Government has approved an initiative to develop tribal home-stays under Swadesh Darshan scheme of the Ministry of Tourism as part of ‘Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan’.  The said intervention includes development of 1000 home-stays with support of upto ₹5 Lakh per unit (for new construction), upto ₹3 Lakh (renovation) and ₹5 Lakh for village community requirement. Ministry of Tourism has started the work for formulating the guidelines for implementation of the initiative and as of now, the villages are not identified for the aforesaid initiative. 

This information was given by Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

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