Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on 15 November in Jaipur listened to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Tribal Pride Day address and engaged with representatives of tribal communities.
The Chief Minister said the government has allocated about ₹3,200 crore in the last three years for educational, social and economic empowerment of tribal areas.
Key steps in tribal development
The double‑engine government has set up 10 Ashram hostels, 3 residential schools, a new sports hostel and 250 mother‑child centres. Under the PM‑Janman scheme, 15,233 houses, 23 link roads, 15 multi‑purpose centres and 51 forest‑fund centres have been built in Sahariya, Baran district.
Through the Dharti Aba Tribal Village Utkarshe campaign, efforts are under way in 6,235 villages to improve the living standards of roughly 5.5 million tribal people.
Under the free hybrid maize seed mini‑kit programme, more than 2.5 million kits and over 350,000 hybrid vegetable seed kits have been distributed, and more than 800,000 solar pumps have been installed under the PM Kusum scheme.
Achievements in culture, tradition and sports
The Saundh Mati heritage documentation project, the Dungar Baranda and Bansia Charpota monuments, and the construction of the Kalibai Museum in Udaipur are underway. Development is also proceeding at Sitabadi in Baran, Kamalnath Mahadev in Udaipur, Javar Mata, Ramkunda Mahadev, Sonar Mata in Salumber and Salakeshwar Mahadev in Banswara.
Tribal athletes won a silver medal at the 2024 Samarkand Asian Lacrosse Championship, a gold medal at the Riyadh Asian Lacrosse Games, and a bronze medal at the 2026 Southeast Asian Lacrosse Championship.
- The Chief Minister paid homage on the 151st Dharti Aba Birsa Munda Jayanti.
- Basic facilities such as electricity, water, housing, health, education, nutrition and roads are being delivered in tribal areas through PM‑Janman.
- The short film ‘From Tradition to Progress – A Development Journey’ and other short films based on tribal faith centres were screened in the programme.