to improve the service delivery.

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*10 for answer on 29.01.2026 raised by Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary and Dr. Manna Lal Rawat regarding Implementation of DAJGUA and Digital Initiatives

State/UT-wise  coverage  of  line  ministries  under  DAJGUA  in  Chhattisgarh  and  Nabarangpur constituency in Odisha as on 21.01.2026

## 1.A. Ministry of Rural Development- PMAY (G)

| Name of the state   | Sanctioned no. of   |   housesCompleted houses |
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
| CHHATTISGARH307361  |                     |                   165770 |
| Nabarangpur         | 4594                |                     7762 |

## 1.B.  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

| State-wise distribution of MMUs Operationalized and Re- Routed - Need Based Intervention   |    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|
| Chhattisgarh                                                                               |  4 |

## 1.C: Ministry of Jal Shakti

|   S. No | States       |   Total Villages |   Sanctioned |   Saturated |
|---------|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------|
|       1 | Chhattisgarh |             6681 |         6677 |        1413 |
|       2 | Nabarangpur  |              530 |          530 |         268 |

## 1.D.  Department of Telecom

| Name of the state   | Total villages to be covered   | Survey pending   | Villages covered   |
|---------------------|--------------------------------|------------------|--------------------|
| Name of the state   | A                              | B                | C=A-B              |
| Chhattisgarh        | 513                            | 50               | 463                |
| Nabarangpur         | 17                             | -                | 17                 |

## 1.E. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

|   Sl. | NoName of the State   |   Sanctioned |   CentresInaugurated Centres |
|-------|-----------------------|--------------|------------------------------|
|     2 | Chhattisgarh          |            4 |                            4 |

## 1F. Ministry of Rural Development - PMGSY

|   S. No | Name State/UT   | of Tentative Length (km)   | DA-JGUA Proposal Status (Stage: DPR scrutiny/Pre- EC/FC/ Sanction)   |
|---------|-----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       2 | Chhattisgarh    | 1,499.757                  | Sanctioned                                                           |

## 1G. Ministry of Power

|   S. NoName of State/UTTotal Sanctioned HH for electrification Total HH electrified | S. NoName of State/UTTotal Sanctioned HH for electrification Total HH electrified   | S. NoName of State/UTTotal Sanctioned HH for electrification Total HH electrified   | S. NoName of State/UTTotal Sanctioned HH for electrification Total HH electrified   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                   1 | Chhattisgarh                                                                        | 39,579                                                                              | 8,334                                                                               |

## 1H. MoTA interventions coverage in Chhattisgarh

| State                                        | Interventions                                |   PAC Approved amount Lakhs) |   (In Total Fund Released (In Lakhs) |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Chhatisgarh                                  | Construction of Classroom in Tribal Schools  |                      7910    |                              1364.4  |
| Chhatisgarh Construction of Hostel Buildings | Chhatisgarh Construction of Hostel Buildings |                     51150    |                                 0    |
| Chhatisgarh                                  | Construction of School Toilets with fittings |                      4520    |                                 0    |
| Chhatisgarh Construction of teacher quarter  | Chhatisgarh Construction of teacher quarter  |                       816    |                                 0    |
| Chhatisgarh Furniture in Tribal area Schools | Chhatisgarh Furniture in Tribal area Schools |                       605    |                                 0    |
| Chhatisgarh Repair &Renovation works         | Chhatisgarh Repair &Renovation works         |                      5736.03 |                                 0    |
| ChhatisgarhTMMC                              | ChhatisgarhTMMC                              |                       500    |                               300    |
| ChhatisgarhFRA                               | ChhatisgarhFRA                               |                       285.95 |                               285.95 |
| ChhatisgarhCFRM plans                        | ChhatisgarhCFRM plans                        |                      6000    |                              3368.79 |
| ChhatisgarhCOC                               | ChhatisgarhCOC                               |                       201.6  |                               201.6  |

Annex  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  10  for  answer  on 29.01.2026 raised by Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary and Dr. Manna Lal Rawat: regarding Implementation of DAJGUA and Digital Initiatives

## State-wise coverage of villages and beneficiaries under DAJGUA

|   S. No. | State               | No. of District   |   No. of Block |   No. of Village |   ST HHs |   Total Population |   ST Population |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------|--------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      | 18                |            107 |              878 |   157638 |            1113652 |          655450 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 23                |             84 |              329 |    40925 |             272750 |          230896 |
|        3 | Assam               | 32                |            147 |             3161 |   398999 |            2779667 |         2124774 |
|        4 | Bihar               | 24                |             74 |              771 |    75070 |            1783928 |          407136 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh        | 32                |            138 |             6691 |  1103404 |            6967289 |         4909442 |
|        6 | Goa                 | 2                 |              9 |               25 |     7227 |              47144 |           34105 |
|        7 | Gujarat             | 21                |            102 |             4265 |  1228970 |            7675215 |         6605912 |
|        8 | Himachal Pradesh    | 10                |             26 |              270 |    24423 |             170351 |          117040 |
|        9 | Jammu And Kashmir20 |                   |            112 |              393 |    91072 |             792087 |          502935 |
|       10 | Jharkhand           | 24                |            231 |             7139 |   967113 |            7044011 |         4976859 |
|       11 | Karnataka           | 28                |            129 |             1089 |   155318 |            1975186 |          805566 |
|       12 | Kerala              | 4                 |              9 |               89 |    53032 |            1322280 |          219524 |
|       13 | Ladakh              | 2                 |             30 |              143 |    23816 |             163981 |          155238 |
|       14 | Lakshadweep         | 1                 |              2 |                2 |     1733 |               9868 |            9322 |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh      | 51                |            267 |            11377 |  1858795 |           13186399 |         9323125 |
|       16 | Maharashtra         | 32                |            214 |             4975 |   937393 |            6347798 |         4694682 |
|       17 | Manipur             | 13                |             57 |              516 |   110530 |             666137 |          629332 |
|       18 | Meghalaya           | 12                |             53 |             1437 |   199324 |            1183736 |         1135901 |
|       19 | Mizoram             | 11                |             26 |              383 |    80148 |             414444 |          400652 |
|       20 | Nagaland            | 16                |             74 |              608 |   176419 |             956721 |          915742 |
|       21 | Odisha              | 27                |            234 |             7667 |  1085661 |            7042261 |         4815670 |
|       22 | Rajasthan           | 30                |            208 |             6019 |  1076190 |            7655043 |         5537444 |
|       23 | Sikkim              | 6                 |             26 |              119 |    14901 |             123635 |           72682 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu          | 16                |             36 |              248 |    74079 |             489153 |          303711 |
|       25 | Telangana           | 30                |            230 |              924 |   271029 |            1691305 |         1150538 |
|       26 | D&NH And D&D        | 2                 |              2 |               76 |    28152 |             203454 |          147290 |
|       27 | Tripura             | 8                 |             52 |              392 |   181487 |             988452 |          828393 |
|       28 | Uttar Pradesh       | 26                |             47 |              517 |    51116 |            1183202 |          311488 |
|       29 | Uttarakhand         | 7                 |             15 |              128 |    15581 |             209384 |           88723 |
|       30 | West Bengal         | 21                |            170 |             3212 |   364673 |            3974631 |         1707342 |

Annex  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  10  for  answer  on 29.01.2026 raised by Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary and Dr. Manna Lal Rawat regarding Implementation of DAJGUA and Digital Initiatives

The details  of  activities  approved  by  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  in  Udaipur,  Salumbar, Dungarpur  and  Pratapgarh  based  on  the  proposals  of  State  Government  of  Rajasthan   under DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan:

|   S. No. | State     | Intervention                                              | District      | Unit   |   Fund Approved (in lacs) |
|----------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Rajasthan | Construction of Hostels in Tribal Area Schools            | Udaipur       | 5      |                    1375   |
|        2 | Rajasthan | Construction of Toilet complex Ashram/Tribal area Schools | in Salumbar   | 1      |                      20   |
|        3 | Rajasthan | Construction of Toilet complex Ashram/Tribal area Schools | in Dungerpur2 |        |                      40   |
|        4 | Rajasthan | Construction of Toilet complex Ashram/Tribal area Schools | in Udaipur    | 1      |                      20   |
|        5 | Rajasthan | TMMC                                                      | Udaipur       | 1      |                     100   |
|        6 | Rajasthan | CoCs (RNT Medical College)                                | Udaipur       | 1      |                     284.3 |

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