Lok Sabha Question No. 3301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Tribal Welfare Schemes in Assam
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Md. Rakibul Hussain

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3301

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026

## TRIBAL WELFARE SCHEMES IN ASSAM

## 3301.   MD. RAKIBUL HUSSAIN:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry of Tribal Affairs is coordinating with other Union Ministries and the State Governments for convergence of tribal welfare schemes in Assam;
- (b) if so, the details of such convergence initiatives;
- (c) whether any monitoring mechanism has been established to avoid duplication and leakages, if so, the details thereof, and
- (d) the details of impact of convergence on overall service delivery in tribal areas?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d):  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 including the State of Assam. Besides Ministry of Tribal Affairs, 41 Ministries/Departments are allocating certain percentage of their total scheme budget every year for tribal development under DAPST to bridge the developmental gap between Scheduled Tribes (STs) and non-ST populations and for various tribal development projects relating to education, health,  agriculture,  irrigation,  roads,  housing,  electrification,  employment  generation,  skill development, etc. Schemes along-with funds allocated by the obligated Ministries/Departments for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes are given at Statement 10B of Expenditure Profile of Union Budget document in the link:

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/stat10b.pdf.

State  Governments  are also  supposed  to  earmark  TSP  funds  with  respect  to  the  total  Scheme allocation, in proportion to ST population (Census 2011) in the State. The details of allocation and expenditure for TSP by States/UTs out of their own funds are available at https://statetsp.tribal.gov.in.

The Ministry has undertaken for development of STs through convergence of funds available with different  Ministries/Departments  under  DAPST  through  Dharti  Aaba  Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh Abhiyaan (DAJGUA). The Abhiyan launched by Hon'ble PM on 2nd October, 2024 comprises of 25 interventions implemented by 17-line Ministries and aims to saturate infrastructural gaps in 63,843 villages, provide social infrastructure like hostels, Anganwadi facilities and mobile medical units etc benefiting more than 5 crore tribals in 549 districts and 2,911 blocks in 30 States/UTs in 5 years. The Abhiyan has a total budgetary outlay of Rs.79,156 Cr (Central share: ₹56,333 Cr and State share: ₹22,823 Cr).

Committees  have  been  formulated  at  the  State,  District,  and  Block  levels  to  ensure  effective implementation,  coordination,  and  monitoring  of  the  Dharti  Aaba  Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh Abhiyan. At the State level, a State-Level Apex Committee (SLAC) chaired by the Chief Secretary has been constituted. At the District level, a District-Level Committee, chaired by the District Collector  and  at  the  Block  level,  a  Block-Level  Implementation  Teams  (BLITs)  comprising officers  from  various  departments  have  been  set  up  to  facilitate  grassroots  implementation  of interventions.

An online monitoring system has been put in place by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs with web address:  https://stcmis.gov.in  for  monitoring  of  DAPST  funds.  The  framework  captures  data directly from Public Finance Management System (PFMS) and enables MoTA to see the real time expenditure vis-a-vis allocations of different Ministries/Departments under DAPST.

Additionally,  interactive  dashboards  on  the  PM  Gati  Shakti  portal  provide  ministry  wise  and intervention-wise progress monitoring using real-time data from various ministries, supporting targeted planning and gap analysis. Nodal officers are appointed within respective Ministries and Departments to facilitate smoother implementation and reporting of tribal-related schemes. MoTA maintains  regular  coordination  and  continuous  engagement  with  obligated  Ministries  and Departments to review fund utilization and ensure effective implementation of guidelines.

Based  on  this,  Scheme/programme-wise  allocation  by  Ministries/Departments  is  available  in Statement 10B of Union Budget which is a dedicated statement showing ministry-wise allocations for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes. Similarly, Statement 10BBB of Union Budget are dedicated statements showing allocations for DAJGUA scheme.

For proper accounting and monitoring and to ensure their non-divertibility to any other scheme, funds allocated under DAPST are shown by all the obligated Ministries/Depts under the minor head '796' below the functional major Head/Sub Major Heads in their 'Detailed Demands for Grants'.

The Achievements in respect of All Line Ministries/Departments of DAJGUA across India is as under (As on 21.01.2026):

|   S. No. | Ministry                             | Activity                 | Mission Target (2024-2028)   | Target till March 2026   | Progress                                                                                                           |
|----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) | PMAY-G - Housing PMGSY - | 20 Lakhs 25,000 KmRoad       | 6 Lakhs 7,500 Villages   | House Completed: 7,00,800 Total Sanctioned 710 roads (2,411.25 Km):  J&K - 62 roads (296.301 Km)  Chhattisgarh - |
|        2 | Ministry of Jal Shakti               | Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) | All villages to be saturated | 1,500 villages           | Saturated Villages: 27,362                                                                                         |

|   3 | Ministry of Power                           | Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme - RDSS              | 2.35 lakh Households                                 | 70,000 HHs to be electrified   | Electrified: 65,249 (Households and Public Institutions)                              |
|-----|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy        | New Solar Power Scheme-PM Surya Ghar Yojana             | Provision of Solar Roof top at 2000 institutions     |                                | Sanctioned: 4,099 HHs (100 in Manipur and 3,999 Arunachal Pradesh)                    |
|   5 | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare       | Mobile Medical units under National Health Mission      | 1,000 MMUs                                           | 100 MMUs                       | 154 MMUoperationalized                                                                |
|   6 | Ministry of Women and Child Development     | Anganwadi Centre- Poshan 2.0 (ICDS)                     | 2,000 New Anganwadis                                 | 400 New                        | Operationalized 445 AWCs                                                              |
|   7 | DoSE&L, Ministry of Education               | Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)                           | 1,000 hostels                                        | 300 hostels                    | Foundation stone laid for 311 hostels                                                 |
|   8 | Department of Telecommunication             | Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)                | 5,252 villages                                       | 1500 Villages                  | Covered Villages: 3,513                                                               |
|   9 | Ministry of Tourism                         | Responsible tourism (Swadesh Darshan)                   | 1000 Home stays                                      | 100 Home stays                 | Homestay Projects worth 17.7 Cr. Upcoming in AP, UK, Ladakh, MP, Mizoram              |
|  10 | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM- RKVY) | Agriculture support to FRA Patta holders (~ 2 lakh)  | 60000 beneficiaries            | 1.73 lakh Patta holders identified as potential beneficiaries                         |
|  11 | D/o Fisheries                               | Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)            | Support to tribal fishermen: 10,000 IFR and 1000 CFR | 3000 beneficiaries             | Progress not reported in 2025-26 Beneficiaries reported in 2024-25- 882 beneficiaries |
|  11 | D/o Animal Husbandry and Dairying           | National Livestock Mission                              | Livestock management support to 8500 IFR holders     | 2550 beneficiaries             | Rs. 8 Cr has been released by the department to 6 states in 2025-26                   |

| 12   | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship   | Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme      | (i) 30 Skilling Centers in tribal districts                                            | 9 skilling Centers& training for 300 VDVKs   | 30 Skilling Centers have been inaugurated across the country with 2944 beneficiaries enrolled.   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |                                                      |                                         | (ii) Training of 1000 VDVKs and tribal groups                                          |                                              | Training is yet to start                                                                         |
| 13   | Ministry of AYUSH                                    | Poshan Vatikas - National AYUSH Mission |                                                                                        | 700 Poshan Vatikas                           | Poshan Vatika in EMRS is under implementation                                                    |
| 14   | Ministry of Panchayati Raj                           | Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)    | FRA awareness programs at all Gram Sabhas, Sub-division and districts dealing with FRA |                                              | Total ST participant trained - 46,19,662                                                         |
| 15   | Ministry of Petroleum &Natural Gas                   | LPG - Ujjwala Yojana                    | 25 Lakhs LPG connections                                                               | 7.5 Lakhs HHs                                | Pending for approval of the main scheme                                                          |

## Initiatives of Ministry of Tribal Affairs under DAJGUA

| Name of the                              | Approved projects   | Approved Fund Fund released   | Approved Fund Fund released   |
|------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| scheme                                   |                     | (in Cr.)                      | (in Cr.)                      |
| Ashram Schools                           | 6,773               | 3,506.43                      | 587.81                        |
| TMMC                                     | 76                  | 77.70                         | 41.707                        |
| FRA Cells                                | 433                 | 63.19                         | 40.07                         |
| CFR management Plans                     | 620                 | 98.60                         | 84.20                         |
| COC                                      | 17                  | 48.66                         | 37.13                         |
| SCD Awareness+Asha Honorarium + ToT Fund |                     | 17.77                         | 4.092                         |

Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan Details of funds released during 2025-26 (Rs. in Cr) as on 21.01.2026

| Sl. No   | State             | Released   |
|----------|-------------------|------------|
| A        | B                 | F          |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 41.15      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 11.24      |
| 3        | Assam             | 11.86      |
| 4        | Bihar             | 6.82       |
| 5        | Gujarat           | 87.92      |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.47       |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 39.21      |
| 8.       | Karnataka         | 28.77      |
| 9.       | Kerala            | 7.79       |
| 10.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 67.98      |
| 11.      | Maharashtra       | 134.33     |
| 12.      | Manipur           | 9.35       |
| 13.      | Nagaland          | 4.84       |
| 14.      | Odisha            | 12.54      |
| 15.      | Rajasthan         | 83.74      |
| 16.      | Sikkim            | 5.85       |
| 17.      | Tamilnadu         | 2.31       |
| 18.      | Tripura           | 2.30       |
| 19.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 4.44       |
| 20.      | West Bengal       | 0.15       |
| 21.      | Chhattisgarh      | 18.66      |
| 22       | Jharkhand         | 22.43      |
| 23.      | Uttarakhand       | 1.46       |
| 24.      | Telangana         | 43.19      |
|          | Total             | 648.80     |

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