Lok Sabha Question No. 4738 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Supervision of the ongoing Schemes for STs
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4738

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## SUPERVISION OF THE ONGOING SCHEMES FOR ST

4738:  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has developed any mechanism for the effective monitoring and better supervision of the ongoing schemes for tribals and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of monitoring done by the Government and State Governments; and
- (c) whether the third party monitoring of the schemes is being undertaken and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) to (c): Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has developed online portals for monitoring of its  schemes  related  to  NGO  Grants,  Scholarship,  Forest  Rights  Acts,  Tribal  Research  Institutes, Special  Central  Assistance,  Particularly  Vulnerable  Tribal  Groups  (PVTGs),  Research  and  Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution. Further, during January, 2017, Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has been given mandate for monitoring of Tribal Sub-Plan funds based on the framework and mechanism designed by NITI Aayog. Accordingly, an online monitoring system has been put in place  with  web  address  http://stcmis.gov.in.  The  framework  envisages  monitoring  of  expenditure vis-à-vis  allocations  of  Tribal  Sub-Plan  funds  under  various  schemes  of  Central  Ministries  / Departments.

Measures undertaken for monitoring and ensuring accountability are as under:

- (i) Nodal Officer  have been designated in the line Ministries / Departments for coordination and  monitoring.  Meetings  with  nodal  officers  were  held  on  04.08.2017,  13.04.2018,  25.06.2018, 12/13.07.2018, 29-30.11.2018 and on 7 th & 12-13.6.2019 under the chairmanship of Secretary(TA). In these meetings, besides other things, it has been  reiterated to the Ministries / Departments  that TSP  funds  should  be  spent  for  eligible  States  covered  under  the  scheme  and  the  allocation percentage prescribed by NITI Aayog be adhered to.
- (ii) For State Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) Funds, erstwhile Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) has issued guidelines in 2014, which, inter alia, provides for detailed mechanism for Involvement of Gram Sabha in plan formulation, review of implementation and social audit etc.

(iii)All  the  TSP  States  except  Kerala  has  constituted  an  Executive  Committee  under  the Chairpersonship of Chief Secretary for plan formulation monitoring of Implementation thereof.

- (iv) For the MoTA schemes, following steps are taken to monitor progress of work:
- (a) Review of physical and financial progress of projects / activities by the Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) of the Ministry while considering the Annual Plan of the States.
- (b) Mid-term review meeting with States are held under the chairmanship of Secretary(TA),.
- (c) Utilization  Certificates and  Progress reports regarding  the  status  of  implementation  of schemes are obtained.
- (d) Officers  while  visiting  States/UTs  also  ascertain  the  progress  of  implementation  of various schemes/ programmes of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- (e) Regional Conferences are convened at times to deliberate upon the issues concerning tribal development.
- (f) Evaluation of schemes of MoTA is done through third party agency from time to time.

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