(a) & (b): Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides funds to the State Governments for the activities relating to preservation, protection and promotion of tribal cultural heritage based on their demand. Government has set up Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in States including Odisha State to work as a body of knowledge & research more or less as a think tank for tribal development and to work towards preservation and dissemination of distinctiveness / uniqueness of tribal culture and their traditional knowledge. Presently, TRIs are functioning in 24 States and 1 UT as detailed at Annexure. Funds are provided to TRIs under the Scheme ‘Support to TRI’ for various activities including construction of museum, library, language primers, research works, seminar/workshop, publication of books, development of documentaries, organisation of tribal festivals etc. Funds are also provided to private institutions for carrying out research work on various tribal issue under the Scheme ‘Tribal Festival, Research Information and Mass Education’. National level tribal festival / carnival is organized annually by the Ministry to showcase glimpses of rich cultural heritage of tribal people across the country through unique forms of folk dances, songs, cuisine, exhibition and demonstration of traditional skill in painting, art and craft, medicinal practices etc. During last three years, this Ministry has organized a National Tribal Festival in Delhi at different locations to showcase and promote various facets of tribal life as detailed below:
Year Theme Period Places
2015 National Tribal Festival - Vanaj 13th to 18th February, 2015 Indira Gandhi Art and Cultural Centre, New Delhi
2016 National Tribal Carnival - 2016 25th – 28th October, 2016 Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium and Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
2017 Aadi Mahotasav 16-30 November, 2017 Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi, Central Park, etc.
Details of funds sanctioned and released under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Support to TRI’ for the State of Odisha during 2017-18 is given as under:
Scheme Amount (Rs. in lakh)
2017-18 2018-19
Sanctioned Released Sanctioned Released*
Support to TRI 684.90 662.90 914.86 285.90
* Figures upto 31.07.2018
(c) & (d): Venue and dates for National Tribal Festival for 2018 are presently under consideration of the Ministry and a decision will be taken soon.
(e): Government of Odisha has informed that since the 1950s the State Government has been organizing an Annual State Level Tribal Fair at Bhubaneshwar out of its own resources for showcasing and promotion of various facets of tribal culture on a large scale in Odisha. For the last few years the footfall in this Annual Tribal Fair has been over fifteen lakhs. State Government has established Special Development Councils in 09 tribal dominated Districts which focusses on preservation, protection and promotion of ethnic culture of the tribals of the State. The entire funding for the special development councils is borne by the State Government. TRI Odisha is maintaining a tribal museum named ‘Museum of Tribal Art and Artefacts’ showcasing different aspects of ethnic culture of the tribals of the State.
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Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3166 for answer on 06.08.2018.
S. No State Place and year of Establishment
1 Odisha Bhubaneswar, 1952
2 Jharkhand (Undivided Bihar) Ranchi, 1953
3 Madhya Pradesh Chhindwara (now functioning at Bhopal), 1954
4 West Bengal Kolkata, 1955
5 Maharashtra Pune, 1962
6 Gujarat Ahmadabad, 1962
7 Assam Guwahati, 1962
8 Telangana Hyderabad, 1963
9 Rajasthan Udaipur, 1964
10 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow, 1971
11 Kerala Kozhikode, 1971
12 Tamilnadu Ooty, 1983
13 Manipur Imphal, 1988
14 Tripura Agartala, 1993
15 Himachal Pradesh Shimla, 1994
16 Chhattisgarh Raipur, 2004
17 Karnataka Mysore, 2005
18 Andaman & Nicobar Island Port Blair, 2014
19 Andhra Pradesh Vishakhapatnam, 2014
20 Uttrakhand Dehradun, 2014
21 Sikkim Gangtok, 2016
22 Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar, 2016
23 Nagaland Kohima, 2017
24 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar, 2017
25 Mizoram Aizwal, 2018
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