Pradhan Mantri-Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PMJUGA)

The Union Cabinet has approved a package that will provide up to ₹5 lakh each to tribal households and villages across the country, to turn their homes into tourist homestays. This is one of the 25 interventions planned under the Pradhan Mantri-Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PMJUGA).

Pradhan Mantri-Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PMJUGA)

Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PMJUGA) is a government initiative aimed at improving the socio-economic conditions of India’s tribal populations. Approved in 2024 with a budget of ₹79,156 crore, the program targets over 63,000 tribal-majority villages, affecting more than five crore tribal people across 30 states and Union Territories.

• It is a comprehensive scheme aimed at enhancing the socio-economic conditions of tribal communities across India.
• Financial Outlay: 79,156 crore, it covers 63,000 villages, benefiting over 5 crore tribal people.

Focus Areas of the Scheme

The program’s key focus is on holistic development through a convergence of government schemes, addressing gaps in critical infrastructure, healthcare, education, and livelihoods. Initiatives include improving housing under the PMAY-Gramin scheme, enhancing road and digital connectivity, and promoting healthcare services through mobile medical units and Ayushman Bharat.

The scheme also aims to provide skill development, sustainable livelihood options, and tribal-centric marketing facilities to ensure fair pricing for tribal products. Additionally, the initiative targets diagnosis and management of sickle cell disease, a prevalent condition among tribal communities, and promotes educational infrastructure upgrades, especially in tribal schools and hostels.

4 Key Goals of PMJUGA Scheme

• Developing Enabling Infrastructure:
  • Providing pucca housing under PMAY (Gramin) with access to clean water and electricity.
  • Improving village infrastructure with all-weather road connectivity, mobile connectivity, and internet access.
  • Enhancing health, nutrition, and education infrastructure.
• Promotion of Economic Empowerment:
  • Skill development and entrepreneurship promotion through training programs and marketing support.
  • Facilitating self-employment opportunities for tribal communities.
  • Providing agriculture, animal husbandry, and fishery support.
• Universalization of Access to Good Education:
  • Increasing Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in school and higher education.
  • Making quality education accessible and affordable to ST students through initiatives like Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and setting up tribal hostels.
• Healthy Lives and Dignified Ageing:
  • Ensuring access to quality healthcare facilities for ST households.
  • Improving health indicators like IMR and MMR through Mobile Medical Units.

Some Innovative Scheme under PM-JUGA

• Tribal Home Stay: Promoting tourism in tribal areas by providing financial assistance to establish home stays.
• Sustainable Livelihood Forest Right Holders (FRA): Convergence of schemes to benefit FRA patta holders by providing support for forest conservation, sustainable livelihoods, and expediting pending FRA claims.
• Advance facilities for diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease: Establishing Centers of Competence for the diagnosis and management of Sickle Cell Disease to reduce its prevalence.
• Tribal Multipurpose Marketing Centre: Setting up 100 TMMCs to promote the effective marketing of tribal products, improve infrastructure, and ensure fair prices for producers.

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