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Cabinet approves Rs 79,156 crore for tribal communities
Sep-19-2024

With an aim to improve the socio-economic condition of tribal communities, the Union Cabinet has approved Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan with total outlay of Rs 79,156 crore (Central Share: Rs 56,333 crore and State Share: Rs 22,823 crore) by adopting saturation coverage for tribal families in tribal-majority villages and aspirational districts.

This will cover around 63,000 villages benefitting more than 5 crore tribal people as announced in the Budget Speech 2024-25. It will cover 549 districts and 2,740 blocks spread across all tribal majority villages across 30 States / UTs.

India has ST population of 10.45 crore as per 2011 census and there are more than 705 tribal communities, spread across the country, living in remote and hard-to-reach areas. The Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan envisions saturation of critical gaps in social infrastructure, health, education, livelihood, through different schemes of Government of India by convergence and outreach and ensures holistic and sustainable development of tribal areas and communities based on learnings and success of PMJANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan).


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