{"id":50737,"date":"2025-06-18T09:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50737"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T05:30:29","slug":"centre-launches-tribal-outreach-drive-to-promote-pm-janman-and-dharti-aaba-welfare-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/centre-launches-tribal-outreach-drive-to-promote-pm-janman-and-dharti-aaba-welfare-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre Launches Tribal Outreach Drive to Promote PM JANMAN and Dharti Aaba Welfare Schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tribal Outreach Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has rolled out a large-scale outreach campaign for the implementation of its welfare schemes in over 500 districts of the country, aiming to <\/span><b>cover 1 lakh tribal dominated villages and habitations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in 2023, the <\/span><b>Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a focused initiative aimed at improving the socio-economic conditions of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-a-particularly-vulnerable-tribal-group-pvtg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups<\/b><\/a><b> (PVTGs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These groups represent the most marginalised sections within tribal communities and often face barriers to accessing mainstream welfare benefits due to geographic isolation, lack of documentation, and limited institutional outreach.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key Components of PM JANMAN include:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delivery of basic entitlements like Aadhaar cards and health insurance under Ayushman Bharat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access to banking facilities such as Jan Dhan accounts and pension enrolment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legal empowerment through granting land and forest rights under the <\/span><b>Forest Rights Act (FRA)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supportive infrastructure and service delivery mechanisms tailored for PVTGs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme represents a paradigm shift in tribal policy, from passive provisioning to proactive inclusion, by addressing critical documentation, health, and financial gaps through direct, last-mile service delivery.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in 2024 and named after the legendary tribal freedom fighter <\/span><b>Birsa Munda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (revered as Dharti Aaba or \u201cFather of the Earth\u201d), the <\/span><b>Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a comprehensive umbrella scheme.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to integrate the efforts of <\/span><b>17 different Union Ministries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the upliftment of tribal communities through convergence-driven development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a total allocation of Rs. 79,156 crore over five years, including Rs. 56,333 crore as the central share and Rs. 22,823 crore from states, the scheme focuses on multi-dimensional development through:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction of tribal hostels and rural homes under <\/span><b>PM Awas Yojana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rural electrification and water access improvements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Livelihood enhancement through livestock and fisheries support.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each participating ministry is assigned a budget and a set of deliverables under the scheme.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By leveraging convergence, Dharti Aaba Abhiyan seeks to break silos in welfare delivery and ensure holistic development of tribal habitations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>News Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On <\/span><b>June 15, 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs officially launched a large-scale <\/span><b>fortnight-long outreach campaign<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across <\/span><b>500 districts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initiative targets over <\/span><b>1 lakh tribal-dominated villages and habitations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, focusing on <\/span><b>benefit saturation camps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to deliver key services at the doorstep of tribal citizens.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The primary goal is to ensure widespread awareness and uptake of two flagship schemes: <\/span><b>PM JANMAN and Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These schemes are central to the Union government\u2019s efforts under the year-long <\/span><b>Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> celebrations, which began on <\/span><b>November 15, 2024<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the birth anniversary of <\/span><b>Birsa Munda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outreach focuses on:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enrolment and delivery of <\/span><b>Aadhaar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Ayushman Bharat cards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening of <\/span><b>Jan Dhan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>pension accounts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Processing <\/span><b>land and forest rights claims<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the <\/span><b>FRA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Ministry sources, the campaign is designed to push <\/span><b>last-mile awareness<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially among remote tribal populations who often remain excluded from formal welfare mechanisms.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campaign also seeks to create institutional familiarity with the recently launched Dharti Aaba scheme, whose budgetary provisions came into effect in the <\/span><b>2025 Union Budget<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outreach aligns with the government\u2019s broader strategy of <\/span><b>saturation-based delivery models<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where welfare entitlements are delivered to all eligible individuals within a defined geography, thus minimising exclusions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The model has been successfully adopted in previous schemes like <\/span><b>PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is now being replicated in tribal welfare initiatives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By embedding this effort within a symbolic and cultural framework (through Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh), the government also aims to honour tribal legacy and deepen community trust in public institutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/centres-mega-outreach-campaign-aims-to-push-flagship-tribal-welfare-schemes-pm-janman-dharti-aaba-10072410\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union Government has initiated a fortnight-long outreach to promote PM JANMAN and Dharti Aaba schemes for tribal welfare, targeting 1 lakh villages through benefit saturation 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