Ministry of Tribal Affairs

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Ministry of Tribal Affairs
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Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Tribal Affairs
Shastri Bhawan
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road
New Delhi,110011
New Delhi
Annual budget6,000 crore (US$710 million) (2018-19 est.) [1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Ranjana Chopra, Secretary, IAS
Website tribal.gov.in

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MOTA) is an Indian Government ministry charged with overall development of Scheduled Tribe communities of India by providing them education, scholarships, grants to create more health infrastructure in tribal communities, preservation of Tribal Culture & languages and direct cash transfer schemes to economically backward tribal families.

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History

The ministry was set up in 1999 after the bifurcation of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India) to have a more focused approach on the integrated socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the most underprivileged of the Indian Society. [2] Before the formation of the ministry the tribal Affairs was being handled by different ministries which were:

  1. As a Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs known as Tribal Division since after independence up to September 1985.
  2. Ministry of Welfare: From September 1985 to May 1998.
  3. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment from May 1998 to September 1999.

Functions of the ministry

  1. Tribal Welfare-Planning, Policy formulation, Research and Training.
  2. Tribal development including scholarships to STs.
  3. Promotion of voluntary efforts in development of STs.
  4. Administrative Ministry with respect to matters concerning Scheduled Areas.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the Nodal Ministry for overall policy, planning and coordination of programmes of development for Scheduled Tribes.

Agencies

Ministry has one Commission, One Public Sector Undertaking and one Co-operative Society under its administrative control, namely :

  1. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
  2. National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)
  3. Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED)

Autonomous Bodies

  1. National Education Society for Tribal Students

Cabinet Ministers

The Minister of Tribal Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. [3]

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Jual Oram PIB (cropped).jpg Jual Oram
(born 1961)
MP for Sundargarh
13 October 199922 May 20044 years, 222 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
P. R. Kyndiah (cropped).jpg Paty Ripple Kyndiah
(1928–2015)
MP for Shillong
23 May 200422 May 20094 years, 364 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Kantilal Bhuria cropped.jpg Kantilal Bhuria
(born 1950)
MP for Ratlam
28 May 200912 July 20112 years, 45 days Manmohan II
Minister of Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj V. Kishore Chandra Deo (cropped).jpg V. Kishore Chandra Deo
(born 1947)
MP for Araku
12 July 201126 May 20142 years, 318 days
Jual Oram PIB (cropped).jpg Jual Oram
(born 1961)
MP for Sundargarh
27 May 201430 May 20195 years, 3 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Arjun Munda - Ranchi 2011-11-29 9195.JPG Arjun Munda
(born 1968)
MP for Khunti
31 May 20199 June 20245 years, 9 days Modi II
Jual Oram PIB (cropped).jpg Jual Oram
(born 1961)
MP for Sundargarh
10 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 103 days Modi III

Ministers of State

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Faggan Singh Kulaste addressing function at 7th Indian Organ Donation Day (cropped).jpg Faggan Singh Kulaste
(born 1959)
MP for Mandla
22 November 199922 May 20044 years, 182 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Rameshwar Oraon delivering speech at NSCT (cropped).jpg Rameshwar Oraon
(born 1947)
MP for Lohardaga
6 April 200822 May 20091 year, 46 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Tusharbhai Chaudhary taking office in 2009 (cropped).jpg Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary
(born 1965)
MP for Bardoli
28 May 200919 January 20111 year, 236 days Manmohan II
Mahadeo Singh Khandela assuming office in 2009.jpg Mahadeo Singh Khandela
(born 1943)
MP for Sikar
19 January 201127 October 20121 year, 282 days
Ranee Narah addressing media in Guwahati.jpg Ranee Narah
(born 1965)
MP for Lakhimpur
28 October 201226 May 20141 year, 210 days
Mansukhbhai Vasava delivering speech in 2014 (cropped).jpg Mansukhbhai Vasava
(born 1957)
MP for Bharuch
27 May 20145 July 20162 years, 39 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Jasvantsinh Bhabhor cropped.jpg Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
(born 1966)
MP for Dahod
5 July 201630 May 20192 years, 329 days
Sudarshan Bhagat giving awards (cropped).jpg Sudarshan Bhagat
(born 1969)
MP for Lohardaga
3 September 201730 May 20191 year, 269 days
Renuka Singh Saruta PIB (cropped).jpg Renuka Singh Saruta
(born 1964)
MP for Sarguja
31 May 20197 December 20234 years, 190 days Modi II
Shri Bishweswar Tudu.png Bishweswar Tudu
(born 1965)
MP for Mayurbhanj
7 July 20219 June 20242 years, 338 days
Bharati Pawar with PM Modi (cropped).jpg Bharati Pawar
(born 1978)
MP for Dindori
7 December 20239 June 2024185 days
Durga Das Uikey.jpg Durga Das Uikey
(born 1963)
MP for Betul
10 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 103 days Modi III

Initiatives

Van Dhan Samajik Doori Jagrookta Abhiyaan

Amidst the COVID-19 crisis in May 2020 the TRIFED, a cooperative body under Ministry of Tribal Affairs registered under Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act launched this scheme in order to educate the tribals in COVID related safety measures. Nationwide and state specific webinars were organised in order to bring awareness on the issue. The Ministry also revised Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor forest products (MFP) to be procured from the tribals under MSP for MFP scheme meanwhile promoting door to door procurement and sale through mobile vans. The program was launched in association with UNICEF. [4]

Swasthya portal

Ministry of tribal affairs launched the Swasthya portal, which will act as one stop solution for matters related to health and nutrition status of the Scheduled Tribes. The Ministry's centre of excellence for knowledge management in health and nutrition will manage the portal and it will be hosted on National Informatics Centre cloud. [5]

Going online as leaders program (GOAL)

The Ministry had partnered with Facebook to launch "GOAL" program which aims at training 5000 tribal youths through digital education in order to make them emerge as the village level digital young leaders of their community. The scheme includes distribution of mobile phones for the promotion of digital literacy and to narrow the digital divide among various section of population. [5]

ALEKH

It is an e-newsletter launched by the Ministry in order to showcase the efforts of various stakeholders which are involved in improving the health and wellbeing of tribal population. It will be launched on quarterly basis. [5]

See also

References

  1. "MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS : DEMAND NO. 96" (PDF). Indiabudget.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. "Welcome to Ministry of Tribal Affairs". Archived from the original on 29 April 2012.
  3. ORGANISTIONAL CHART, MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS
  4. "Webinar on "Van Dhan Scheme: learnings for post COVID-19" organized by DST, Rajasthan in association with TRIFED, M/O Tribal Affairs". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Launch of Tribal Health & Nutrition Portal – 'Swasthya' and Opening of National Overseas Portal & National Tribal Fellowship Portal". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 2 September 2020.