Implementation of Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan
Implementation of Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan
Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed Lok Sabha that under the Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan (AKA), significant progress has been made in mobilizing and training grassroots tribal leadership through a structured cascading capacity-building model. As of February 2026, the initiative has mobilised approximately 20 lakh Adi Karmayogis across 1 lakh villages in about 550 districts in 30 States/UTs. The programme has created a trained cadre including 210+ State Master Trainers (SMTs), over 2,200 District Master Trainers (DMTs), and more than 11,000 Block Master Trainers (BMTs). At the community level, 6,79,309 Adi Saathis and 4,03,306 Adi Sahyogis have been mobilised and registered on the portal to support participatory planning, service delivery awareness, and community mobilisation in tribal areas. The table below presents the details of Adi Karmayogis, Adi Sahyogis and Adi Saathis registered on the portal particularly in respect of Keonjhar Lok Sabha Constituency, Kanker, Kondagaon, Balod and Dhamtari districts under Kanker Lok Sabha Constituency and Palghar district in Maharashtra:
S. No.
District Name
State Name
Number of Adi Sahyogis registered
Number of Adi Saathis registered
1
Keonjhar
Odisha
2592
3633
2
Balod
Chhattisgarh
309
2328
3
Dhamtari
Chhattisgarh
1692
135
4
Kondagaon
Chhattisgarh
1605
4584
5
Kanker
Chhattisgarh
Not registered on the portal
1340
6
Palghar
Maharashtra
4899
5247
To strengthen last-mile governance and service access, the Ministry has facilitated the establishment of approximately 56,422 Adi SewaKendras (ASKs) across tribal-dominated districts. These centres function as community facilitation points for grievance redressal, awareness on government schemes, and convergence of services relating to health, education, livelihoods and social protection. Through these centres, tribal communities receive support for accessing entitlements under various Central and State schemes, while also enabling community-level monitoring and participatory governance.
Capacity building under the Abhiyan has been undertaken through a structured training architecture comprising Regional Process Labs (7 batches), State Process Labs (75 batches), District Process Labs (446 batches), and more than 1,580 Block Process Labs, along with Village Workshops conducted in over 68,000 villages. These training modules focus on participatory village planning, service delivery convergence, grievance redressal mechanisms, and strengthening Gram Sabha-based decision making. As a result, 54,324 village workbooks and 62,187 Village Action Plans (VAPs) have been uploaded on the digital platform, reflecting enhanced community participation and improved planning for tribal development interventions.
The Ministry is promoting convergence with line Ministries such as Health, Education, Women and Child Development, Forest and Panchayati Raj to ensure that the trained cadre of Adi Karmayogis supports effective delivery of government programmes in tribal areas. These efforts will further deepen participatory governance and strengthen last-mile service delivery in tribal districts.