MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

•  47.1. EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL (EMRS)
• • To provide quality middle and high-level education to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in remote areas,
• • to enable them to avail of reservation in high and professional educational courses and as jobs in government and public and private sectors
• • to have access to the best opportunities in education at par with the non-ST population.
• • Comprehensive physical, mental and socially relevant development of all students enrolled in each and every EMRS.
• • Focus differentially on the educational support to be made available to those in Standards XI to X, so that their distinctive needs can be met.
• • Support the construction of infrastructure that provides education, physical, environmental and cultural needs of student life.
• • Support the annual running expenses in a manner that offers reasonable remuneration to the staff and upkeep of the facilities.
• • All blocks with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 Tribal persons will have Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS) by 2022 including 12 Eklavya Model Day Boarding School (EMDBS).
• • EMDBS will be established wherever density of ST population is higher in identified Sub-Districts/Blocks (90% or more).
• • Ekalavya schools provide boarding and lodging facilities to tribal students.
• • They are at par with the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (schools aimed at providing high quality education to all students irrespective of their socio-economic backgrounds).
• • These schools will have special facilities for preserving local art and culture besides providing training in sports and skill development.
• • It has been decided to set up an Autonomous Society under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs similar to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti to run the EMRSs. 
• 47.2. SCHEME OF ASHRAM SCHOOLS IN TRIBAL SUB-PLAN AREAS
• to increase education among Scheduled Tribes including PTGs (Primitve Tribes Group).
• • This is a centrally sponsored scheme operational in the Tribal Sub-Plan Areas
• • 100% central assistance is provided for construction of all ST girls’ ashram schools and boys’ ashram schools in naxal-affected districts identified by Ministry of Home Affairs from time to time and for boys’ ashram schools other than in naxal-affected districts only, 50% of the total estimated cost is shared by the Ministry. Under the scheme, only construction cost is provided in full or shared by the Ministry.
• • It has been proposed by the Government to discontinue the Scheme from 2018-19 and subsume the intervention in the scheme ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS/TSP)'. SCA to TSP gets 100% grant from centre.
• • These schools are demand driven and are from primary to senior secondary level. 
• 47.3. VANBANDHU KALYAN YOJANA
• • Improving the quality of life in tribal areas
• • Improving the quality of education
• • Qualitative and Sustainable employment for tribal families
• • Bridging infrastructure gap with focus on quality
• • Protection of tribal culture and heritage
• • It is a central sector scheme covering all tribal people and all areas with tribal population across the country.
• • The scheme ensures that all the intended benefits through various schemes of Central and State Governments covered under the respective Tribal Sub-Plans actually reach them by way of appropriate convergence. 
• 47.4. PRADHAN MANTRI VAN DHAN YOJANA
• To provide skill upgradation and capacity building training and setting up of primary processing and value addition facility.
• • It is a Market Linked Tribal Entrepreneurship Development Program for forming clusters of tribal SHGs and strengthening them into Tribal Producer Companies.
• • TRIFED will facilitate establishment of Minor Forest Produce (MFP)-led multi-purpose Van Dhan Vikas Kendras, a cluster of 10 SHGs comprising of 30 tribal MFP gatherers each, in the tribal areas.
• • About 3000 such Van Dhan Kendras are proposed to be set up in two years in the forested Tribal Districts of the country.
• o Recently, first model Van Dhan Vikas Kendra was set up in Bijapur District of Chattisgarh.
•  47.5. SCHEME FOR ‘MECHANISM FOR MARKETING OF MINOR FOREST PRODUCE (MFP) THROUGH MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE (MSP) AND DEVELOPMENT OF VALUE CHAIN FOR MFP”
• To ensure fair returns to the MFP gatherers mainly through MSP for identified MFP collected by them along with necessary infrastructure at local level
• • MSP would be determined based on the baseline survey of price for each of the MFP, its cost of collection, cost of cleaning and primary processing, packaging and transportation cost for each state.
• • A pricing cell constituted in the TRIFED would be assigned this task. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs would finally approve and announce state wise MSP for each MFP taken up for that state.
• • The price review to be carried out every three years based on revision in cost of collection.
• • The scheme is applicable for implementation in all the States across India. 
• 47.6. OTHER SCHEMES
• TRIFOOD Scheme
• • It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED.
• • Under this scheme a tertiary value addition center will be set up in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh and Raigad in Maharashtra.
• • A highlight of this is the production of “Heritage Mahua” drink. The traditional Mahua tribal drink will be mainstreamed and marketed all over the Country under this project.
• “Friends of Tribes” initiative
• • Under this initiative, TRIFED has tied up CSR funds to promote tribal livelihoods.
• Go Tribal campaign
• • It was organised by TRIFED To create awareness and promote tribal arts and crafts as well as help in socio-economic welfare of more than 700 Indian tribes.
• • Under it, products available under Tribes India brand & outlets could be procured through Online retailers like Amazon, Flipkart, etc.
• GOAL (Going Online As Leaders) program
• • It is a digitally-enabled mentorship initiative of Facebook for empowering tribal youth to become leaders for tomorrow in the respective fields.
• • It aims at identifying and mobilizing renowned people from industry (policy makers and influencers), known for their leadership skills or roles, to digitally empower and personally mentor tribal youth from tribal communities across multiple locations of India.