Question : Skill Development of Tribals

(a) whether the Government is taking any special measures to promote skill development initiatives amongst tribals;

(b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise including the North East Region, location-wise;

(c) the number of people got benefited/ employed from these schemes during the above period;


(d) the budgetary provision for such schemes during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise, scheme- wise; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

(a) to (e) The Ministry has not launched any specific scheme for the Skill Development of Tribals/Scheduled Tribes in the country. However, Government is pursuing an integrated approach to ameliorate the situation of unemployment among ST population across the country. Ministry of Tribal Affairs under its Specific Area Programmes and other Central Sector / Centrally Sponsored schemes provides funds as an additive to the State Plan for economic development of tribals in the States covering skill development and employment-cum-income generation activities. During the financial year 2014-15, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has asked the State Governments for promotion of need based integrated livelihood initiatives and skill upgradation of tribals to get them respectable jobs such as:


• Diversified crops, horticulture, dairy development with State cooperative, backyard poultry, fisheries, apiculture, sericulture etc. with proper market linkages.
• Financing under line department schemes like milk cooperatives.
• Marketable traditional skills like paintings, handlooms, handicrafts, artisans, skilled employment and other arts and crafts.
• Entrepreneurship.
• Modern skills: solar cell assembly and electrician, mobile phone repair etc. with appropriate placements.
• Eco tourism in Tribal areas.
• Skills for women: Computer training hospitality, paramedics, ayurvedic and tribal medicines and medical practices etc.


A statement showing amount sanctioned to the States for undertaking Skill Development and other Employment-cum-income generation programmes under Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan (SCA to TSP) and Grants under Article 275(1) during 2014-15 by the Ministry of Tribal is at Annexure.





Annexure

Statement showing amount sanctioned to the States for undertaking Skill Development and other Employment-cum-income generation programmes under Special Central Assistance to tribals Sub-Plan (SCA to TSP) during 2014-15 and Grants under Article-275(1).
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Sl No Name of States Amount Sanctioned
1 Assam 1699.25
2 Arunachal Pradesh 100.00
3 Meghalaya 500.00
4 Mizoram 53.36
5 Nagaland 355.00
6 Gujarat 4620.00
7 Karnataka 900.00
8 Kerala 530.00
9 Manipur 150.00
10 Jharkhand 3492.96
11 Bihar 250.00
12 Odisha 4584.47
13 Chattisgarh 2029.56
14 Madhya Pradesh 8057.55
15 Tripura 1038.50
16 Andhra Pradesh 487.82
17 Telangana 1750.00
18 Maharashtra 1100.00
19 West Bengal 3110.00
20 Uttar Pradesh 536.92
21 Himachal Pradesh 241.58
22 Rajasthan 1650.00
23 Sikkim 60.00
Total 37296.97
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