India's Tribal Development Schemes
Tribal welfare in India runs through a small set of Ministry of Tribal Affairs programmes that are rarely read together: PM-JANMAN, which pushes housing, water, power, roads and mobile signal into the hamlets of 75 particularly vulnerable tribal communities; Van Dhan kendras, which turn gathered forest produce into a village business; Eklavya residential schools; and a research fellowship for Scheduled Tribe scholars. Lok Sabha replies of 13 August 2026 refreshed the numbers on all four, and they tell one story: sanctioning is fast, completion lags. On 15 August the ministry handed its ITDA/ITDP field machinery a reform blueprint, and from 24 to 26 August a National Conclave in Mysuru opened a fifth front, tribal languages and museums: an upgraded Adi Vaani platform, a 'Jago' AI assistant, an MoU with CIIL and a plan for 11 Tribal Freedom Fighter Museums.
- PM-JANMAN
- PVTG
- Van Dhan Vikas Kendra
- TRIFED
- Eklavya Model Residential School
- Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- DAJGUA
- National Fellowship for Scheduled Tribes
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