(a) the number of State Tribal Research Institutes at present, State-wise;
(b) whether the Government has received proposals from State Governments to set up
Research Institutes during each of the last three years and thereafter;
(c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(d) the number of proposals cleared and funds allocated for the purpose so far State-
wise; and
(e) the time by which the remaining proposals are likely to be cleared?
MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI P.R. KYNDIAH)
(a) At present there are 16 Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) located one each in the
states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karanataka,
Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
(b) to (e) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs had received one proposal from the A & N
Administration to set up TRI at Port Blair in the year 2002-03. The proposal was
cleared by the Ministry and a sum of Rs. 29.50 lakh was released for the purpose.
The TRI at Port Blair has however, not yet started.
The Ministry received similar proposals from the States of Chhattisgarh, Himachal
Pradesh, Karanataka and Jammu & Kashmir during 2004-05. The proposals
received from Chhattisgarh and Karanataka had been cleared by the Ministry. The
funds to the tune of Rs. 5.00 lakh and Rs. 2.00 lakh were released to the states of
Chhattisgarh and Karanataka respectively during the 2004-05.
The proposals received from the state of Himachal Pradesh was incomplete and that
from Jammu & Kashmir was from an NGO, which is not permissible. The State
Governments have been informed accordingly.