2 min readNew DelhiAug 6, 2026 05:48 AM IST
In a bid to ensure the doorstep delivery of the Centre’s tribal welfare schemes, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has urged all states to conduct public outreach camps in the run-up to Independence Day (August 15).
The MoTA Secretary, it is learnt, has written to all chief secretaries of states directing them to organise ‘Jan Sunwai’ (public grievance and entitlement camp) at Adi Sewa Kendras between August 13 and 15.
The mass outreach has been proposed through the Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan, which was formally launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September last year to build up a volunteer-led grassroots tribal leadership of about 2 million people across 1 lakh villages.
As part of the initiative, tribal-dominated villages were encouraged to establish an Adi Sewa Kendra, where local issues could be addressed and resolved, and development roadmaps charted. It is at these Kendras the public outreach camps are slated to be held.
According to government data, 38,509 Kendras have already been established in the country. A further 41,454 remain at the proposal stage.
The Centre has asked district collectors to lead the public outreach, and sought inclusion of the tribal development agency, the local administration, and frontline officers from key departments such as health, education, rural affairs, forest, among others.
These gatherings have also been utilised by the Centre to widen coverage of two other flagship programmes concerning the welfare of tribal communities, namely the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) and the Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN).
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The PM-JANMAN vision is aimed to improve the socio-economic status of particularly vulnerable tribal groups by bridging gaps in health, education, livelihoods, whereas DAJGUA aims for the holistic development of tribal villages.
The upcoming Jan Sunwai outreach initiative will not be the first. Two such events were held earlier — in November 2025 and May 2026.