Source: TH
Context:
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the Adi Karmayogi initiative to build a cadre of 20 lakh “change leaders” in tribal villages under the Dharti Aba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyaan for last-mile delivery of welfare schemes.
Key Highlights:
- Objective:
- To motivate and empower officials, volunteers, and community leaders to improve governance in tribal areas through a participatory approach.
- Focus on self-driven solutions rather than dependency on external interventions.
- Training Approach:
- Activities include:
- Lighting the candle exercise: Encourages proactive problem-solving (“bring the light”).
- Fish-bowl exercise: Enhances interaction and understanding among participants.
- Village scenario role-play: Simulates real-life problem-solving in villages.
- Cognitive group tasks & knot-tying exercises: Build teamwork and creative thinking.
- Activities include:
- Village Vision 2030:
- Each of the 1 lakh target villages will prepare a “Village Vision” document to set development goals.
- These will be displayed as public murals to act as aspirational blueprints.
- Infrastructure Support:
- Establishment of 1 lakh Adi Seva Kendras as single-window service centres for welfare scheme access to ensure 100% saturation.
- Implementation Status:
- Phase 1 underway in 324 districts.
- Regional training for State-level trainers ongoing; district and block-level training to follow.
