Parliament Question: Welfare Schemes for Tribal Communities

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- †820 TO BE ANSWERED ON- 04/12/2025 WELFARE SCHEMES FOR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES † 820. SHRI SHYAMKUMAR DAULAT BARVE: Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is at present implementing any scheme for the economic, social and educational welfare of tribal communities in the State of Maharashtra; (b) if so, the details thereof, scheme-wise; (c) the number of beneficiaries under each such scheme, district-wise; and (d) the amount of funds allocated for these schemes during the last five years, district-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY) (a) and (b): 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 Maharashtra. Besides Ministry of Tribal Affairs, 41 Ministries/Departments are mandated to allocate 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/budget2024-25/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 including the State of Maharashtra are available at https://statetsp.tribal.gov.in. Further, Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing various schemes/programmes for the welfare and development of the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the country. The details of these schemes is given at Annexure I. (c): The details are enclosed at Annexure II. (d): The details are enclosed at Annexure III.Annexure I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †820 for answer on 04.12.2025 by Shri Shyamkumar Daulat Barve regarding “Welfare Schemes for Tribal Communities” Brief details of major schemes/programmes being implemented by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the country: (i) Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan: Hon'ble PM launched Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan on 2nd October, 2024. The Abhiyan comprises of 25 interventions implemented by 17-line Ministries and aims to saturate infrastructural gaps in 63,843 villages, improve access to health, education, Anganwadi facilities and providing livelihood opportunities benefiting more than 5 crore tribals in 549 districts and 2,911 blocks in 30 States/UTs in 5 years. The Abhiyan has total budgetary outlay of Rs.79,156 Cr (Central share: ₹56,333 Cr and State share: ₹22,823 Cr). (ii) Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN): Government has launched Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) on 15th November 2023, which is celebrated as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas. The mission with financial outlay of around Rs.24,000 Crore aims to saturate PVTG households and habitations with basic facilities such as safe housing, clean drinking water and sanitation, improved access to education, health and nutrition, road and telecom connectivity, electrification of un-electrified households and sustainable livelihood opportunities in time bound manner in 3 years. (iii) Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission (PMJVM): The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission (PMJVM), which has been designed through the merger of two existing schemes for the promotion of tribal livelihood, i.e., “Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP” and “Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products/Produce”. The scheme envisages fixation and declaration of Minimum Support Price for the selected MFP. Procurement and Marketing operation at pre-fixed MSP will be undertaken by the designated State Agencies in the event of the prevailing market price of the particular MFP item falling below the stipulated MSP. Simultaneously other medium and long-term issues like sustainable collection, value addition, infrastructure development, knowledge base expansion of MFP and market intelligence development will also be addressed. (iv) Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS): Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) was started in the year 2018-19 to provide quality education at par with Navodaya Vidyalaya to the tribal children in their own environment. Under the new scheme, Government decided to establish 440 EMRSs, one EMRS in every block having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons (as per census 2011). 288 EMRS schools were initially funded under Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution, which are being upgraded as per the new model. Accordingly, Ministry has set the target to set up total of 728 EMRSs benefiting around 3.5 lakh ST students across the country.(v) Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution: Under the Proviso to Article 275(1) of Constitution, Grants are released to States, having ST population for raising the level of administration in Scheduled Areas and for the welfare of tribal people. This is a Special Area Programme and 100% grants are provided to States. Funds are released to the State Governments depending on the felt needs of ST population to bridge the gap in infrastructure activities in the fields of education, health, skill development, livelihood, drinking water, sanitation, etc. (vi) Grant-in Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes: Under the scheme of Grant-in-Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes, the Ministry funds projects in the fields of education and health, covering residential schools, non-residential schools, hostels, mobile dispensaries, ten or more bedded hospitals, livelihood, etc. (vii) Pre-Matric Scholarships to ST students: The scheme is applicable to students who are studying in Classes IX –X. Parental income from all sources should not be more than Rs.2.50 lakhs per annum. Scholarship of Rs.225/-per month for day scholars and Rs.525/-per month for hostellers is given for a period of 10 months in a year. Scholarship is disbursed through the State Government/UT Administration. Funding ratio is 75:25 between Centre and States for all States except North East and Hills States/UT like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir where it is 90:10. For UTs without legislature sharing pattern is 100% Central share. (viii) Post Matric Scholarship to ST students: The objective of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to the Scheduled Tribe students studying at post-matriculation or post-secondary levels to enable them to complete their education. Parental income from all sources should not be more than Rs.2.50 lakhs per annum. Compulsory fees charged by educational institutions are reimbursed subject to the limit fixed by the concerned State Fee fixation committee and scholarship amount of Rs.230 to Rs.1200 per month, depending upon the course of study is paid. The Scheme is implemented by the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. Funding ratio is 75:25 between Centre and States for all States except NE and Hilly States/UT of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir where it is 90:10. For UTs without legislature sharing pattern is 100% Central share. (ix) National Overseas Scholarships for ST Candidates: The Scheme provides for financial assistance to selected students to pursue Post Graduation, PhD & Post-Doctoral study abroad. A total of 20 awards are given every year. Of these, 17 awards are for STs and 3 awards for students belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). Parental/family income from all sources should not exceed Rs.6.00 lakhs per annum. (x) National Fellowship &Scholarship for Higher Education of ST students: (a) National Scholarship– (Top class) Scheme [Graduate level]: The objective of the scheme is to encourage meritorious ST students for pursuing studies in prescribed courses in any of the 265 institutions of excellence across the country like IITs, AIIMS, IIMs, NIITs, etc. identified by the Ministry. Family income from all sources should not exceed Rs.6.00 lakhs per annum. Scholarship amount includes tuition fees, living expenses and allowances for books and computer. (b) National Fellowship for ST students: 750 fellowships are provided to ST students each year for pursing higher studies in India for MPhil and PhD. Fellowship is granted as per UGC norms.(xi) Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs): Ministry extends support to the State Governments through the Scheme to set up new TRIs where it didn’t exist and to strengthen functioning of existing TRIs to carry out its core responsibility towards Research & Documentations, Training and capacity building, promotion of rich tribal heritage etc. To preserve tribal art and culture, financial assistance is provided to TRI’s to carry out various activities to preserve and promote tribal culture and heritage across the country through research and documentation, maintenance and preservation of art & artefacts, setting up of tribal museum, exchange visits for the tribals to other parts of the State, organizing tribal festivals etc. Funding under this Scheme is 100% grant-in-aid by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to the TRIs on need basis with the approval of Apex Committee.Annexure II Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †820 for answer on 04.12.2025 by Shri Shyamkumar Daulat Barve regarding “Welfare Schemes for Tribal Communities” PM-JANMAN (MPC) Sr.No. District Sanctioned Completed 1 Ahillynagar 1 - 2 Chandrapur 2 2 3 Gadchiroli 25 7 4 Nanded 4 4 5 Nashik 5 2 6 Palghar 30 22 7 Raigad 20 9 8 Thane 4 2 9 Wardha 3 1 10 Yavatmal 27 13 Total 121 62 PM-JANMAN (Anganwadi Centre) Sr.No. District Approved Anganwadis 1 Gadchiroli 25 2 Nanded 1 3 Nashik 12 4 Palghar 15 5 Pune 11 6 Raigad 63 7 Ratnagiri 8 8 Satara 2 9 Thane 22 10 Yavatmal 9 Total 178 PM-JANMAN (Hostels) Sr.No District Sanctioned hostels 1 Raigad 6 2 Yavatmal 6 3 Gadchiroli 2 4 Nashik 2 5 Nanded 1 6 Wardha 8 Total 25Eklavya Model Residential School, Maharashtra Students Strength AY 2025-26 Sr. ATC PO District Name of EMRS Total No. Boys Girls Total 1 Nashik Nashik Nashik Peth Road 196 185 381 2 Nashik Nashik Pimpri Sadroddin 195 203 398 3 Nashik Nashik Titve 162 161 323 4 Nashik Kalwan Ajmer Saundane 187 207 394 5 Nashik Kalwan Chankapur 185 189 374 6 Nashik Kalwan Shinde digar 164 176 340 7 Nashik Nashik Devgaon (Peth) 100 113 213 8 Nashik Nashik Boripada 113 107 220 9 Nashik Nandurbar Nandurbar Nandurbar 168 183 351 10 Nashik Nandurbar Dhongsangali 165 172 337 11 Nashik Taloda Akkalkuwa 161 180 341 12 Nashik Taloda Dhadgaon 175 170 345 13 Nashik Nandurbar Mohida (Shahada) 111 100 211 14 Nashik Taloda Taloda (Kharwad) 113 110 223 15 Nashik Rajur AhilyaNagar Maveshi 177 205 382 16 Nashik Dhule Dhule Pimpalner 182 196 378 17 Nashik Dhule Bhadane 118 118 236 18 Thane Dahanu Palghar Kambalgaon 185 190 375 19 Thane Shahapur Thane Shendegaon 179 167 346 20 Thane Dahanu Palghar Savane 142 161 303 21 Thane Jawhar Palghar Palsunde (Jawhar) 150 139 289 22 Thane Dahanu Palghar Mokhada (Karegaon) 85 77 162 23 Thane Dahanu Palghar Dahanu 142 132 274 24 Amravati Dharni Amravati Chikhaldara 165 169 334 25 Amravati Dharni Dharni 96 83 179 26 Amravati Pandharkawad Yavatmal Botoni 175 178 353 27 Amravati Kinwat Nanded Sahastrakund 180 191 371 28 Nagpur Nagpur Nagpur Khairiparsoda 195 193 388 29 Nagpur Deori Gondia Borgaon Bazar 180 206 386 30 Nagpur Gadchiroli Gadchiroli Chamorshi 167 187 354 31 Nagpur Gadchiroli Gewardha 123 117 240 32 Nagpur Gadchiroli Korchi 136 133 269 33 Nagpur Bhamragad Bhamragad 78 78 156 34 Nagpur Gadchiroli Etapalli 88 62 150 35 Nagpur Gadchiroli Dhanora 77 61 138 36 Nagpur Aheri Aheri 201 202 403 37 Nagpur Chandrapur Chandrapur Dewada 175 184 359 Total 5591 5685 11276Post-matric scholarship (FY 2025-2026) Sr. No District No. of Students 1 Ahmednagar 3,725 2 Akola 431 3 Amravati 2,105 4 Beed 511 5 Bhandara 1,212 6 Buldana 351 7 Chandrapur 4,003 8 Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar 2,487 9 Dharashiv 149 10 Dhule 2,774 11 Gadchiroli 2,815 12 Gondiya 1,729 13 Hingoli 1,430 14 Jalgaon 1,728 15 Jalna 346 16 Kolhapur 127 17 Latur 407 18 Mumbai City 170 19 Mumbai Suburban 158 20 Nagpur 4,276 21 Nanded 2,198 22 Nandurbar 11,042 23 Nashik 24,703 24 Palghar 4,961 25 Parbhani 2,584 26 Pune 4,031 27 Raigarh 406 28 Ratnagiri 67 29 Sangli 69 30 Satara 136 31 Sindhudurg 56 32 Solapur 104 33 Thane 2,198 34 Wardha 1,645 35 Washim 433 36 Yavatmal 2,524 Total 88,091Annexure III Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †820 for answer on 04.12.2025 by Shri Shyamkumar Daulat Barve regarding “Welfare Schemes for Tribal Communities” Fund allocations made during last five financial years by the Ministry under these schemes/programmes is as follows: Funds released under Post-Matric scholarship Scheme for ST students (Rs. In Crore) Sl.No. Name of the F.Y. 2020- F.Y. 2021- F.Y. 2022- F.Y. 2023- F.Y. 2024- State/UT 21 22 23 24 25* 1 Maharashtra 181.50 192.15 90.27 570.36 117.81 *Provisional Funds released during last two years under PM-JANMAN (in Rs. Cr) S.N. State FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25* 1 Maharashtra 12.47 5.00 *Provisional The details of funds released during last five years under the scheme “Development of PVTGs” are as under: (in Rs. lakhs) S. No State 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25* 1 Maharashtra 1411.66 0 0 0 0 *Provisional Amount of loan disbursed by NSTFDC in the last five years Rs. in lakhs 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25* Sl. State Amount Amount Amount Amount Amount No. disbursed disbursed disbursed disbursed disbursed 1 Maharashtra 37.27 209.06 658.19 2523.52 567.76* Provisional Funds released under SCA to TSS/PMAAGY during last 5 years (Rs. in lakh) S. No. States SCA to TSS PMAAGY 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25* Fund Release Fund Release Fund Release Fund Release Fund Release 1 Maharashtra 0.00 0.00 13485.50 0.00 0.00 *Provisional Statement showing fund released under Article 275(1) of Constitution (Rs.in Lakh) S.N States 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25* Total Release Total Release Total Release Total Release Total Release 1 Maharashtra 4573.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 *Provisional DETAILS OF FUND RELEASED FUNDED DURING THE YEAR 2020-21 TO 2024-25 UNDER THE SCHEME OF GRANTS IN AID TO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING FOR THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES' (Rs.in Lakh) State 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25* MAHARASHTRA 402.57 673.98 1358.81 1047.53 1550.50 *ProvisionalDetails of funds released under the Scheme of ‘Support to Tribal Research Institutes’ during 2020-21 to 2024-25 (Rs. in lakh) State Fund Released Sl. No 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25* 1 Maharashtra 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 250.00 *Provisional Details of funds released under EMRS during last five years (Rs. In Lakh) S. No. Name of the State/UT 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25* 1 Maharashtra 2,787.16 4,393.74 12,919.16 8,525.91 26,849.30 *Provisional *****