The Nav Sanjeevan Yojana, launched in 1995,  aims at integrated and coordinated implementation and strengthening of various schemes which are especially important for the health and well being of the tribals, particularly the undernourished and weak among them including children and expectant mothers.  The main components of Nav Sanjeevan Yojana are :-

• Health services
• Nutrition programmes
• Employment programmes
• Supply of foodgrains
• Consumption Loan Scheme
• Grain Bank Scheme

The Yojana is being implemented in the TSP Area including the MADA and Mini-MADA pockets. The District Collectors have been made responsible for effective and coordinated implementation of these different schemes. It has been now proposed to make the Chief Executive Officers of Zilla Parishads directly responsible for this, as the departments responsible for implementation of a majority of the components of Nav Sanjeevan Yojana are directly under him. At the State Level, periodical meetings are held by the Chief Secretary to review the implementation of the Nav Sanjeevan Yojana and take necessary policy decisions to make the scheme more effective.

Health services

Tribal areas are generally inaccessible due to difficult terrain. It is, therefore, necessary to ensure availability of adequate health facilities in tribal areas throughout the year. This is critically important during the monsoon. From the monsoon of 1995 onwards, Government has been providing the following facilities :

1. Appointment of volunteer workers (on honorarium) in every hamlet of each tribal village for providing emergency medical aid and for co-ordinating with the nearest Primary Health Centre.
2. Medical check-up of all mothers and children in each hamlet and provision of special facilities to high risk mothers and grade III & IV children in the ITDP Areas of five critical districts.
3. Provision of antenatal maternity benefits for 3 months and post-natal maternity benefits for one month to high risk mothers
4. Appointment of Honorary Pediatricians during the monsoon period.
5. Monthly meetings of trained Dais.
6. Establishment of pediatric ICUs at Dharani and Chikhaldhara.

Nutrition

Forty ICDS blocks are functioning in tribal areas with the objective of providing nutrition to children below six years and expectant and lactating mothers. In addition, supplementary nutrition at the following scales are provided to the children and mothers in 15 sensitive ICDS blocks in Amravati, Thane, Nashik, Dhule and Gadchiroli districts.

Type of beneficiaries	Rate for supple- mentary nutrition
Children aged from 0 to 6 months	Rs. 1.50
Children aged from 1 to 3 years	Rs. 2.25
Children aged from 3 to 6 years	Rs. 3.00
Pregnant and Lactating mothers	Rs. 6.00
Malnourished children in grade III and grade IV	Rs. 3.50

Employment Programmes 

Employment programmes are being implemented in such a manner as to provide sufficient employment opportunities in every tribal village or a group of villages so that migration of tribals is reduced.  For this purpose sufficient number of works have been sanctioned in the tribal areas. Wages of the labourers on the employment programmes are paid expeditiously.

Consumption Loan and Grain Bank Schemes  are being implemented through the TDC as explained earlier.  In order to ensure timely supply of foodgrains through the public distribution system, the TDC has been entrusted with the responsibility of transporting the required foodgrains and other essential items sold through the PDS to the tribal villages.