Funds 2025: Outlay For Tribal Welfare Schemes Jumps By 46% To Rs 14,926 Crore | Financial system Information

New Delhi: The general funds allocation for the event of Scheduled Tribes has jumped by 45.79 per cent to Rs 14,925.81 crore in 2025-26 from Rs 10,237.33 crore in 2024-25. The Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY) has been expanded and subsumed beneath the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) with an outlay of Rs 80,000 crore over 5 years.

The funds outlay for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has seen constant development, rising from Rs 7,511.64 crore in 2023-24 to Rs 10,237.33 crore in 2024-25, and now reaching Rs 14,925.81 crore in 2025-26. An extended-term perspective reveals vital progress: from Rs 4,497.96 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 7,411 crore in 2021-22, and now a 231.83 per cent improve since 2014-15, demonstrating the federal government’s sustained deal with tribal welfare.

The rise in allocations has taken place throughout the board in all of the flagship schemes to uplift the tribal inhabitants. The outlay for Eklavya Mannequin Residential Colleges (EMRS) has practically doubled to Rs 7,088.60 crore from final 12 months’s Rs 4,748 crore, to offer high quality training to tribal college students in distant areas.

Beneath the Pradhan Mantri Jan Jatiya Vikas Mission, the allocation has shot as much as Rs 380.40 crore, from Rs 152.32 crore within the earlier 12 months, reinforcing efforts to create year-round income-generating alternatives for tribal communities.

The PMAAGY bought a 163 per cent hike to Rs 335.97 crore, specializing in bridging infrastructural gaps in training, healthcare, and employment. The allocation for Multi-Function Facilities (MPC) beneath Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) has doubled from Rs 150 crore to Rs 300 crore, enhancing socio-economic assist in Significantly Weak Tribal Teams (PVTGs) dominated habitations.

Constructing upon the success of PM-JANMAN, the DAJGUA goals to saturate infrastructural gaps in 63,843 villages with a budgetary outlay of Rs 79,156 crore over 5 years (Central Share: Rs 56,333 crore, State Share: Rs 22,823 crore). This initiative brings collectively 17 ministries by way of 25 focused interventions, making certain built-in tribal improvement in key areas akin to well being, training, livelihoods, and ability improvement.

The allocation for DAJGUA beneath the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has quadrupled from Rs 500 crore to Rs 2,000 crore in 2025-26, reflecting the federal government’s dedication to uplifting tribal communities on the grassroots stage.

Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram stated, “India, residence to over 10.45 crore Scheduled Tribe (ST) people – comprising 8.6 per cent of the overall inhabitants – boasts a wealthy and numerous tribal heritage. Unfold throughout distant and infrequently inaccessible areas, these communities have lengthy been a focus of the federal government’s improvement agenda.”

“Beneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management, the Union Funds 2025-26 reaffirms this dedication with a considerable improve in budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, making certain holistic and sustainable improvement for tribal communities throughout the nation,” he added.

Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Durga Das Uikey stated, “This funds is a testomony to our dedication to tribal welfare, with targeted investments in training, livelihoods, and infrastructure, paving the best way for a brighter future. Our Authorities is dedicated to tribal empowerment.”