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Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna
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 development of selected villages through a convergence approach.
- It is envisaged to cover 36,428 villages having at least 50% tribal population and 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 development Road 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.
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Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS):
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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.
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