Preservation and promotion of tribal cultural heritage
Preservation and promotion of tribal cultural heritage
Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed in Rajya Sabha today that to preserve, document and promote tribal heritage including tribal art forms, languages, oral traditions and customary practices across the country, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India under the Centrally Sponsored scheme ‘Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs)’ extends financial support to 29Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in States/Union Territories (UTs) including those in India’s North East Region. Tribal Research Institute(s) are primarily institutions under the administrative control of the State Government/UT Administration. TRIs submit to the Ministry annual detailed action plan with budgetary requirement through respective State Tribal Welfare Department.Funds are sanctioned to the State Government on need basis and with the approval of Apex Committee chaired by the Secretary, Tribal Affairs. Details of funds released to TRIs including TRIs in North East under the Scheme of ‘Support to Tribal Research Institutes’ during the year 2024-25 is given at Annexure- I.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs through its scheme ‘Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs)’ extends financial support to the tribal communities, artists or cultural practitioners of North Eastern States for proposals relating to, inter-alia research & documentation activities and training & capacity building programmes, organization of tribal festivals, yatras for promotion of unique cultural heritage and tourism and organising exchange visits by tribal people so that their cultural practices, languages and rituals are preserved and disseminated. Details of the projects/activities sanctioned to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) are available on the Ministry’s portal: https://tribal.nic.in/Display_Apex_Minutes.aspx
Steps taken by Ministry of Tribal Affairs to involve tribal communities directly in heritage conservation, exhibition and cultural transmission are mentioned below:
ANNEXURE- I
S. No.
State
2024- 25
1
Andaman and Nicobar
0.00
2
Andhra Pradesh
0.00
3
Arunachal Pradesh
150.00
4
Assam
270.00
5
Bihar
99.00
6
Chhattisgarh
1100.00
7
Goa
200.00
8
Gujarat
250.00
9
Himachal Pradesh
125.00
10
Jammu And Kashmir
100.00
11
Jharkhand
200.00
12
Karnataka
200.00
13
Kerala
300.00
14
Ladakh
99.00
15
Madhya Pradesh
600.00
16
Maharashtra
250.00
17
Manipur
140.00
18
Meghalaya
100.00
19
Mizoram
723.14
20
Nagaland
600.00
21
Odisha
600.00
22
Rajasthan
0.00
23
Sikkim
200.00
24
Tamil Nadu
300.00
25
Telangana
1300.00
26
Tripura
300.00
27
Uttar Pradesh
0.00
28
Uttarakhand
793.86
29
West Bengal
0.00
Total
9000.00