Socio Economic Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes

2025-07-31 Information

In Lok Sabha, the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey replying today to an un-starred question of Shri Shyamkumar Daulat Barve informed that the 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. 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/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 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 and the State-wise funds allocations made during last five financial years by the Ministry is given at Annexure I.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), Government of India, implements its schemes through a range of agencies such as Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) which focuses on tribal product marketing and economic development; National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) which provides credit and self-employment support; and National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), which oversees Eklavya Model Residential Schools. Primarily, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations carry out the on-ground execution. State-level implementing agencies include State Tribal Welfare Departments and the state arms of national agencies (like TRIFED and NSTFDC).

Similarly, the obligated Ministries/Departments implement the schemes under DAPST through their respective state line departments and agencies.

Ministries/Departments and NITI Aayog undertakes evaluation of CS and CSS schemes respectively through third party. NITI Aayog has conducted an Evaluation Study for the EFC cycle which ended in 2020-21 which covered the schemes namely Post Matric Scholarship, Pre-Matric Scholarship, Support to TRI, MSP for Minor Forest Produce, SCA to TSS, Development of PVTGs, Tribal Festival, Infrastructure, Mass Education. Some key findings under some schemes are as below:

The Pre-matric and Post-matric Scholarship schemes for STs have shown some progress, but both suffer from slow implementation and limited awareness at the school and college levels. States and stakeholders have highlighted the need for better communication, accountability, and capacity building to improve outreach and effectiveness. Strengthening scholarship renewal and grievance redressal mechanisms is also a priority for the post-matric scheme.

The Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) scheme remains highly relevant but requires a redesign in its objectives to function as effective think-tanks. Emphasis must be placed on quality research, stronger community engagement, improved fund flow systems, and capacity building. The Ministry must regularly track and monitor the scheme and invest in better human resources and institutional structures.

The SCA to TSS scheme is crucial for tribal communities but needs improvements in resource allocation, fund utilization, and project monitoring. Better systems for fund flow and stronger monitoring frameworks are necessary to ensure timely and effective implementation.

The Ministry has undertaken two missions for development of STs through convergence of funds available with different Ministries/Departments under DAPST namely – Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi NyayMaha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) and DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyaan.

PM JANMAN: Government launched Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) for socio-economic development of 75 PVTG communities residing in 18 states and one UT. The mission aims to provide basic facilities such as safe housing, clean drinking water and improved access to education, health and nutrition, road and telecom connectivity, electrification of unelectrified households and sustainable livelihood opportunities in 3 years. These objectives are planned to be met through 11 interventions including Hostels and Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) implemented by 9-line Ministries. PM JANMAN has total budgetary outlay of Rs.24,104 Cr (Central share: ₹15336 Cr and State share: ₹8768 Cr).

DAJGUA: Hon’ble PM launched DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) on 2^nd October, 2024. The Abhiyan 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 and set up Van Dhan Vikas Kendras to provide 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 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 DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan. At the State level, a State-Level Apex Committee (SLAC) chaired by the Chief Secretary has 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.

Apart from this, MoTA also conducts review meetings with the obligated Ministries/Departments. Nodal officers are also appointed in the respective Ministries/Departments.

(f): Ministry of tribal Affairs monitors the Monthly Progress Reports submitted by the States/UTs. MoTA has been issuing directions and guidelines from time to time on various aspects to ensure proper implementation of the Act. Further review meetings are regularly being held from time to time with the State Tribal Welfare Department and concerned authorities. DC/DMs have been advised to dispose of all pending FRA Claims in time. Grievances /representations received in the Ministry regarding violation of FRA are forwarded to the State / UTs concerned, to ensure that legitimate claimants are not denied their forest rights.

Also, to enhance the comprehensive implementation of the FRA, MoTA has been providing financial support to the districts under ‘DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan’ (DA-JGUA)’ for setting up dedicated FRA cells at the State and district/subdivision levels, for a period of two years. The ministry is urging states to prepare an FRA Atlas to map the potential forest areas which can be considered under FRA and undertake capacity building of all stakeholders. Further, Ministry has been providing financial support to the State Tribal Welfare Department for development and maintenance of the state specific FRA portal (which includes dedicated server, cost of software, hardware, security audit, digital mapping of land records and other operational costs) under DA JGUA.

(g): As per FRA and Rules made thereunder, the State Governments are responsible for implementation of various provisions of the FRA. As per the latest information reported by States and collated under MPR- FRA is being implemented in States -20 states 1 UT. As on 31.05.2025, a total number of claims filed under FRA is 51,23,104 out of which 85.47% claims have been disposed of and claims and 25,11,375 titles (49.02%) have been distributed over the extent of 2,32,73,947.39 acres of forest land. The State-wise details showing distribution of FRA Titles, as on 31.05.2025 is at Annexure II.

Annexure I

Brief details of major schemes/programmes being implemented by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the country:

(i) DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan: Hon’ble PM launched DhartiAabaJanjatiya 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.

State-wise funds allocations made during last five financial years by the Ministry under these schemes/programmes is as follows:

State-wise fund released under Pre-Matric scholarship Scheme for ST students

(Rs. In Crore)

Sl.No.

Name of the State/UT

F.Y. 2020-21

F.Y. 2021-22

F.Y. 2022-23

F.Y. 2023-24

F.Y. 2024-25*

Andaman & Nicobar

0.12

0.08

0.10

Andhra Pradesh

14.34

39.35

57.00

30.77

Arunachal Pradesh

0.00

2.07

2.67

Assam

0.17

1.02

1.07

1.88

1.00

Bihar

0.00

Chhattisgarh

35.42

0.00

52.50

DNH & DD

2.34

2.07

Goa

0.41

0.00

1.08

0.53

0.36

Gujarat

21.99

36.89

54.52

62.00

9.23

Himachal Pradesh

0.92

0.00

0.79

1.10

Jammu & Kashmir

0.00

Jharkhand

0.00

38.99

57.00

Karnataka

0.00

17.53

23.70

34.00

7.00

Kerala

1.17

3.47

4.36

1.00

Ladakh

0.42

0.74

0.40

Madhya Pradesh

54.29

114.58

127.44

53.05

Manipur

0.00

Meghalaya

0.00

1.15

0.70

Mizoram

1.68

6.57

3.07

Nagaland

0.61

0.00

Odisha

69.45

52.37

93.97

29.50

Puducherry

0.02

0.00

Rajasthan

31.27

62.34

35.31

22.36

Sikkim

0.09

0.00

0.18

Tamil Nadu

2.41

5.47

4.04

3.62

0.60

Telangana

0.00

1.50

0.00

Tripura

2.52

0.59

11.37

6.92

Uttar Pradesh

0.00

0.88

Uttarakhand

1.38

0.00

0.15

0.70

West Bengal

7.88

9.13

29.89

Total

248.90

394.14

357.29

308.60

163.69

*Provisional

State-wise fund released under Post-Matric scholarship Scheme for ST students

(Rs. In Crore)

Sl.No.

Name of the State/UT

F.Y. 2020-21

F.Y. 2021-22

F.Y. 2022-23

F.Y. 2023-24

F.Y. 2024-25*

A.& N. Islands

0.13

0.10

Andhra Pradesh

60.39

89.91

133.57

114.71

120.00

Arunachal Pradesh

57.13

123.61

96.16

80.00

100.00

Assam

54.14

10.93

68.45

35.00

79.71

Bihar

7.08

4.43

Chhattisgarh

87.90

93.30

71.25

70.00

DNH DD

34.82

4.04

4.90

Goa

4.58

11.87

5.27

5.00

Gujarat

229.78

461.70

244.26

350.00

231.22

Himachal Pradesh

0.00

5.00

Jammu & Kashmir

8.05

6.84

7.46

9.95

Jharkhand

0.00

126.55

53.11

200.00

Karnataka

0.00

170.81

225.56

125.00

Kerala

32.85

25.16

46.89

29.00

Ladakh

7.38

22.14

18.91

5.96

35.00

Madhya Pradesh

123.44

245.29

270.49

350.00

250.00

Maharashtra

181.50

192.15

90.27

570.36

117.81

Manipur

21.84

42.92

41.38

30.00

25.00

Meghalaya

0.00

26.36

146.20

85.00

145.08

Mizoram

34.47

38.75

25.90

25.00

24.00

Nagaland

32.26

44.36

36.08

35.00

62.00

Odisha

190.96

218.43

171.33

135.64

294.00

Puducherry

0.20

0.00

Rajasthan

255.57

137.45

188.10

220.00

350.00

Sikkim

5.54

10.36

9.25

6.00

Tamil Nadu

33.29

48.49

28.54

20.00

25.00

Telangana

272.98

75.04

238.51

112.50

152.50

Tripura

48.05

71.89

45.22

40.00

74.94

Uttar Pradesh

22.19

10.00

15.00

Uttarakhand

0.00

35.68

1.88

2.70

West Bengal

22.56

38.72

34.06

35.00

Total

1829.08

2256.80

1964.63

2668.69

2598.34

*Provisional

State/UT-wise, details of funds released to State Governments during last two years under PM-JANMAN

(in Rs. Cr)

S.N.

State

FY 2023-24

FY 2024-25*

Andhra Pradesh

14.97

5.00

Chhattisgarh

8.52

0.00

Gujarat

1.66

4.37

Jharkhand

0.62

1.50

Karnataka

3.33

10.26

Kerala

2.29

0.00

Madhya Pradesh

25.99

0.00

Maharashtra

12.47

5.00

Odisha

12.68

23.92

Rajasthan

3.33

3.44

Tamil Nadu

5.20

20.67

Telangana

2.91

13.24

Tripura

4.57

7.50

Uttar Pradesh

0.83

0.00

Uttarakhand

0.62

4.78

Total

100.00

99.68

*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*

Andhra Pradesh

1245.51

1829.6

1645.5

A & N Islands

252.11

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

989.32

996.9

1500

Gujarat

552.2

761.8

1731.2

Jharkhand

1777.29

1696.93

Karnataka

438.46

661.17

1439.42

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

2188.11

2888.69

Maharashtra

1411.66

Manipur

Odisha

1202

1197

1796.75

Rajasthan

968

706.17

1120.625

Tamil Nadu

551.08

1967.81

907.7

2723..11

Telangana

1460.5

1193.04

1508.13

2746.87

Tripura

231.43

1481.71

1402.65

207.95

Uttar Pradesh

82.04

Uttarakhand

295

367.07

West Bengal

519.4

665.95

1631.05

Total

14000

16000

13717.925

7308.98

*Provisional

Amount of loan disbursed by NSTFDC in the last five years

Rs. in lakhs

Sl. No.

State

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25*

Amount disbursed

Andhra Pradesh

5022.24

1127.19

4119.80

5551.49

6039.21

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.00

Arunachal Pradesh

970.52

814.01

699.90

25.77

17.88

Assam

5.00

40.02

24.24

Bihar

11.48

3.06

0.00

Chhattisgarh

197.49

1398.99

296.00

227.29

499.43

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

4.55

0.00

Goa

0.22

0.00

Gujarat

1442.03

2022.50

1019.61

2810.12

4931.39

Haryana

0.00

Himachal Pradesh

13.40

14.00

56.90

2.19

30.60

Jammu & Kashmir

408.75

1362.87

1272.54

295.19

1102.49

Jharkhand

1001.60

1422.00

3.00

684.25

247.45

Karnataka

3109.08

1369.31

1582.42

853.41

1854.44

Kerala

298.76

637.30

720.73

446.74

684.80

Lakshadweep

73.53

Madhya Pradesh

3360.10

2755.01

5392.05

1759.58

1660.72

Maharashtra

37.27

209.06

658.19

2523.52

567.76

Manipur

62.37

25.00

235.49

102.80

Meghalaya

4485.43

694.81

470.60

475.91

298.09

Mizoram

3324.18

5450.68

5295.74

6856.69

6948.28

Nagaland

1098.72

693.36

20.39

1199.77

627.08

Odisha

1794.44

2457.93

63.19

362.35

883.56

Rajasthan

2205.16

508.60

789.35

712.22

130.16

Sikkim

82.11

62.56

34.23

201.63

Tamil Nadu

12.50

15.00

1087.13

3265.67

1210.39

Telangana

5359.23

3111.55

4583.99

3218.52

5174.31

Tripura

2216.28

580.26

48.02

2014.62

1695.98

Uttarakhand

6.15

81.42

32.59

1.92

Uttar Pradesh

1.55

3.37

85.81

West Bengal

275.64

573.91

1643.33

1526.59

2233.75

TOTAL

36790.00

27292.38

29929.30

35165.42

37327.70

*Provisional

State-wise fund 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

Andhra Pradesh

4954.96

0.00

Arunachal Pradesh

7015.50

733.68

0.00

Assam

4578.76

8743.02

11538.22

7182.38

5186.19

Bihar

3106.00

774.44

0.00

Chhattisgarh

8769.06

15595.8

23021.82

0.00

DNDD

0.00

173.23

0.00

Goa

724.26

0.00

Gujarat

10786.40

15916.78

19401.76

0.00

Himachal Pradesh

1367.00

377.03

288.09

0.00

J & K

0.00

932.39

0.00

Ladakh

0.00

470.53

0.00

Jharkhand

7049.64

6531.79

6915.28

0.00

Karnataka

0.00

2139.9

937.48

0.00

Kerala

459.15

0.00

61.19

30.00

Madhya Pradesh

0.00

12268.76

27694.54

0.00

Maharashtra

0.00

13485.50

0.00

Manipur

0.00

427.98

295.47

0.00

Meghalaya

328.25

0.00

3342.30

0.00

Mizoram

1236.22

580.83

1818.61

1112.009

1468.00

Nagaland

2846.14

886.53

2233.97

0.00

3827.44

Odisha

9010.42

2771.68

1001.24

3044.42

0.00

Rajasthan

8662.66

7224.71

15269.66

0.00

Sikkim

0.00

Tamilnadu

377.47

285.32

285.62

855.805

461.37

Telangana

4191.00

2262.18

1681.04

0.00

1646.00

Tripura

1173.30

631.78

904.48

2737.23

0.00

Uttarakhand

757.80

0.00

Uttar Pradesh

508.83

0.00

West Bengal

3746.00

0.00

3495.20

0.00

Total

81648.82

78152.21

135186.41

14993.04

12619.00

*Provisional

showing fund released under Article 275(1) of Constitution (as on 05.06.2025)

(Rs.in Lakh)

S.N

States

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25*

Total Release

Andhra Pradesh

2055.55

2638.65

0.00

9841.55

Arunachal Pradesh

6014.00

9830.00

7265.30

6740.00

10030.00

Assam

4592.37

2570.000

2300.00

3294.12

4286.23

Bihar

0.00

642.08

1001.01

871.24

524.00

Chhattisgarh

9976.24

11604.02

13578.43

15676.77

14506.46

Goa

0.00

600.41

667.79

150.00

479.91

Gujarat

5940.04

6923.79

7549.12

4584.77

2727.27

Himachal Pradesh

1161.00

1500.00

1655.00

1696.45

2244.23

Jharkhand

10278.00

12264.19

6677.87

14299.82

5147.06

Karnataka

3305.68

3210.00

4297.57

4070.00

4730.26

Kerala

0.00

817.67

1910.44

395.81

Madhya Pradesh

4279.78

5319.10

8438.75

15741.70

9183.585

Maharashtra

4573.16

0.00

Manipur

0.00

1067.36

2456.35

1981.32

Meghalaya

492.71

1595.25

2904.84

3127.29

2217.40

Mizoram

1909.71

2971.54

1654.05

2897.97

2143.80

Nagaland

1717.38

3202.39

5863.47

5020.11

2050.50

Odisha

6304.62

11382.05

10150.55

6870.56

10107.95

Rajasthan

9166.00

10435.21

11002.53

8940.07

4626.61

Sikkim

516.00

2045.00

720.38

1754.38

4485.06

Tamil Nadu

0.00

650.49

2019.665

Telangana

2517.00

2050.00

3114.46

5169.00

13797.00

Tripura

201.74

607.53

1294.71

4226.39

4151.82

Uttar Pradesh

927.426

832.71

1135.82

1353.63

1829.90

Uttarakhand

0.00

100.65

306.02

964.05

0.00

West Bengal

4041.14

0.00

4186.50

4744.40

3549.61

Grand Total

79969.55

92324.57

97649.20

117210.00

117057.00

*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*

ANDHRA PRADESH

50.26

162.29

183.01

92.19

249.08

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

271.84

237.79

213.91

205.74

639.09

ASSAM

40.62

185.12

214.46

121.75

284.47

CHHATTISGARH

49.00

130.37

138.42

140.64

250.83

DELHI

13.16

14.29

8.31

–

17.42

GUJARAT

120.98

104.03

284.73

299.17

338.79

HIMACHAL PRADESH

224.25

131.55

226.02

437.22

578.27

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

46.39

26.73

36.76

–

49.28

JHARKHAND

501.37

697.12

881.91

918.76

2666.31

KARNATAKA

116.51

222.94

290.59

247.33

520.86

KERALA

120.82

142.81

129.48

7.53

186.75

LADAKH

–

43.09

74.33

84.54

181.79

MADHYA PRADESH

223.89

1102.69

1091.13

975.56

1438.54

MAHARASHTRA

402.57

673.98

1358.81

1047.53

1550.50

MANIPUR

280.92

602.03

207.54

406.09

657.29

MEGHALAYA

845.01

776.02

2132.05

914.83

2017.34

MIZORAM

69.64

111.51

51.50

38.69

158.85

ODISHA

1536.82

2424.82

2049.49

4095.84

2885.48

RAJASTHAN

189.80

101.66

269.21

217.68

498.95

SIKKIM

9.46

27.18

46.81

53.16

117.11

TAMIL NADU

117.03

274.74

250.31

377.29

189.10

TELANGANA

54.82

56.64

39.99

96.98

208.03

TRIPURA

33.54

1.56

95.69

42.09

186.63

UTTAR PRADESH

112.23

32.21

61.49

51.03

140.36

UTTARAKHAND

48.54

64.22

112.93

44.30

98.68

WEST BENGAL

470.51

577.61

476.10

1167.79

1390.18

Total

5950.00

8925.00

10925.00

12083.71

17500.00

*Provisional

Details of funds released under the Scheme of ‘Support to Tribal Research Institutes’ during 2020-21 to 2024-25

in lakh)

Sl. No

State

Fund Released

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25*

Andaman and Nicobar

0.00

Andhra Pradesh

455.00

432.75

219.13

125.00

0.00

Arunachal Pradesh

184.15

0.00

48.63

150.00

Assam

0.00

270.00

Bihar

0.00

99.00

Chhattisgarh

0.00

189.04

113.43

250.00

1100.00

Goa

202.50

111.75

0.00

50.57

200.00

Gujarat

0.00

250.00

Himachal Pradesh

50.00

114.1

0.00

125.00

Jammu And Kashmir

206.51

200

170.84

770.85

100.00

Jharkhand

0.00

13.92

164.96

417.03

200.00

Karnataka

26.35

184.25

0.00

200.00

Kerala

0.00

300.00

Ladakh

0.00

99.00

Madhya Pradesh

447.00

484.58

0.00

143.08

600.00

Maharashtra

0.00

250.00

Manipur

0.00

140.00

Mizoram

1178.22

766.65

53.75

550.00

723.14

Nagaland

0.00

205.000

400.00

600.00

Odisha

503.00

644.76

313.15

600.00

Rajasthan

8.89

215.34216

0.00

Sikkim

144.00

273.3

0.00

200.00

Tamil Nadu

0.00

135.09

0.00

25.00

300.00

Telangana

375.75

548.95

0.00

1300.00

Tripura

0.00

44.29384

0.00

25.00

300.00

Uttar Pradesh

35.15

89.25

0.00

West Bengal

0.00

Meghalaya

0.00

66.224

0.00

100.00

Uttarakhand

2183.48

1400.75

0.00

948.01

793.86

Total

6000.00

1240.26

4353.17

9000.00

*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*

Andhra Pradesh

6,199.12

14,591.28

12,600.57

10,795.05

20,252.60

Arunachal Pradesh (NE)

200.24

119.54

1,010.87

693.91

1,998.01

Assam (NE)

750

1,800.00

1,433.65

2,732.67

10,638.59

Bihar

8.95

34.12

Chhattisgarh

6,968.12

13,259.66

19,435.93

15,888.89

75,241.68

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

95.7

252.55

568.22

163.45

173.77

Gujarat

4,755.86

1,060.00

10,088.95

15,667.55

23,739.43

Himachal Pradesh

255.06

599.11

483.18

829.76

1,353.01

Jammu & Kashmir

392.4

1,200.00

891.4

373.56

Jharkhand

2,205.73

11,309.20

23,562.27

23,915.13

63,365.39

Karnataka

2,495.83

3,672.86

1,768.84

2,677.67

5,996.19

Kerala

229.56

1,515.66

249

1,030.37

Ladakh

450

800

17.41

Madhya Pradesh

14,459.36

3,560.00

31,817.79

13,157.19

24,589.25

Maharashtra

2,787.16

4,393.74

12,919.16

8,525.91

26,849.30

Manipur (NE)

1,268.00

398.08

2,369.98

3,044.92

2,325.91

Meghalaya (NE)

1,123.45

1,100.00

800

21,014.66

31,442.72

Mizoram (NE)

3,283.73

6,085.41

2,094.54

1,242.52

14,313.18

Nagaland (NE)

5,885.51

9,481.60

557.71

18,377.12

698.27

Odisha

6,174.27

10,648.82

28,164.31

48,934.80

60,184.05

Rajasthan

12,944.17

18,214.71

19,463.30

13,687.79

8,532.54

Sikkim (NE)

800.33

1,037.88

1,047.35

1,118.83

845.00

Tamil Nadu

1,225.14

1,190.62

1,098.78

1,099.80

1,738.95

Telangana

9,517.30

19,695.52

12,794.53

14,276.17

13,492.34

Tripura (NE)

6,064.89

5,715.44

6,435.19

6,670.35

9,946.98

Uttar Pradesh

386.68

337.49

596.23

624.14

949.43

Uttarakhand

321.28

598.39

474.95

1,537.53

3,475.04

West Bengal

2,062.45

2,303.67

1,869.70

1,789.50

Total

92,239.38

1,29,753.86

1,97,055.63

2,30,494.86

4,05,386.59

*Provisional

Annexure II

Statement of Claims received, Distribution of title deeds, and the extent of forest land for which titles distributed (individual and community), under “The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006” as on 31.05.2025:

S. No.

States

No. of Claims received

upto 31.05.2025

No. of Titles Distributed

upto 31.05.2025

Extent of Forest land for which titles distributed

(in acres)

Individual

Community

Total

Individual

Community

Total

Individual

Community

Total

Andhra Pradesh

285,098

3,294

288,392

226,651

1,822

228,473

454,706

526,454

981,160.00

Assam

148,965

6,046

155,011

57,325

1,477

58,802

NA/NR

Bihar

4,696

191

53.03

0.00

Chhattisgarh

890,220

57,259

947,479

481,432

52,636

534,068

949,770.89

9,102,957.49

10,052,728.38

Goa

9,757

379

10,136

856

871

1,506.45

18.66

1,525.11

Gujarat

183,055

7,187

190,242

98,732

4,792

103,524

168,448.83

1,240,680.15

1,409,128.99

Himachal Pradesh

4,883

683

5,566

662

146

808

126.65

62,677.24

62,803.89

Jharkhand

107,032

3,724

110,756

59,866

2,104

61,970

153,395.86

103,758.97

257,154.83

Karnataka

288,549

5,940

294,489

14,981

1,345

16,326

20,077.30

36,340.52

56,417.82

Kerala

44,455

1,014

45,469

29,422

282

29,704

38,810.58

788,651.25

827,461.83

Madhya Pradesh

585,326

42,187

627,513

266,901

27,976

294,877

903,533.06

1,463,614.46

2,367,147.52

Maharashtra

397,897

11,259

409,156

199,667

8,668

208,335

461,491.25

3,371,497.43

3,832,988.68

Odisha

701,148

35,024

736,172

462,067

8,832

470,899

674,775.33

743,193.39

1,417,968.72

Rajasthan

113,162

5,213

118,375

49,215

2,551

51,766

70,387.18

239,763.95

310,151.13

Tamil Nadu

33,119

1,548

34,667

15,442

1,066

16,508

22,104.80

60,468.77

82,573.57

Telangana

651,822

3,427

655,249

230,735

721

231,456

669,689.14

457,663.17

1,127,352.32

Tripura

200,557

164

200,721

127,931

101

128,032

465,192.88

552.40

465,745.28

Uttar Pradesh

92,972

1,194

94,166

22,537

893

23,430

NA/NR

Uttarakhand

3,587

3,091

6,678

184

185

0.00

West Bengal

131,962

10,119

142,081

44,444

686

45,130

21,014.27

572.03

21,586.29

Jammu & Kashmir

33,233

12,857

46,090

429

5,591

6,020

NA/NR

TOTAL

4,911,495

211,609

5,123,104

2,389,670

121,705

2,511,375

5075083.51

18198863.89

23273947.39

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