Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna

Category
Polity & Governance
Published
16th Dec, 2022

Context

Recently, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has revamped the existing Scheme of ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)’ with the nomenclature ‘Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)’, for implementation during 2021-22 to 2025-26.

About

About PMAAGY:

Aim:
- To transform villages with significant tribal populations into ‘model villages(Adarsh Gram)’ covering about the population of 4.22 crore (About 40% of the total Tribal Population).
- To achieve integrated socio-economic developmentof selected villages through a convergence approach.
- It is envisaged to cover 36,428 villages having at least 50% tribal populationand 500 STs across States / UTs with notified STs.
Key provisions:
- Planning:It includes preparing Village Development Plan based on the needs, potential, and aspirations.
- Focus group:It also includes maximizing the coverage of individual/family benefit schemes of the Central / State Governments and improving the infrastructure in vital sectors like health, education, connectivity, and livelihood.
- Sectors covered: It will mitigate gaps prominently in 8 sectors of developmentRoad connectivity (Internal and Intervillage /block), Telecom connectivity (Mobile /internet), Schools, Anganwadi Centres, Health Sub-Centre, Drinking water facility, Drainage, and solid waste management.
- Fund allocation: A sum of Rs20.38 lakh per village as ‘Gap-filling’has been provisioned for approved activities including administrative expenses under PMAAGY.
- Besides States / UTs are encouraged for convergence of resources as Central / State Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) funds and other financial resources available with them for saturation of gaps in the villages identified under PMAAGY.

Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS):

Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Scheme (SCA to TSS) is part of the Umbrella Scheme for Development of Scheduled Tribes which is now a ‘Core of the Core Scheme.
The core of the core scheme includes the ‘umbrella scheme for development of scheduled castes, umbrella scheme for development of minorities, and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme.’
Objective: It supplements the efforts of State Governments for the development and welfare of tribal people by extending Special Central Assistance as an additive to the State Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP).

Other Government Initiatives for Tribals:

Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY)aims at creating enabling environment for the need-based and outcome-oriented holistic development of the tribal people.
Van Dhan Scheme:The scheme will be implemented through the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED as Nodal Agency at the National Level.
At the State level, the State Nodal Agency for MFPs and the District collectors are envisaged to play a pivot role in scheme implementation at the grassroots level.
Locally the Kendras are proposed to be managed by a Managing Committee (an SHG) consisting of representatives of Van Dhan SHGs in the cluster.