Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Budget Allocation under Tribal Scheme
Posted On:
07 AUG 2025 3:12PM by PIB Delhi
Replying to un-starred question of Dr Nishikant Dubey, Shri Rajkumar Roat, the Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed Lok Sabha today that the details of the total number of tribals in the country including Jharkhand, State-wise as per census 2011, is given in Annexure 1.
- The total budget sanctioned / allocated by the government for ministry of Tribal Affairs is attached as Annexure 2(A). Details of the expenditure thereof, year, scheme and State-wise is given in Annexure 2(B)
- Government is implementing Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) as a strategy for the development of Scheduled Tribes and areas having tribal concentration. 41 Ministries/Departments are allocating certain percentage of their total scheme budget every year for tribal development under DAPST for various tribal development projects relating to education, health, agriculture, irrigation, roads, housing, electrification, employment generation, skill development, etc. Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing various schemes/programmes for the welfare and development of the of the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the country. The total budgetary expenditure incurred by the Government under various departmental schemes for Scheduled Tribes during the last ten years and the additional budget allocated for schemes other than those of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs out of this expenditure is attached at Annexure 3.
- The number of beneficiaries benefitted from the budget of various departments and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs is listed below:
For Post Matric Scholarship and Pre Matric Scholarship no. of beneficiaries is 1988462 and 944000 for 2023-24 respectively. For National Overseas Scholarship for ST students and National Fellowship for ST students no of beneficiaries is 65 and 2975 respectively for 2023-24. For Scholarship for Higher Education (Top Class Education) no of beneficiaries is 5429 for 2023-24. For Grants in aid for voluntary Organisations, number of beneficiaries are 730461 for 2024-25.
As per PMAG-Y portal, the total no of beneficiaries in Awas Yojana under DAPST is presently 6288872 completed houses for scheduled tribe community.
For Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS), as on date, 728 schools have been approved, out of which 479 EMRSs have been reported to be functional across the country benefiting about 1,38,336 ST students including 70,137 girl students.
For PM JANMAN the number of beneficiaries is not maintained however the physical achievements are listed below:
PM-JANMAN
|
Name of Ministry
|
Mission Target (2023-2026)
|
Cumulative Target till March 2025
|
Sanction details
|
Physical Achievements
|
|
M/o Rural Development
|
4.90 lakh houses
|
292887 houses
|
396340 houses
|
90892 houses completed.
|
|
8000 km road
|
2100 km road
|
4831.62 km road
|
205 Km road completed
|
|
M/o Health and Family Welfare
|
1000 MMU (725 MMUs sufficient to cover all)
|
558 MMU
|
687 MMUs
|
687 MMUs operationalized
|
|
M/o Jal Shakti
|
18810 Villages
|
10695 Villages
|
17873 Villages
|
6737 Villages 100% Saturated
|
|
M/o Women and Child Development
|
2500
|
1333
|
2139 AWCs
|
1001 AWCs made operational.
|
|
M/o Education
|
500
|
303
|
194 Hostels
|
Work started in 52 Hostels.
|
|
M/o Power
|
142133 HHs
|
85502 HHs
|
142133 HHs
|
92311 HHs Electrified
|
|
M/o New and Renewable Energy
|
As per identification of beneficiaries eligible for off-grid
|
As per identification of beneficiaries eligible for off-grid
|
9961 HHs
|
1934 HHs Electrified
|
|
M/o Communications
|
Coverage of 4543 habitations
|
Coverage of 2462 habitations
|
2595 habitations planned for Coverage
|
901 Habitations covered
|
|
M/o Tribal Affairs
|
1000
|
600
|
966 MPCs
|
Work started in 532 MPCs.
|
|
500
|
450
|
506 VDVKs
|
156 VDVKs Operational
|
(e) The Central Government does not allocate the central tribal budget directly to State Tribal Advisory Committees and District Tribal Councils for expenditure at their level.
(f) The increasing trend on allocation and expenditure may be seen in annexure 2(A).
Annexure - 1
State / UT wise Population of Scheduled Tribes: Census 2011
|
Sl. No.
|
India / State / UTs
|
Person
|
|
|
INDIA
|
104545716
|
|
1
|
JAMMU & KASHMIR (UT)
|
1275106
|
|
2
|
LADAKH (UT)
|
218193
|
|
3
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
392126
|
|
4
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
291903
|
|
5
|
RAJASTHAN
|
9238534
|
|
6
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
1134273
|
|
7
|
BIHAR
|
1336573
|
|
8
|
SIKKIM
|
206360
|
|
9
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
951821
|
|
10
|
NAGALAND
|
1710973
|
|
11
|
MANIPUR
|
1167422
|
|
12
|
MIZORAM
|
1036115
|
|
13
|
TRIPURA
|
1166813
|
|
14
|
MEGHALAYA
|
2555861
|
|
15
|
ASSAM
|
3884371
|
|
16
|
WEST BENGAL
|
5296953
|
|
17
|
JHARKHAND
|
8645042
|
|
18
|
ODISHA
|
9590756
|
|
19
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
7822902
|
|
20
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
15316784
|
|
21
|
GUJARAT
|
8917174
|
|
22
|
DAMAN & DIU and DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
|
193927
|
|
23
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
10510213
|
|
24
|
TELANGANA
|
3286928
|
|
25
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
2631145
|
|
26
|
KARNATAKA
|
4248987
|
|
27
|
GOA
|
149275
|
|
28
|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
61120
|
|
29
|
KERALA
|
484839
|
|
30
|
TAMIL NADU
|
794697
|
|
31
|
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
|
28530
|
Source: Office of the Registrar General, India
Note: No Notified Scheduled Tribes in Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, NCT of Delhi and Puducherry as in 2011
Annexure 2(A)
(In crores)
Expenditure/Allocation to various schemes of MoTA
|
Name of Scheme
|
EXP
|
EXP
|
EXP
|
EXP.
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
EXP.
|
-
|
RE
|
BE
|
|
2015-16
|
2016-17
|
2017-18
|
2018-19
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
2022-23
|
2023-24
|
2024-25
|
2025-26
|
|
(A) Schemes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SCA to TSP (Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna-PMAAGY)
|
1132.17
|
1195.03
|
1350.01
|
1349.81
|
1349.86
|
799.49
|
784.99
|
1354.37
|
149.93
|
127.51
|
335.97
|
|
Grants under Article 275 (1)
|
1392.46
|
1265.86
|
1510.70
|
1819.82
|
2662.53
|
800.00
|
923.44
|
976.49
|
1172.10
|
1170.57
|
1541.47
|
|
Grants to ASSAM Govt.under clause (a) of the Second proviso to Article 275 (1) of the Constitution
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.01
|
|
Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS)
|
|
|
|
|
16.21
|
1200.00
|
1057.74
|
1999.32
|
2447.06
|
4748.92
|
7088.60
|
|
Support to NSTFDC
|
63.33
|
60.00
|
55.00
|
65.00
|
80.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Aid to Voluntary Organizations working for the Scheduled Tribes
|
75.05
|
120.00
|
119.94
|
114.00
|
94.84
|
59.66
|
89.43
|
109.25
|
149.95
|
160.00
|
175.00
|
|
Marketing and Logistics Development for Promoting Tribal Products from North-Eastern Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
2.00
|
0.00
|
|
Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission (PMJVM)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
117.12
|
137.10
|
152.32
|
380.40
|
|
Venture Capital Fund for STs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
30.00
|
|
Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTGs)
|
213.54
|
340.21
|
239.49
|
250.00
|
250.00
|
140.00
|
160.00
|
137.18
|
0.00
|
74.55
|
0.00
|
|
Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products.
|
34.85
|
49.00
|
44.95
|
72.50
|
128.50
|
105.00
|
113.06
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs)
|
11.50
|
15.11
|
79.00
|
99.99
|
109.98
|
60.00
|
60.00
|
12.40
|
43.54
|
90.00
|
111.00
|
|
Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce (MSP for MFP)
|
117.69
|
2.00
|
8.59
|
96.85
|
164.64
|
82.86
|
106.29
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST students
|
46.84
|
79.98
|
99.72
|
99.98
|
99.89
|
120.00
|
119.98
|
145.00
|
230.00
|
240.00
|
0.02
|
|
Scholarship to the ST Students for Studies Abroad
|
0.39
|
0.39
|
1.00
|
2.00
|
1.90
|
4.76
|
4.95
|
4.00
|
7.00
|
6.00
|
0.01
|
|
Pre-Matric Scholarship
|
|
|
294.08
|
311.50
|
440.00
|
248.90
|
394.14
|
357.30
|
308.59
|
200.00
|
313.79
|
|
Post-Matric Scholarship
|
|
|
1463.91
|
1647.56
|
1863.33
|
1830.18
|
2257.72
|
1965.00
|
2668.83
|
2462.68
|
2462.68
|
|
Boys & Girls Hostels
|
|
|
7.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ashram Schools
|
|
|
7.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vocational Training Centers
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Umbrella Programme for Development of Scheduled Tribes: Tribal Education
|
1173.67
|
1659.84
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tribal Festivals, Research Information & Mass Education [Tribal Research, Information, Education, Communication & Events (TRI-ECE)]
|
7.87
|
4.69
|
4.01
|
23.35
|
23.23
|
9.00
|
14.61
|
15.01
|
32.04
|
32.00
|
27.00
|
|
Monitoring and Evaluation (MESSA)
|
1.56
|
1.39
|
1.27
|
2.42
|
3.83
|
1.82
|
3.14
|
8.84
|
8.80
|
20.00
|
25.00
|
|
Improving Development Programmes in the Tribal Areas
|
1.34
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Administrative Cost to States/ UTs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
8.41
|
25.00
|
59.01
|
|
Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
109.97
|
160.00
|
312.00
|
|
DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram Utakarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500.00
|
2000.00
|
|
Sub- Total (Schemes)
|
4472.60
|
4794.50
|
5285.67
|
5954.78
|
7288.74
|
5461.67
|
6125.50
|
7225.29
|
7473.32
|
10171.55
|
14861.96
|
Annexure -2(B)
(In crores)
Year wise/ State wise expenditure of MoTA schemes
|
Sr. No.
|
States/UTs
|
FY 2014-15 to 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
FY 2014-15 to 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
FY 2014-15 to 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
FY 2014-15 to 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
FY 2014-15 to 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
FY 2014-15 to 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
FY 2014-15 to 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
FY 2014-15 to 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
FY 2014-15 to 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
|
|
|
Scholarship
|
PM JANMAN (MPCs)
|
Development of PVTGs
|
Livelihood
|
Grants in Aid to Voluntary Organizations
|
EMRS
|
Article 275(1)
|
PMAAGY
|
TRI
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
1.09
|
0.20
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
5.52
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
1.90
|
0.00
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1139.30
|
150.77
|
14.97
|
5.00
|
226.92
|
0.00
|
61.63
|
0.00
|
47.14
|
2.49
|
441.86
|
202.53
|
351.27
|
98.4
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
39.51
|
0.00
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
554.74
|
100.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
15.90
|
0.00
|
34.59
|
6.39
|
20.25
|
19.98
|
750.63
|
100.3
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
20.58
|
150.00
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
429.97
|
80.71
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
70.65
|
0.00
|
17.44
|
2.84
|
67.16
|
106.39
|
283.20
|
42.9
|
346.46
|
0.00
|
7.04
|
270.00
|
|
5
|
Delhi
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.83
|
0.17
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.0
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
6
|
Bihar
|
117.54
|
4.43
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
6.39
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.19
|
0.34
|
49.74
|
5.2
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
99.00
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
854.43
|
70.00
|
8.52
|
0.00
|
122.02
|
0.00
|
20.85
|
0.00
|
11.16
|
2.51
|
555.53
|
752.42
|
1288.24
|
145.1
|
311.81
|
0.00
|
15.79
|
1100.00
|
|
8
|
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
|
46.10
|
4.90
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.15
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
10.80
|
1.74
|
0.00
|
0.0
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
9
|
Goa
|
53.81
|
5.36
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
1.50
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
27.17
|
4.8
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
4.77
|
200.00
|
|
10
|
Gujarat
|
2644.04
|
240.46
|
1.66
|
4.37
|
72.37
|
0.00
|
28.96
|
0.00
|
96.95
|
3.39
|
315.72
|
237.39
|
948.75
|
27.3
|
571.25
|
0.00
|
43.14
|
250.00
|
|
11
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
106.50
|
5.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.56
|
0.00
|
21.78
|
5.78
|
21.67
|
13.53
|
190.90
|
22.4
|
15.29
|
0.00
|
4.53
|
125.00
|
|
12
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
178.02
|
9.95
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
14.57
|
0.00
|
2.05
|
0.49
|
24.84
|
3.74
|
160.51
|
0.0
|
59.51
|
0.00
|
23.04
|
100.00
|
|
13
|
Jharkhand
|
680.86
|
200.00
|
0.62
|
1.50
|
147.13
|
0.00
|
21.75
|
0.00
|
76.61
|
26.66
|
609.92
|
633.65
|
1059.93
|
51.5
|
81.46
|
0.00
|
35.83
|
200.00
|
|
14
|
Karnataka
|
1110.48
|
132.00
|
3.33
|
10.26
|
63.80
|
0.00
|
20.87
|
0.00
|
28.50
|
5.21
|
106.15
|
59.96
|
522.65
|
47.3
|
74.44
|
0.00
|
11.74
|
200.00
|
|
15
|
Kerala
|
243.47
|
30.00
|
2.29
|
0.00
|
8.50
|
0.00
|
5.97
|
0.00
|
8.53
|
1.87
|
19.94
|
10.30
|
71.67
|
4.0
|
1.22
|
0.00
|
12.60
|
300.00
|
|
16
|
Ladakh
|
70.47
|
35.40
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
1.50
|
0.00
|
2.02
|
1.82
|
12.60
|
0.17
|
0.00
|
0.0
|
10.19
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
99.00
|
|
17
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
2105.64
|
303.05
|
25.99
|
0.00
|
485.98
|
0.00
|
18.90
|
0.00
|
68.36
|
14.39
|
629.94
|
245.89
|
1728.91
|
91.8
|
806.75
|
0.00
|
33.21
|
600.00
|
|
18
|
Maharashtra
|
1839.21
|
117.81
|
12.47
|
5.00
|
103.55
|
0.00
|
39.75
|
0.00
|
58.34
|
15.51
|
286.26
|
268.49
|
952.00
|
0.0
|
314.26
|
0.00
|
6.84
|
250.00
|
|
19
|
Manipur
|
468.34
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
18.29
|
0.00
|
29.97
|
0.00
|
29.66
|
6.57
|
70.81
|
23.26
|
218.62
|
19.8
|
8.97
|
0.00
|
18.44
|
140.00
|
|
20
|
Meghalaya
|
405.73
|
145.78
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
25.34
|
0.00
|
93.14
|
20.17
|
240.38
|
314.43
|
270.71
|
22.2
|
35.87
|
0.00
|
7.07
|
100.00
|
|
21
|
Mizoram
|
450.30
|
24.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
38.07
|
0.00
|
5.49
|
1.59
|
127.06
|
143.13
|
294.67
|
21.4
|
68.47
|
0.00
|
53.92
|
723.14
|
|
22
|
Nagaland
|
380.55
|
62.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
42.60
|
0.00
|
1.99
|
0.00
|
343.02
|
6.98
|
501.39
|
20.5
|
108.01
|
0.00
|
18.75
|
600.00
|
|
23
|
Odisha
|
1927.07
|
323.50
|
12.68
|
23.92
|
171.33
|
0.00
|
24.79
|
0.00
|
229.21
|
28.85
|
939.22
|
601.84
|
1271.46
|
101.1
|
159.51
|
0.00
|
58.46
|
600.00
|
|
24
|
Puducherry
|
0.49
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.0
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
25
|
Rajasthan
|
1996.91
|
372.36
|
3.33
|
3.44
|
97.16
|
0.00
|
71.36
|
0.00
|
17.12
|
4.99
|
643.10
|
85.32
|
1102.37
|
46.3
|
304.72
|
0.00
|
9.63
|
0.00
|
|
26
|
Sikkim
|
80.80
|
6.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
11.69
|
0.00
|
4.75
|
1.17
|
40.04
|
8.45
|
117.39
|
44.9
|
9.18
|
0.00
|
12.15
|
200.00
|
|
27
|
Tamil Nadu
|
336.11
|
25.60
|
5.20
|
20.67
|
103.19
|
0.00
|
1.20
|
0.00
|
21.28
|
1.89
|
46.14
|
17.39
|
104.49
|
20.2
|
32.20
|
0.00
|
7.70
|
300.00
|
|
28
|
Telangana
|
1695.98
|
152.50
|
2.91
|
13.24
|
91.89
|
0.00
|
2.55
|
0.00
|
30.04
|
2.08
|
562.84
|
134.92
|
446.80
|
138.0
|
87.23
|
0.00
|
30.06
|
1300.00
|
|
29
|
Tripura
|
385.25
|
81.86
|
4.57
|
7.50
|
121.43
|
0.00
|
7.76
|
0.00
|
4.09
|
1.87
|
248.86
|
99.47
|
174.31
|
41.5
|
70.11
|
0.00
|
12.63
|
300.00
|
|
30
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
96.03
|
15.00
|
0.83
|
0.00
|
1.00
|
0.00
|
3.60
|
0.00
|
4.50
|
1.40
|
19.45
|
9.49
|
108.49
|
18.3
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
2.57
|
0.00
|
|
31
|
Uttrakhand
|
114.65
|
3.40
|
0.62
|
4.78
|
21.40
|
0.00
|
1.80
|
0.00
|
7.06
|
0.99
|
29.32
|
34.75
|
62.54
|
0.0
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
66.26
|
793.86
|
|
32
|
West Bengal
|
295.91
|
35.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
41.40
|
0.00
|
3.29
|
0.00
|
62.26
|
13.90
|
62.36
|
17.90
|
582.73
|
35.5
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
10.12
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
20809.77
|
2762.03
|
99.99
|
99.68
|
1909.27
|
0.00
|
587.52
|
0.00
|
984.89
|
175.00
|
6495.44
|
4053.86
|
13641.54
|
1170.6
|
3476.89
|
0.00
|
568.28
|
9000.00
|
In EMRS office expenses of NESTs is not included
Annexure-3
Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST).
Expenditure under DAPST
Expenditure under DAPST since 2015-16 made by the obligated Central Ministries / Departments are as follows:
(Rs. in Crores.)
|
Year
|
Actual Expenditure
|
|
MoTA
|
Ministries/Dept. (other than MoTA)
|
Total
|
|
2015-16
|
4472.26
|
15552.40
|
20024.66
|
|
2016-17
|
4793.96
|
16161.44
|
20955.40
|
|
2017-18
|
5285.67
|
25044.09
|
30329.76
|
|
2018-19
|
5954.78
|
29397.99
|
35352.77
|
|
2019-20
|
7170.72
|
38685.68
|
45856.40
|
|
2020-21
|
5461.67
|
42622.43
|
48084.10
|
|
2021-22
|
6125.51
|
76405.07
|
82530.58
|
|
2022-23
|
7225.29
|
83747.47
|
90972.76
|
|
2023-24
|
7473.32
|
95979.45
|
103452.77
|
|
2024-25
|
10145.67
|
94290.57
|
104436.24 (P)
|
|
2025-26
|
--
|
--
|
29961.17 (P)
(as on 30.7.25)
|
(P) Provisional
Source 1): Budget Estimates (BE) and Revised estimates (RE) for welfare of STs figures are taken from Statement 10B of the Expenditure Profile of the Union Budget
2) Actual expenditure for the FY 2020-21 to 2023-24 is based on Statement 10B of the Expenditure Profile of the corresponding Union Budgets.
3) Provisional expenditure for the FY 2024-25 and 2025-26 (as on 30.7.25) is taken from the STC- MIS portal (https://stcmis.gov.in/).
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