The Centre's nationwide Jan Bhagidari Abhiyan has reached nearly 90 lakh tribal citizens across about 57,000 villages and facilitated the delivery of more than 13.5 lakh welfare benefits, according to a report released by the ministry of tribal affairs.
The campaign, organised under the theme "Sabse Door, Sabse Pehle", was aimed at extending government services to tribal communities living in remote and underserved regions through a combination of grievance-redressal programmes, benefit saturation camps, health drives and community outreach initiatives.
The report shows that approximately two lakh grievances were heard through nearly 13,000 Jan Sunwai programmes organised across tribal areas. Authorities also facilitated the enrolment of around 2.27 lakh Ayushman Bharat cards and 1.76 lakh Aadhaar cards during the campaign.
Healthcare emerged as a major focus area, with over 1.35 lakh screenings conducted for tuberculosis and sickle cell disease, ailments that disproportionately affect tribal populations in several parts of the country.
The campaign also witnessed extensive distribution of benefits linked to welfare schemes, including ration cards, pensions, PM Jan Dhan Yojana accounts, PM Kisan Samman Nidhi registrations, MGNREGA job cards and insurance coverage under government-backed social security programmes.
