Cabinet okays Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan

November 30, 2023: The Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) with total outlay of Rs 24,104 crore. The Central share for the scheme is Rs 15,336 crore and the state share is Rs 8,768 crore. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 29.

As announced in the Budget Speech 2023-24, the scheme aims to improve socio-economic conditions of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) with focus on 11 critical interventions through 9 ministries.

“This will saturate PVTG households and habitations with basic facilities such as safe housing, clean drinking water and sanitation, improved access to education, health and nutrition, road and telecom connectivity, and sustainable livelihood opportunities. An amount of Rs 15,000 crore will be made available to implement the mission in the next three years under the Development Action Plan for the Scheduled Tribes (DAPST),” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget Speech 2023-24.

India has ST population of 10.45 crore as per 2011 Census, out of which 75 communities located in 18 states and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been categorised as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups. These PVTGs continue to face vulnerability in social, economic and educational fields.

The PM-JANMAN will focus on the following 11 critical interventions:

S.No.	Activity	No. of Beneficiary / Targets	Cost norms
1	Provision of pucca houses	4.90 lakh	Rs 2.39 lakh/house
2	Connecting roads	8000 KM	Rs 1.00 cr/Km
3a	Piped Water Supply/	All PVTG habitations including 4.90 lakhs HHs to be constructed under the mission	As per schematic norms
3b	Community water supply	2500 Villages/ habitations with population of less than 20 HHs	As per actual cost arrived
4	Mobile Medical Units with medicine cost	1000 (10/district)	Rs 33.88.00 lakh/MMU
5a	Construction of hostels	500	Rs 2.75 cr/hostel
5b	Vocational education & skilling	60 Aspirational PVTG blocks	Rs 50 lakh/block
6	Construction of Anganwadi Centers	2500	Rs 12 lakh/AWC
7	Construction of Multipurpose Centers (MPC)	1000	Rs 60 lakh/MPC Provision of ANM and Anganwadi worker in each MPC
8a	Energization of HHs (Last mile connectivity)	57000 HHs	Rs 22,500/HH
8b	Provision of 0.3 KW solar off-grid system	100000 HHs	Rs 50,000/HH or as per actual cost
9	Solar lighting in streets & MPCs	1500 units	Rs 1,00,000/unit
10	Setting up of VDVKs	500	Rs 15 lakh/VDVK
11	Installation of mobile towers	3000 villages	As per schematic norms cost

Source: PIB

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