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 Branch of Government of India | |
 Ministry of Tribal Affairs | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Ministry of Tribal Affairs Shastri Bhawan Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road New Delhi,110011 New Delhi |
| Annual budget | ₹6,000 crore (US$710 million)(2018-19 est.)[1] |
| Ministers responsible |
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| Agency executive |
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| Website | tribal.gov.in |
TheMinistry of Tribal Affairs (MOTA) is an IndianGovernment ministry charged with overall development ofScheduled Tribe communities ofIndia 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.
The ministry was set up in 1999 after the bifurcation ofMinistry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India) to have a more focused approach on the integrated socio-economic development of theScheduled Tribes (STs), the most underprivileged of the Indian Society.[2] Before the formation of the ministry the tribal Affairs was being handled by different ministries which were:
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the Nodal Ministry for overall policy, planning and coordination of programmes of development for Scheduled Tribes.
Ministry has one Commission, One Public Sector Undertaking and one Co-operative Society under its administrative control, namely :
The Minister of Tribal Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and one of thecabinet ministers of theGovernment of India.[3]
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
.jpg) | Jual Oram (born 1961) MP forSundargarh | 13 October 1999 | 22 May 2004 | 4 years, 222 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
.jpg) | Paty Ripple Kyndiah (1928–2015) MP forShillong | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | 4 years, 364 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
 | Kantilal Bhuria (born 1950) MP forRatlam | 28 May 2009 | 12 July 2011 | 2 years, 45 days | Manmohan II | ||||
.jpg) | V. Kishore Chandra Deo (born 1947) MP forAraku | 12 July 2011 | 26 May 2014 | 2 years, 318 days | |||||
| Jual Oram (born 1961) MP forSundargarh | 27 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 5 years, 3 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
 | Arjun Munda (born 1968) MP forKhunti | 31 May 2019 | 9 June 2024 | 5 years, 9 days | Modi II | ||||
| Jual Oram (born 1961) MP forSundargarh | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 248 days | Modi III | ||||
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
.jpg) | Faggan Singh Kulaste (born 1959) MP forMandla | 22 November 1999 | 22 May 2004 | 4 years, 182 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
.jpg) | Rameshwar Oraon (born 1947) MP forLohardaga | 6 April 2008 | 22 May 2009 | 1 year, 46 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
.jpg) | Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary (born 1965) MP forBardoli | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 1 year, 236 days | Manmohan II | ||||
 | Mahadeo Singh Khandela (born 1943) MP forSikar | 19 January 2011 | 27 October 2012 | 1 year, 282 days | |||||
 | Ranee Narah (born 1965) MP forLakhimpur | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 210 days | |||||
.jpg) | Mansukhbhai Vasava (born 1957) MP forBharuch | 27 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 2 years, 39 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
 | Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor (born 1966) MP forDahod | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 2 years, 329 days | |||||
.jpg) | Sudarshan Bhagat (born 1969) MP forLohardaga | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | 1 year, 269 days | |||||
.jpg) | Renuka Singh Saruta (born 1964) MP forSarguja | 31 May 2019 | 7 December 2023 | 4 years, 190 days | Modi II | ||||
 | Bishweswar Tudu (born 1965) MP forMayurbhanj | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | |||||
.jpg) | Bharati Pawar (born 1978) MP forDindori | 7 December 2023 | 9 June 2024 | 185 days | |||||
 | Durga Das Uikey (born 1963) MP forBetul | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 248 days | Modi III | ||||
Amidst theCOVID-19 crisis in May 2020 the TRIFED, a cooperative body under Ministry of Tribal Affairs registered underMulti-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 revisedMinimum Support Price (MSP) forMinor forest products (MFP) to be procured from the tribals underMSP for MFP scheme meanwhile promoting door to door procurement and sale through mobile vans. The program was launched in association withUNICEF.[4]
Ministry of tribal affairs launched the Swasthya portal, which will act as one stop solution for matters related to health and nutrition status of theScheduled Tribes. The Ministry's centre of excellence for knowledge management in health and nutrition will manage the portal and it will be hosted onNational Informatics Centre cloud.[5]
The Ministry had partnered withFacebook 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.[5]
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.[5]
