(a) the number of Van Grams located in the protected areas of the country under Gram Vikas Yojna in the tribal areas State-wise/Union Territory-wise including Chhattisgarh; and;
(b) details of the funds sought by the State Governments for the developmental works of the said Grams during the last three years and the current year, fund-wise and State-wise;
(c) whether the Government has sanctioned the said funds; and
(d) if so, the State-wise/year-wise details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS
(SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)
(a) to(d) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs had implemented a programme from 2005-06 to 2011-12 as a one-time measure for integrated development of forest villages with a view to raise the Human Development Index (HDI) of the inhabitants of the forest villages and for providing basic facilities and services in 2,847 forest villages/habitations that were covered under the scheme spread over twelve States in the country. The programme was implemented as a part of the Special Area Programme ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan’. The programme included infrastructure works relating to basic services and facilities viz., approach roads, healthcare, primary education, minor irrigation, rain water harvesting, drinking water, sanitation, community halls etc. and activities related to income generation. The number of the forest villages in forest areas and villages inside the core/critical tiger habitat in the country, State-wise, including Chhattisgarh, is given at Annexure 1. Components funded under the programme “Development of forest villages” are covered under other schemes of Ministry of Tribal Affairs particularly Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS), Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India. The details of fund released to the States under these programmes during the last three years and the current year is given in Annexure 2. The details of funds released / utilized under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger during last three years and the current year, State-wise including Chhattisgarh is given at Annexure 3.
ANNEXURE 1
The statement referred to in reply to the part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3257 due for reply on 9.08.2021
Statement showing number of forest villages in various State/UT
S.N. State TotalNo. of Villages
1 Assam 499
2 Chhattisgarh 425
3 Goa 52
4 Gujarat 196
5 HimachalPradesh 0
6 Jharkhand 24
7 MadhyaPradesh 893
8 Meghalaya 23
9 Mizoram 85
10 Odisha 20
11 Tripura 62
12 Uttarakhand 61
13 UttarPradesh 13
14 WestBengal 170
15 Lakshadweep 0
A Subtotal 2,513
Information available for number of villages only for core/critical Tiger Reserve area in the following States
S.No. State No. of villages inside the
core/critical tiger habitat
16 AndhraPradesh 28
17 ArunachalPradesh 3
18 Bihar 0
19 Karnataka 102
20 Kerala 0
21 Maharashtra 33
22 Rajasthan 82
23 TamilNadu 49
24 Telangana 37
B Subtotal 3,34
GrandTotal(A+B) 2,847
ANNEXURE 2
The statement referred to in reply to the part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3257 due for reply on 9.08.2021
Statement showing State wise funds released under Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Plan (SCA to TSS) during 2018-19 to 2021-22
(Rs. in lakh)
S.
No. States 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 (as on 05.08.2021)
1 Andhra Pradesh 5617.39 12470.50 4954.96 0.00
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2211.83 9224.29 7015.50 0.00
3 Assam 0.00 2710.08 4578.76 0.00
4 Bihar 0.00 0.00 994.00 0.00
5 Chhattisgarh 10342.65 9415.53 8769.06 0.00
6 Goa 352.31 0.00 724.26 0.00
7 Gujarat 11765.38 8975.55 10786.40 0.00
8 Himachal Pradesh 3628.00 2394.18 1367.00 0.00
9 J & K 3749.80 4509.00 0.00 0.00
10 Jharkhand 8564.52 6201.49 7049.64 0.00
11 Karnataka 5347.76 7434.00 0.00 0.00
12 Kerala 335.00 0.00 459.15 0.00
13 Madhya Pradesh 16968.97 13415.25 0.00 0.00
14 Maharashtra 13802.57 11929.09 0.00 0.00
15 Manipur 5442.48 1434.02 0.00 0.00
16 Meghalaya 2739.20 3788.00 328.25 0.00
17 Mizoram 1220.00 3140.00 1236.22 0.00
18 Nagaland 3225.00 2951.12 2846.14 0.00
19 Odisha 17553.22 8691.18 9010.42 0.00
20 Rajasthan 10327.93 11461.41 8662.66 0.00
21 Sikkim 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
22 Tamilnadu 315.00 450.56 377.47 0.00
23 Telangana 2850.32 5361.29 4191.00 0.00
24 Tripura 1294.38 1362.97 1173.30 0.00
25 Uttarakhand 1012.88 600.00 757.80 0.00
26 Uttar Pradesh 0.00 779.91 508.83 0.00
27 West Bengal 5833.41 5862.58 3746.00 0.00
Total 134500.00 134562.00 79536.82 0.00
Statement showing State wise funds released under Development of PVTGs during 2018-19 to 2021-22
(Rs. in lakh)
S.No. Name of State 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 (as on 05.08.2021)
1 Andhra Pradesh 1837.00 3713.43 1245.51 0.00
2 A & N Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 Bihar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 Chhattisgarh 1051.50 1311.35 989.32 0.00
5 Gujarat 604.00 429.05 552.20 0.00
6 Jharkhand 3295.79 847.00 1777.29 0.00
7 Karnataka 460.00 1933.01 438.46 0.00
8 Kerala 0.00 0.00 88.00 0.00
9 Madhya Pradesh 7998.09 8064.89 2188.11 0.00
10 Maharashtra 1230.26 2510.00 1411.66 0.00
11 Manipur 1157.55 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 Odisha 3626.00 976.38 1202.00 0.00
13 Rajasthan 1008.00 968.10 968.00 0.00
14 Tamil Nadu 0.00 819.48 551.08 0.00
15 Telangana 533.00 538.50 1460.50 0.00
16 Tripura 789.53 1960.82 231.43 0.00
17 Uttar Pradesh 0.00 0.00 82.04 0.00
18 Uttarakhand 565.86 489.53 295.00 0.00
19 West Bengal 843.42 437.47 519.40 0.00
Grand Total 25000.00 24999.00 14000.00 0.00
Statement showing State wise funds released under Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution during 2018-19 to 2021-22
(Rs. in lakh)
S.
No. Name of States
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
2021-22 (as on 05.08.2021)
1. Andhra Pradesh 6390.77 8942.43 2055.55 0.00
2. Arunachal Pradesh 12170.52 13202.25 6014.00 0.00
3. Assam 3916.32 10802.85 4592.37 0.00
4. Bihar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
5. Chhattisgarh 11352.92 22500.77 9976.24 0.00
6. Goa 345.66 0.00 0.00 0.00
7. Gujarat 11648.20 16833.88 5940.04 0.00
8. Himachal Pradesh 3378.16 5314.70 1161.00 0.00
9. Jammu & Kashmir 2051.79 5410.00 0.00 0.00
10. Jharkhand 7354.30 11166.77 10278.00 0.00
11. Karnataka 5220.61 10435.46 3305.68 0.00
12. Kerala 472.28 633.29 0.00 0.00
13. Madhya Pradesh 24635.30 44938.92 4279.78 0.00
14. Maharashtra 17015.91 23136.70 4573.16 0.00
15. Manipur 5367.645 6151.91 0.00 0.00
16. Meghalaya 5129.79 4799.53 492.71 0.00
17. Mizoram 3507.71 6598.83 1909.71 0.00
18. Nagaland 9194.485 6802.11 1717.38 0.00
19. Odisha 21449.15 15110.66 6304.62 0.00
20. Rajasthan 13769.23 15586.19 9166.00 0.00
21. Sikkim 355.34 3175.35 516.00 0.00
22. Tamil Nadu 773.57 6356.07 0.00 0.00
23. Telangana 3248.89 9973.28 2517.00 0.00
24. Tripura 2006.73 2952.63 201.74 0.00
25. Uttar Pradesh 252.43 2760.71 927.426 0.00
26. Uttarakhand 1255.265 428.37 0.00 0.00
27. West Bengal 9235.725 12127.17 4041.14 0.00
28. Dadra & Nagar Haveli - - - 0.00
181498.70 266140.832 79969.55 0.00
ANNEXURE 3
The statement referred to in reply to the part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3257 due for reply on 9.08.2021
State Wise STC Expenditure for scheme-Project Tiger (Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change) for FY- 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22(as on 01-Aug-2021)
SNO. State FY 2018-19 FY 2019-20 FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22
(1 April 2021 to 01 Aug 2021)
Expenditure (Rs. in Crores)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH -- 0.09 0.14 --
2 CHHATTISGARH 0.67 1.79 1.86 --
3 KERALA 0.22 -- 0.27 --
4 MADHYA PRADESH 10.64 14.17 9.95 --
5 MAHARASHTRA 3.42 7.22 9.04 --
6 ODISHA 0.51 5.21 2.37 --
7 RAJASTHAN 0.45 0.72 0.75 --
8 TELANGANA 0.36 0.24 0.26 0.04
9 UTTAR PRADESH 0.47 -- 0.57 --
10 WEST BENGAL 0.26 0.43 0.14 --
11 BIHAR -- 0.42 0.56 --
12 CHHATTISGARH -- -- -- --
13 JHARKHAND -- 0.69 0.52 --
14 KARNATAKA -- 0.84 1.66 0.47
15 KERALA -- 0.44 -- --
16 TAMIL NADU -- 0.45 0.85 0.21
17 UTTAR PRADESH -- 0.93 -- --
18 UTTARAKHAND -- 1.35 1.06 --
Total 17.00 34.99
30.00
0.72
Note: * Provisional figures
Data Source: STC- MIS portal.
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