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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 Secretaryhas 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. Mission Target Target till
Ministry Activity Progress
No. (2024-2028) March 2026
PMAY-G - House Completed:
20 Lakhs 6 Lakhs
Housing 7,00,800
Total Sanctioned 710
roads (2,411.25 Km):
J&K - 62 roads
Ministry of Rural
(296.301 Km)
1 Development
(MoRD) PMGSY - 25,000 Km Road 7,500 Villages Chhattisgarh –
Roads
532 roads
(1,824.08 Km)
Rajasthan – 116
roads (290.875
Km)
Jal Jeevan All villages to be
2 Ministry of Jal Shakti 1,500 villages Saturated Villages: 27,362
Mission (JJM) saturatedRevamped
Electrified: 65,249
Distribution 2.35 lakh 70,000 HHs to
3 Ministry of Power (Households and Public
Sector Scheme Households be electrified
Institutions)
– RDSS
New Solar
Sanctioned: 4,099 HHs
Power Provision of
Ministry of New and
4 Scheme- PM Solar Roof top at
Renewable Energy (100 in Manipur and
Surya Ghar 2000 institutions
3,999 Arunachal Pradesh)
Yojana
Mobile
Ministry of Health Medical units
5 1,000 MMUs 100 MMUs 154 MMU operationalized
and Family Welfare under National
Health Mission
Ministry of Women Anganwadi
2,000 New Operationalized 445
6 and Child Centre- Poshan 400 New
Anganwadis AWCs
Development 2.0 (ICDS)
Samagra
DoSE&L, Ministry of Shiksha Foundation stone laid for
7 1,000 hostels 300 hostels
Education Abhiyan 311 hostels
(SSA)
Universal
Department of Service
8 5,252 villages 1500 Villages Covered Villages: 3,513
Telecommunication Obligation
Fund (USOF)
Responsible Homestay Projects worth
tourism 100 Home 17.7 Cr. Upcoming in AP,
9 Ministry of Tourism 1000 Home stays
(Swadesh stays UK, Ladakh, MP,
Darshan) Mizoram
Pradhan
Mantri Agriculture
Ministry of 1.73 lakh Patta holders
Rashtriya support to FRA 60000
10 Agriculture and identified as potential
Krishi Vikas Patta holders (~ 2 beneficiaries
Farmers Welfare beneficiaries
Yojana (PM- lakh)
RKVY)
Progress not reported in
Pradhan
Support to tribal 2025-26
Mantri Matsya
fishermen: 3000
D/o Fisheries Sampada
10,000 IFR and beneficiaries Beneficiaries reported in
Yojana
1000 CFR 2024-25- 882
(PMMSY)
11 beneficiaries
Livestock
D/o Animal National Rs. 8 Cr has been released
management 2550
Husbandry and Livestock by the department to 6
support to 8500 beneficiaries
Dairying Mission states in 2025-26
IFR holders9 skilling 30 Skilling Centers have
(i) 30 Skilling
Centers & been inaugurated across
Ministry of Skill Jan Shikshan Centers in tribal
training for the country with 2944
12 Development and Sansthan (JSS) districts
300 VDVKs beneficiaries enrolled.
Entrepreneurship Scheme
(ii) Training of
1000 VDVKs Training is yet to start
and tribal groups
Poshan
Vatikas -
700 Poshan Poshan Vatika in EMRS is
13 Ministry of AYUSH National
Vatikas under implementation
AYUSH
Mission
FRA awareness
Rashtriya programs at all
Ministry of Gram Swaraj Gram Sabhas, Total ST participant
14
Panchayati Raj Abhiyan Sub-division and trained – 46,19,662
(RGSA) districts dealing
with FRA
Ministry of
LPG - Ujjwala 25 Lakhs LPG 7.5 Lakhs Pending for approval of
15 Petroleum & Natural
Yojana connections HHs the main scheme
Gas
Initiatives of Ministry of Tribal Affairs under DAJGUA
Approved Fund Fund released
Name of the scheme Approved projects
(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 4.092Dharti 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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