New Delhi , 18 September (H.S.):

The Union Cabinet approved Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan

with total outlay of ₹79,156 crore (Central Share: ₹56,333 crore and State

Share: ₹22,823 crore) for improving the socio-economic condition of tribal

communities, by adopting saturation coverage for tribal families in

tribal-majority villages and aspirational districts.

This will cover around 63,000

villages benefitting more than five crore tribal people as announced in

the Budget Speech 2024-25. It will cover 549 districts and

2,740 blocks spread across all tribal majority villages across 30 States / UTs.

India has ST population of 10.45

crore as per 2011 census and there are more than 705 tribal communities, spread

across the country, living in remote and hard-to-reach areas. The Pradhan

Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan envisions saturation of critical

gaps in social infrastructure, health, education and livelihood through

different schemes by convergence and outreach and ensure

holistic and sustainable development of tribal areas and communities based on

learnings and success of PMJANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha

Abhiyan).

The Mission comprises 25

interventions which will be implemented by 17-line ministries. Each

Ministry/Department would be responsible for implementation of scheme related

to it in a time-bound manner through funds allocated to them under Development

Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) in next five years to achieve goals.

To tap the tourist potential of

tribal areas and to provide an alternate livelihood to the tribal community,

1000 Home stays will be promoted under Swadesh Darshan through Ministry of

Tourism.

In villages which have tourist potential, funding will be

provided to the tribal Household and the village for construction of 5-10

Homestays in one village. Each household will be eligible for ₹ 5 lakhs for the construction of two new rooms and upto ₹3 lakhs for

renovation of existing rooms and ₹5 lakh for village community requirement.

The Abhiyan has been planned based on

learning and Success of Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan

(PM-JANMAN), which was launched by the Prime Minister on Janjatiya Gaurav Divas on November,

15, 2023 with budget of ₹24,104 crore focusing on the PVTG population.

The

PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram is an unique example of cooperative federalism,

whole of Government approach for welfare of the people saturation

through convergence and –outreach.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Nimish kumar