PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan:
The Union Cabinet approved Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PMJUGA) for improving the socio-economic condition of tribal communities.
- PMJUGA is a centrally sponsored scheme for the welfare of tribal families in tribal-majority villages and aspirational districts.
- It will cover 549 districts and 2,740 blocks spread across all tribal majority villages across 30 States/UTs.
- It will cover around 63,000 villages benefitting more than 5 crore tribal people.
- According to the 2011 Census, India has a Scheduled Tribe (ST) population of 10.42 crore (8.6%), consisting of over 705 tribal communities.
- It envisions fulfilling critical gaps in social infrastructure like health, education, livelihood, through different schemes of Government of India by convergence and outreach.
- It comprises 25 interventions which will be implemented by 17 ministries through funds allocated to them under the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) in the next 5 years to achieve the following goals.
