Lok Sabha Question No. 3854 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: Allocation of Funds
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3854

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2018

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

3854.  KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that about 45 per cent of Scheduled Tribes (STs) live Below Poverty Line in rural areas and 24 per cent in urban areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is also a fact that the amount released for the Tribal Sub Plan has been slashed since 2013, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the overall increase in the Budgetary allocation for the Ministry since 2014; and
- (d)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  funds  allocated  to  different Schemes of the Ministry for the socio-economic development of the STs?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

- (a):   Yes, Madam.  As per the estimates of the erstwhile Planning Commission, Scheduled Tribe (ST) people living below the poverty line in 2011-12 was 45.3 % in rural areas and 24.1% in urban areas.  The details are given at Annexure .
- (b):   No, Madam.
- (c) & (d):   The Budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has increased every year since 2013-14, as per details given below:

|   Sl. No. | Year    |   Budget Allocation (BE) (Rs. in crore) |
|-----------|---------|-----------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2013-14 |                                 4295.94 |
|         2 | 2014-15 |                                 4497.96 |
|         3 | 2015-16 |                                 4819.21 |
|         4 | 2016-17 |                                 4826.5  |
|         5 | 2017-18 |                                 5329.32 |

Efforts are made by seeking more funds / increase in the budgetary allocation of the Ministry every year so as to increase the fund allocation to different Schemes of the Ministry for the socio-economic development of the STs.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 3854 for 19.3.2018 regarding 'Allocation of Funds'

State -wise Percentage of Scheduled Tribes Below Poverty Line during 2011-12

## (Tendulkar Methodology )

| S. No.   | State            |   Rural% |   Urban% |
|----------|------------------|----------|----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |     24.1 |     12.1 |
| 2        | Assam            |     33.4 |     15.6 |
| 3        | Bihar            |     59.3 |     10.3 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     |     52.6 |     35.2 |
| 5        | Gujarat          |     36.5 |     30.1 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh |      9.5 |      4   |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir   |     16.3 |      3   |
| 8        | Jharkhand        |     51.6 |     28.7 |
| 9        | Karnataka        |     30.8 |     33.7 |
| 10       | Kerala           |     41   |     13.6 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh   |     55.3 |     32.3 |
| 12       | Maharashtra      |     61.6 |     23.3 |
| 13       | Odisha           |     63.5 |     39.7 |
| 14       | Rajasthan        |     41.4 |     21.7 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu       |     36.8 |      2.8 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh    |     27   |     16.3 |
| 17       | Uttarakhand      |     11.9 |     25.7 |
| 18       | West Bengal      |     50.1 |     44.5 |
|          | All India        |     45.3 |     24.1 |

## Note:

1.  The poverty ratios among the STs are estimated from the percentage distribution of persons of ST population as obtained from the large sample survey consumer expenditure data of the National Sample Survey (NSS) and the poverty line for all population.
2.  The poverty ratios are based on MRP (Mixed Recall Period) consumption distribution.
3.  All  India  poverty  ratio  for  the  social  groups  is  worked  out  from  the  respective  NSS distribution of persons and (implicit) all-India poverty line for all population.
4.  The poverty ratio among Scheduled Tribes population at State level may be treated with caution  due  to  small  sample  size  of  household  based  on  which  the  class  distribution  of persons have been obtained. These States are in urban areas, number of sample households is 18 in Bihar, 18 in Himachal Pradesh and 9 in Kerala.
5.  Source: Erstwhile Planning Commission.

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