Special Initiatives under DAJGUA

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Government of India
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
06 AUG 2026 12:30PM by PIB Delhi

The Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri. Durgadas Uikey informed in Lok Sabha on Wednesday that Hon'ble PM launched Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) on 2nd October, 2024. The Abhiyan comprises of 25 interventions implemented by 17 line Ministries and aims to saturate infrastructural gaps in 63,843 villages with an aims to improve access to health, education, Anganwadi facilities and providing livelihood opportunities benefiting more than 5 crore tribals in 549 districts and 2,911 blocks in 30 States/UTs in 5 years.

The details of interventions implemented by line Ministries under DAJGUA is at Annexure I. There are 591 villages in 11 blocks from Chhindwara and Pandhurna Districts, Madhya Pradesh are included in DAJGUA village list for implementation of benefits under DAJGUA.

The Ministry has requested the State Governments/UT Administrations to furnish the list of villages that meet the eligibility criteria for inclusion in the DAJGUA village list, i.e tribal-majority villages with a population of 500 or more and at least 50% tribal residents. To expedite the implementation of the works and timely delivery of the benefits of the Schemes to the beneficiaries under Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA), the Ministry of Tribal Affairs conduct regular Inter – Ministerial and coordination meetings with line ministries under DAJGUA, to ensure effective implementation of the scheme. Further, regular review meetings are also held with respective States/ Districts Authority. Provision of PMU has also been made for effective monitoring and implementation of the scheme.

Annexure I

S. No.	Ministry	Scheme Name	Mission Target
1	Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)	PMAY-G Housing	20 Lakhs
1	Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)	PMGSY - Roads	25,000 Km Road
2	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Mobile Medical units	1,000 MMUs
3	Department of Telecommunication	Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)	5,252 villages
4	Ministry of Jal Shakti	Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)	All villages to be saturated
5	Ministry of New and Renewable Energy	New Solar Power Scheme- PM Surya Ghar Yojana	Provision of Solar Roof top at 2000 institutions
6	Ministry of Women and Child Development	Anganwadi Centre- Poshan 2.0 (ICDS)	2,000 New Anganwadis
7	DoSE&L, Ministry of Education	Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)	1,000 hostels
8	Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme	30 Skilling Centres in tribal districts
8	Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme	Training of 1000 VDVKs and tribal groups
9	Ministry of AYUSH	Poshan Vatikas	700 Poshan Vatikas
10	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	(PM-RKVY)	Agriculture support to FRA patta holders (~ 2 lakh)
11	Ministry of Power	Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme – RDSS	Every unelectrified HH & unconnected public institution (~ 2.35lakh)
12	Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas	LPG - Ujjwala Yojana	25 Lakhs LPG connections
13	Ministry of Panchayati Raj	Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)	FRA awareness programs at all Gram Sabhas, Sub-division and districts dealing with FRA
14	D/o Fisheries	Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)	Support to tribal fishermen: 10,000 IFR and 1000 CFR
15	Ministry of Tourism	Responsible tourism (Swadesh Darshan)	1000 Home stays
16	D/o Animal Husbandry and Dairying	National Livestock Mission	Livestock management support to 8,500 IFR holders
17	Ministry of Tribal Affairs		Upgradation of Ashram Schools, TMMC etc

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