"916 tribal families have benefited from various income-generating activities and 90 (ninety) ST families have been provided with Auto Rickshaw and Power Tillers during 2023-24," said Pranajit Singha Roy.

“Under ‘Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh GramYojana’, the development plan has been approved for 198 villages involving an amount of Rs. 40.35 Crore,” he said.

“During 2024-25, 50 (fifty) smoke houses for processing of rubber sheets will be constructed at various tribal-dominated areas with a project cost of Rs. 37.50 Crore. 11(eleven)50 seated ST Girls Hostel and 10 (ten) 50 seated ST Boys Hostel will be constructedduring2024-25 with a project cost of Rs. 76.65 Crore, he added.

“Infrastructure development of Tirthamukh Mela Ground will be taken up during 2024-25 with project cost of Rs. 15.11 Crore. Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) focuses on11critical interventions through nine ministries and is aimed at improving socio-economic conditions by bridging gaps in health, education, livelihoods of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and providing PVTG households and habitations with basic facilities such as housing, clean drinking water and sanitation, power connectivity. During 2024-25, under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan(PM-JANMAN), all habitations inhabited by primitive vulnerable tribal groups will be electrified, and for that, an amount of Rs. 69.12 Crore have been sanctioned,” the budget added.

“During 2024-25, 77 new Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) will be set up at the habitations in which people belonging to primitive and vulnerable tribal groups got settlement with project cost of Rs. 9.24 Crore under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan(PM-JANMAN). 9015 new houses have been sanctioned for the Reang community under the PradhanMantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) scheme. An amount of Rs. 43.88 Crore is received from the Government of India under this scheme,” he said.

“For the year, 2024-25, State Government will provide a total amount of Rs. 698.68 Crore to TTAADC, which is much more than the provision kept in BE-2023-24. This amount is over and above the fund to be given from the share of taxes under 5 the State Finance Commission for Village Councils under TTAADC area. Besides, State Government is allocating Rs. 5899.08 Crore (39.93 percent of total development allocation) for the welfare of our Janajati brothers and sisters under the Tribal Sub Plan (including fund given to TTAADC)”, Roy said.