36428 villages to be developed as ‘model tribal villages’

Subject :Government Schemes

The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs is now working to develop 36,428 villages with at least 50% tribal population and 500 STs across the country into ‘model tribal’ villages, Minister of State (MoS) for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh told Lok Sabha on Monday.
She added that these efforts were part of the existing Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS), which has now been renamed to the Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY), for implementation from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

About Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana:

This scheme aims to transform villages with significant tribal population into model village (Adarsh Gram)covering about population of 4.22 crore (About 40% of the total Tribal Population).
It supplements the efforts of State Governments for development and welfare of tribal people by extending Special Central Assistance as an additive to the State Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP).
Objective
To achieve integrated socio-economic development of selected villages through convergence approach.
Improving the infrastructure in vital sectors like health, education, connectivity and livelihood.
It includes maximizing the coverage of individual / family benefit schemes of the Central / State Governments.
The scheme envisions to mitigate gaps prominently in 8 sectors of development viz. Road connectivity , Telecom connectivity , School, Anganwadi Centres, Health Sub-Centre, Drinking water facility.

Revised Guidelines of the scheme

The Scheme was revised to capture the Gaps in critical socio-economic ‘Monitorable Indicators’ as part of various sectors/domains namely; water and sanitation, education, health and nutrition, agricultural best practices etc

New Approach for implementation

The identification of needs or Gaps with regard to the ‘Monitorable Indicators’ are based on a Need Assessment exercise.
The ‘Village Development Plan’ (VDP) is based on the data collected as part of the Need Assessment exercise.
PMAGY provids the platform for convergent implementation of other Schemes with the aim to achieve saturation in the various domains.