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Budget

2024-2025

Tribal Empowerment

Tribal society will be empowered by Pradhan
Mantri Janjati Unnat Gram Abhiyan

The upliftment and empowerment of tribal society have been one of the top priorities of the
Modi government. A glimpse of these priorities was also seen in the budget presented in
Parliament on 23 July. In this budget, the government has announced to start 'PM Janjati
Unnat Gram Abhiyan' for the all-round development of tribal society. About 5 crore tribal
brothers and sisters of 63 thousand villages will be benefited from this campaign. This will
not only connect these villages to the mainstream of development, but they will also become
model villages by fulfilling excellent infrastructure and other requirements…...

he central government is fully committed to for the development of the tribal community.
Treaching out to the tribal population living in While this scheme will empower the tribal
remote areas of the country and ensuring their communities, it will benefit 5 crore tribal people
multidimensional development while protecting in 63 thousand villages. In her budget speech, the
their culture, traditions, and heritage. A glimpse Finance Minister emphasized that this campaign
of this commitment was also seen in the budget will be launched to improve the socio-economic
presented in Parliament on 23 July. In this budget, condition of tribal communities. She said that
Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala under the scheme, 'complete coverage' has been
Sitharaman, while presenting the 'Union Budget 2024- recommended with the objective of social justice
25' in Parliament, announced that our government and specialized human resource development.
will launch the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Unnat Gram Sitharaman said that this scheme will provide
Abhiyan to improve the socio-economic condition of complete coverage to tribal families living in tribal-
tribal communities. This scheme is an important step dominated villages and aspiring districts.

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