PM JANMAN Scheme 2026: Housing, Electricity, Water & Welfare Benefits

At a glance

About the scheme

The PM Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) is an inter-ministerial initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in coordination with nine central ministries. It focuses on elevating the socio-economic condition of 75 notified Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) by bridging gaps in essential infrastructure, health, education, and livelihood generation. The mission saturates remote tribal habitations with pucca houses, piped drinking water, all-weather roads, mobile towers, electrification, Anganwadi centres, hostels, and Van Dhan Vikas Kendras.

Benefits

• Pucca houses for 4,90,000 eligible households with unit cost enhanced to ₹2,00,000, and up to ₹2,39,000 including additional facilities.
• Construction of 8,000 km of connecting roads linking approximately 6,500 habitations at ₹1,00,00,000 per km.
• Provision of piped water connections (FHTC) to households, and community water supply for villages with under 20 households.
• Deployment of 1,000 Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) at an annual cost of ₹33,88,000 per unit.
• Construction of 500 residential education hostels in existing schools at ₹2,75,00,000 per hostel.
• Construction of 2,500 Anganwadi Centres at ₹12,00,000 per centre.
• Setting up of 500 Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) with funding of ₹15,00,000 released on a pro rata basis for 300 members.
• Establishment of 1,000 Multipurpose Centres (MPCs) at ₹60,00,000 per unit.
• Solar power solutions for 1,00,000 households at ₹50,000 per household or actual cost for 300 Watt supply.
• Installation of 3,000 mobile telecom towers in uncovered habitations.

Who can apply (eligibility)

• Applicant must belong to one of the 75 notified Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) communities.
• Applicant must reside in one of the 18 States or Union Territories having a notified PVTG population.
• Applicant household must be identified through the state physical survey recorded on the PM Gati-shakti Portal mobile application.
• For housing benefits, the household must currently reside in a kaccha house.
• For solar power solutions, the household must be unelectrified and not covered under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS).
• For on-grid power connections, the household must be an identified PM-JANMAN beneficiary, irrespective of standard state or DISCOM RDSS criteria.

Who cannot apply

• Households already covered under the SAUBHAGYA scheme cannot receive off-grid solar power solutions.
• Households already residing in pucca houses are not eligible for new housing construction support.
• Unelectrified households already covered under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) cannot claim solar power interventions.

Documents required

• PVTG / Tribal Status Certificate
• Aadhaar Card
• Ayushman Bharat Card
• Forest Right Act (FRA) Pattas
• Household Verification Report / Survey Data
• Location Tagging Data
• Photographs of Constructed Pucca Houses
• Completion Certificates

How to apply

1. 1State government authorities conduct an exhaustive physical survey across PVTG habitations to identify critical infrastructure and household gaps.
2. 2Field officials record and verify household survey data through the dedicated mobile application on the PM Gati-shakti Portal.
3. 3The Block Level Implementation Team and District Level Committee facilitate enrollment and file scheme-specific applications for identified families.
4. 4Proposals requiring specialized infrastructure approvals are submitted by the State Tribal Welfare Department to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for sanction.

Frequently asked questions