MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS
(SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)
(a) to (b): Data of tribal population is available from decennial censuses conducted by Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (RGI). As informed by RGI, Census 2021 has been postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. However, district wise Scheduled Tribes population of Uttar Pradesh as per Census, 2011, is given at Annexure.
(c): Information on State-wise ‘details of the Tribal migrated from rural to urban areas’ is not available with this Ministry. However, as per survey on Employment & Unemployment and Migration Particulars conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation during NSS 64th round (2007 – 08), estimated percentage of Scheduled Tribes migration in urban areas from rural area is 67.1 percent.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been implementing the scheme of “Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products/Produce" (now merged under Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission) through Tribal Co-Operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED). Under the scheme, efforts are made to support marketing and development of tribal products including promotion of Vocal for Local including training and skill up- gradation regarding creation of supply chain etc. Details of steps taken in this regard are given below:
TRIFED provides marketing platform for tribal products through its network of 119 outlets and also organizes Tribal Artisan Mela (TAM) at District/Tehsil level to reach tribals located in interior tribal areas and source tribal art and craft directly. National Tribal Festival ‘Aadi Mahotsav’–Festival of Craft, Culture, Cuisine and Commerce is organized to display and sale of tribal art and craft, tribal medicine & healers and tribal cuisine, tribal craft demonstrations and tribal folk performance.TRIFED has also established its own E-commerce portal www.tribesindia.com and is also present on all major e-commerce portals like Amazon, Snapdeal, Flipkart, Paytm, and Gem for promotion and marketing of tribal products.
National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) is an apex organization set up on 10.04.2001, exclusively for economic development of Scheduled Tribes. The Corporation continues to function as a catalytic agent for promoting economic development activities of STs by providing financial assistance at concessional rates of interest under its schemes.
(d) to (e): Funds released under the scheme ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme’ to the State of Uttar Pradesh is given below. Details of district wise provision of fund by the State Government, are not centrally maintained.
(Rs. in lakh)
Year Fund Released
2019-20 779.91
2020-21 508.83
2021-22* 0.00
*Scheme revamped as PMAAGY (Pradhan Mantri Adi Adrash Gram Yojna).
(f) to (g): “Van Dhan Vikas Karyakaram” is a development of value chain component of the Scheme “Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFPs” under Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission. It emphasizes the enterprise route for generating additional income to the village level primary SHG units known as Van Dhan Self Help Groups (VDSHGs). Each VDSHG comprises of upto 20 forest dwellers to undertake the gathering, processing and value addition of Minor Forest Produces. 15 such VDSHGs are subsumed into each Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK) of upto 300 members to reap the advantages of economies of scale in training, aggregation of raw material, branding, packaging and marketing operations envisaged to create an inherent strength in the VDVK organisation in the area. The scheme allows VDVK members to undertake other activities like agriculture, floriculture, medicinal plants etc. for ensuring round the year livelihood. Since the launch of Van Dhan Vikas Karyakaram /Van Dhan Yojana, TRIFED has sanctioned 3225 VDVKs associated with 9.63 Lakhs beneficiaries in 25 states and 3 Union Territories. Under Tech for Tribals Initiative, TRIFED has initiated entrepreneurship training programs to Van Dhan beneficiaries, funds for which have been provided by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME) under their ESDP scheme.
Also, TRIFED imparts skill up-gradation training from time to time to tribal beneficiaries associated with TRIFED for supply of tribal products which include Comprehensive Training Programme (CTP), Design Workshop Training (DWT) and Design & Technology up-gradation cum Production Workshop (DTPW).
Further, under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing its flagship scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)’ for Skill based training of the youth across the country including Tribal candidates under Short Term Training (STT) courses and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
Presently, the third phase of PMKVY i.e. PMKVY 3.0 is being implemented. PMKVY 3.0 is a demand driven scheme with bottom-up approach with District level plan being the fundamental level of implementation. Under PMKVY 3.0, District Skill Committees have been entrusted with the task of identifying local demand, based on which training is arranged in the district. Further, for incentivizing the youth of ST category, there is also a provision of monthly travel allowance and post placement support, Career progression support etc under the PMKVY scheme. The details of the ST candidates trained under the PMKVY scheme is given below:
UP/PAN India ST candidates Trained
PAN India 6,49,310
Uttar Pradesh 18,575
(as on 30.06.2022)
Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1191 for 25.07.2022 by SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH, DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI, SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH, SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI, SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY regarding “Tribal Population in Uttar Pradesh”
District wise population of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Uttar Pradesh
Sl. No. District Name ST Population
1 Sonbhadra 385018
2 Ballia 110114
3 Deoria 109894
4 Kushinagar 80269
5 Lalitpur 71610
6 Kheri 53375
7 Chandauli 41725
8 Ghazipur 28712
9 Varanasi 28617
10 Balrampur 24887
11 Mau 22915
12 Mirzapur 20132
13 Gorakhpur 18172
14 Mahrajganj 16435
15 Siddharthnagar 12021
16 Bahraich 11159
17 Azamgarh 9327
18 Allahabad 7955
19 Lucknow 7506
20 Agra 7255
21 Shrawasti 5534
22 Jaunpur 4736
23 Ghaziabad 3968
24 Jhansi 3873
25 Kanpur Nagar 3753
26 Basti 3620
27 Meerut 3390
28 Bareilly 3227
29 Bijnor 3058
30 Unnao 2926
31 Firozabad 2565
32 Gautam Buddha Nagar 2215
33 Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) 1873
34 Rae Bareli 1756
35 Pilibhit 1714
36 Sitapur 1602
37 Sant Kabir Nagar 1593
38 Mathura 1520
39 Saharanpur 980
40 Faizabad 931
41 Gonda 870
42 Jalaun 832
43 Kanpur Dehat 801
44 Ambedkar Nagar 746
45 Pratapgarh 723
46 Sultanpur 696
47 Moradabad 685
48 Mahoba 647
49 Aligarh 629
50 Bara Banki 610
51 Shahjahanpur 508
52 Mainpuri 478
53 Hamirpur 474
54 Chitrakoot 366
55 Rampur 358
56 Hardoi 349
57 Fatehpur 340
58 Muzaffarnagar 317
59 Mahamaya Nagar 268
60 Farrukhabad 230
61 Bulandshahr 198
62 Kaushambi 193
63 Etawah 169
64 Jyotiba Phule Nagar 164
65 Banda 163
66 Auraiya 150
67 Kanshiram Nagar 150
68 Etah 140
69 Budaun 58
70 Kannauj 15
71 Baghpat 14
Source: Census 2011, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (RGI)
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