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Ranchi, October 02, 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA), on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.
The scheme has a total outlay of Rs 79,156 crores (Central Share: Rs 56,333 crore and State Share: Rs 22,823 crore).
Jharkhand Governor Santosh Gangwar, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi, Union MoS for Tribal Affairs Durgadas Uikey, Union MoS for Defence Sanjay Seth and senior officers from Central and State Government were present in the function.
The Abhiyan will cover around 63,843 villages benefitting more than 5 crore tribal people in 549 districts and 2,911 blocks spread across all tribal majority villages and aspirational blocks in 30 States/UTs.
Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan envisions saturation of critical gaps in social infrastructure, health, education, livelihood, through 25 interventions implemented by 17-line ministries of Govt of India by convergence and outreach; and ensures holistic and sustainable development of tribal areas and communities.
The scheme received Cabinet approval on September 18, 2024.
It has been planned based on the learning and success of PM-JANMAN, which was launched by the Prime Minister on Janjatiya Gaurav Divas on November 15, 2023. With a budget outlay of Rs. 24,104 crores, the scheme focuses on the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) population. In the last 10 months, remarkable strides have been made in almost all interventions with sanction of projects worth Rs 10,000 crores.
Recently, on September 17, 2024 Modi handed over keys for Gruha Pravesh of 40,000 completed houses constructed under PM-JANMAN and released 1st instalment to 50,000 beneficiaries during an event in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
The Prime Minister also inaugurated 40 Eklavya schools and laid the foundation stone of 25 new EMRSs amounting to around Rs 2,834 cr.
He also inaugurated and laid foundation stone of projects worth Rs 1,365 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN), including 1387 km roads, 120 Anganwadis, 250 Multi-Purpose Centres and 10 school hostels, which are being constructed under PM-JANMAN by the concerned Ministries of Rural Development, Women and Child Development, Department of School Education and Literacy, and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
With the inauguration of 40 new EMRS, a total of 74 new EMRSs have been completed under the new scheme, which was launched under in 2018, when the Government of India decided to set up 440 Eklavya Schools. Under the scheme, each block with 50% or more ST population and 20,000 or more tribal persons will have an EMRS, to be at par with Navodaya Vidyalayas.
With 288 schools already sanctioned (before 2018), a total of 728 schools will be set up. The construction cost of EMRS has been enhanced to Rs 38 cr and Rs 48 cr in plain and hilly areas respectively.
By March 2026, Govt has set the target of making all 728 schools functional, wherein about 3.5 lakh tribal students will have quality education. An amount of Rs. 28919.72 crores has been allocated under the scheme (for 2021-26). More than 38,000 teaching and non-teaching staff will be recruited in a phased manner, of which 9000 teaching and non-teaching staff have been recruited already.
