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The Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan covers 6,691 tribal-majority villages across 32 districts in Chhattisgarh. Graphic:channel24india.com
The Centre has approved ₹733.258 crore for 1,413 works in the state, including school improvements, new hostels and measures to strengthen the implementation of forest rights.
Key Highlights
- The campaign covers 6,691 villages across 32 districts and more than 11.03 lakh tribal families in Chhattisgarh, state campaign material says.
- Education approvals include 226 additional classrooms, 186 new 50-seat hostels and residential facilities, and toilets at 226 schools.
- Five tribal multipurpose marketing centres are being set up in Narayanpur, Dantewada, Sukma, Balrampur and Jashpur.
- The nationwide campaign brings together 25 interventions across 17 Union ministries over five years.
Raipur: Chhattisgarh has brought 6,691 tribal-majority villages across 32 districts under the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan, the state said on Thursday, 12 November 2026. The Centre has approved ₹733.258 crore for 1,413 works in Chhattisgarh under the campaign, which seeks to close gaps in basic infrastructure and improve access to education, healthcare, livelihoods and social security.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the campaign in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, on 2 October 2024. The five-year national programme covers 63,843 villages in 549 districts across 30 states and Union territories. The Union government puts the nationwide outlay at ₹79,156 crore.
Classrooms, hostels and school facilities
The approvals for Chhattisgarh include 226 additional classrooms, 186 new 50-seat hostels and residential facilities, and toilets at 226 schools. The programme also covers 12 teacher and staff accommodation facilities, 236 works involving furniture and 290 repair works.
The campaign extends beyond school infrastructure. Eligible households can access programmes for permanent housing, drinking water, electricity, solar energy and LPG connections. Other interventions cover mobile medical units, anganwadi centres, nutrition gardens, BharatNet connectivity, skills training, sustainable agriculture and fisheries support.
Health coverage and social security
The campaign helps residents obtain Aadhaar and ration cards, caste and domicile certificates, Jan Dhan accounts and Kisan Credit Cards. It also brings together Ayushman Bharat health coverage, vaccination, life and accident insurance, old-age, widow and disability pensions, maternity benefits and child development services.
A Centre of Competence for sickle cell anaemia prevention and treatment has been approved at IIIT in Raipur. The state also reported 231 approvals to strengthen implementation of the Forest Rights Act, alongside the five multipurpose marketing centres being set up in tribal districts.
“The upliftment of tribal communities and the expansion of basic amenities in their lives are our highest priorities. The Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan and PM-JANMAN are accelerating development in tribal areas,” Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said.
