List of 20 Interventions under PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan 2024

PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan Interventions List 2024 has been published, check ministry wise list of 20 interventions under PMJUGA Scheme. PM Janjati Unnat Gram Abhiyan has been launched by Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi with total outlay of Rs. 79,156 crore. It includes central share of Rs. 56,333 crore and state share of Rs. 22,823 crore.

The central govt. has started Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan to improve the socio-economic condition of tribal communities. Under PMJUGA scheme, govt. will adopt saturation coverage for Scheduled Tribes (ST) 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.

PMJUGA Scheme will cover 549 districts and 2,911 blocks spread across all tribal majority villages across 30 States / UTs. This scheme would be implemented for the next 5 years i.e till the year 2028-29. New Name of PMJUGA Scheme is Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA). Read this article till the end to know list of PM Janjati Unnat Gram Abhiyan interventions.

PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan Interventions List 2024

The PMJUGA Mission comprises of 20 interventions to be implemented by 17-line ministries. Each Ministry/Department would be responsible for implementation of PMJUGA scheme related to it in a time bound manner through funds allocated to them under Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) in next 5 years.

Ministry Interventions (Schemes) Beneficiary / Intervention Figure
Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) Pucca houses – PMAY Gramin 20 lakhs houses
Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) Connecting Roads – PMGSY 25000 km road
Ministry of Jal Shakti Water Supply-Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)-FHTC Every Household as per the norms of JJM.
Ministry of Jal Shakti Community water tap Hamlets ≤ 20HH
Ministry of Power House Electrification – [Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS)] Every unelectrified HH and unconnected public institutions(~ 2.35 lakh)
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Off-grid Solar. New Solar Power Scheme Every unelectrified HH and public institutions not covered through grid.
Ministry of Health and family Welfare Mobile Medical Units- National Health Mission Upto 1000 MMU for providing health facilities in villages where health facility is available beyond 5 km in Hilly areas and 10 km in plain areas.
Ministry of Health and family Welfare Ayushman Card – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)-NHA Every eligible HH covered under the Abhiyan
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas LPG Connections-(PM Ujjwala Yojana) 25 Lakhs HH (subject to approval of targets under original scheme and upon continuation of the scheme)
Ministry of Women and Child Development Establishment of Anganwadi Centres – Poshan Abhiyan 8000 (2000 New Saksham AWC & 6000 upgradation to Saksham AWC)
Ministry of Education Construction of Hostels-Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) 1000 hostels
Ministry of AYUSH Poshan Vatikas-National AYUSH Mission 700 Poshan Vatikas
Department of Telecom Universal Service Obligation Fund/Bharat Net (DoT-MoC) 5000 Villages
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Skill India Mission (Existing Schemes)/propose a) Skilling Center in tribal districts b) 1000 VDVKs, Tribal Groups etc
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology Digital Initiatives As applicable
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer welfare Promotion of sustainable agriculture – Multiple Schemes of DoAFW FRA Patta holders (~2 lakhs beneficiaries)
Department of Fisheries Fish culture support-Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) 10,000 community and 1,00,000 individual beneficiaries
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying Livestock rearing-National Livestock Mission 8500 Individual /Group beneficiaries
Ministry of Panchayati Raj Capacity building-Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) All Gram Sabhas and concerned officers at Sub division, District and State level dealing with FRA
Ministry of Tourism Tribal Home Stays-Swadesh Darshan 1000 Tribal Home Stays with support of upto Rs 5 lakh per unit (for new construction), upto Rs 3 lakhs (renovation) and Rs 5 lakh for village community requirement.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY) Enhancing the scope of SCA to Tribal Development / PMAAGY by including other interventions.

Other interventions includes setting up of 100 Tribal Multi-purpose Marketing Centers, improving infrastructure of Ashram Schools, Hostels, Govt./State Tribal Residential schools, Centre of Competencies for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and counselling support. Furthermore, govt. will provide support for FRA & CFR Management interventions, setting up of FRA Cells, and project management funds with incentives for top performing tribal districts.

Goals of PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan

  • Pucca house for eligible Households with other entitlements: Eligible ST household shall have access to pucca housing under the PMAY (Gramin) with availability of tapped water (Jal Jeevan Mission) and electricity supply (RDSS). Eligible ST household shall also have access to Ayushman Bharat Card (PMJAY).
  • Improving Village infrastructure: Ensuring all weather road connectivity to ST majority villages (PMGSY), provide access to mobile connectivity (Bharat Net) and internet, infrastructure for improving health, nutrition, and education (NHM, Samagra Shiksha and Poshan).
  • Skill Development Entrepreneurship promotion and enhanced livelihood: Providing access to training (Skill India Mission/ JSS) and ensuring that ST boys/girls get access to long-term skill courses after 10th/12th standard every year. Furthermore, Marketing support through Tribal Multipurpose Marketing Centre (TMMC), Tourist Home Stays and Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishery support for FRA Patta holders.
  • Education: – To increase Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) to the national levels in school and higher education. To make quality education affordable and accessible to ST students (Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan). To be done by setting up tribal hostels in schools at district/block level.
  • Health: To ensure enhanced access to quality health facilities to ST households. To reach towards the national standards in IMR, MMR and coverage of immunisation through Mobile Medical Units in areas where sub centre is more than 10 km in plain areas and 5 kms in Hilly areas (National Health Mission).

The tribal villages covered under the Abhiyan would be mapped on PM Gati Shakti Portal at https://pmgatishakti.gov.in/pmgatishakti/login with the gaps identified by concerned department for its scheme specific requirements. The physical and financial progress will be monitored PM Gati Shakti platform and the best performing districts will be awarded.

PM Janjati Unnat Gram Abhiyan in Union Budget 2024-25

Finance minister presented Union Budget 2024-25 on 23rd July 2024. While delivering the budget speech, FM said “For improving the socio-economic condition of tribal communities, we will launch the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan by adopting saturation coverage for tribal families in tribal-majority villages and aspirational districts. This will cover 63,643 villages benefitting 5 crore tribal people.”

Need for PMJUGA Scheme

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. PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan envisions saturation of critical gaps in social infrastructure, health, education, livelihood, through different schemes of Govt of India. It is done by convergence and outreach and ensure holistic and sustainable development of tribal areas and communities.

The PM Janjati Unnat Gram Abhiyan has been planned based on learning and success of PM-JANMAN Scheme which was specifically designed for the welfare of PVTGs.

The PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram is a unique example of cooperative Federalism, whole of Government approach for welfare of the people saturation through convergence and outreach.

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