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.
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. Before the formation of the ministry the tribal Affairs was being handled by different ministries which were:
As a Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs known as Tribal Division since after independence up to September 1985. Ministry of Welfare: From September 1985 to May 1998. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment from May 1998 to September 1999.
Functions of the ministry Tribal Welfare-Planning, Policy formulation, Research and Training. Tribal development including scholarships to STs. Promotion of voluntary efforts in development of STs. 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 : National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED) National Education Society for Tribal Students
Schemes and Programmes Adi Prashikshan Adi Vaani App Adi-Prasarasn Adivasi Grants Management System Direct Benefit Transfer Portal (DBT) Going Online as Leaders Program (GOAL) NGO Grants Online System National Overseas Scholarship Portal National Tribal Fellowship Portal National Tribal Migration Support Portal National Tribal Research Portal National Tribal Virtual Art and Culture Portal Scheduled Tribe Component Monitoring System Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Spring Water Atlas Swasthya, Tribal Health and Nutrition Portal Tribal Digital Document Repository
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.ORGANISTIONAL CHART, MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS
PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Jual Oram 13 October 1999 22 May 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee Paty Ripple Kyndiah 23 May 2004 22 May 2009 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Kantilal Bhuria 28 May 2009 12 July 2011 Manmohan II V. Kishore Chandra Deo 12 July 2011 26 May 2014 Jual Oram 27 May 2014 30 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Arjun Munda 31 May 2019 9 June 2024 Modi II Jual Oram 10 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III
Ministers of State
PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Faggan Singh Kulaste 22 November 1999 22 May 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee Rameshwar Oraon 6 April 2008 22 May 2009 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary 28 May 2009 19 January 2011 Manmohan II Mahadeo Singh Khandela 19 January 2011 27 October 2012 Ranee Narah 28 October 2012 26 May 2014 Mansukhbhai Vasava 27 May 2014 5 July 2016 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 Sudarshan Bhagat 3 September 2017 Renuka Singh Saruta 31 May 2019 7 December 2023 Modi II Bishweswar Tudu 7 July 2021 9 June 2024 Bharati Pawar 7 December 2023 Durga Das Uikey 10 June 2024 Incumbent 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.
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.
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.
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.
See also Eklavya Model Residential Schools, started by the Ministry Department of Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare (Tamil Nadu)
References
External links Ministry of Tribal Affairs Department of Tribal Development of Maharashtra Department of Tribal Development of Madhya Pradesh Department of Tribal Development of Chhattisgarh Tribal Development Department, Himachal Pradesh
External links Official Website, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India