Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda informed recently this.
This ministry will start Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojna covering 36 thousand villages across the country.
The villages with 50 percent tribal population will be given priority under the rural development programme.
Under this Yojna, roughly 1,700 tribal villages in Assam will be converted into model villages.
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) is a rural development programme.
It was launched by the central government in fiscal year 2009–10 for the development of villages that have a higher ratio (over 50%) of people belonging to the scheduled castes.