Lok Sabha Question No. 1365 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Tribal Sub-Plan in the Union Territory of Dadar and Nagar Haveli
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.†1365

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

## TRIBAL SUB-PLAN IN THE UNION TERRITORY OF DADAR AND NAGAR HAVELI

## †1365 . SHRI MOHAN S. DELKAR:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether Tribal Sub-plan is being implemented in all the districts of the States in the country;
- (b) whether it has been implemented in the Union Territory (UT) of Dadar and Nagar Haveli;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether it is planned to be implemented in the said UT; and
- (f) if so, the time by which it is likely to be implemented along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As per extant Guidelines issued by erstwhile Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) in the year 2014, the Department in-charge of Tribal Welfare will be the nodal department authorized to leadthe process of  Tribal  Sub-Plan  (TSP)  development.  Funds  under  TSP  are  to  be  earmarked  from  the  total  State  plan outlays  not  less  thanthe  population  proportion  of  STs  in  State  as  per  2011  Census  and  in  tune  with problemshare of the ST population.In the formulation of TSP, the States/UTs shall proceed as follows:
- i.  TSP  should  be  formulated  at  the  District  level  by  the  District  Planning  andMonitoring  Committee (DPMC).
- ii. The DPMC must reflect on the actual demand for the schemes/programmesthat are to benefit STs, giving priority to equity aspect of their localaspirations and socio-economic backwardness.
- iii. The annual plan must be approved by the District Planning Committee sothat it has the approval of the highest PRI.
- iv. In case of area-oriented schemes, a Block level approach should be adoptedso as to facilitate the inclusion of ST habitations which remain uncoveredunder District level approach.
- v.  The  TSP  at  Integrated  Tribal  Development  Project  (ITDP)/  Integrated  Tribal  Development  Agency (ITDA)  /  District  level  should  form  the  basis  for  the  StateTSP  formulation  and  implementation.  The requirement of funds acrossDPMC proposals put together would generate demand for TSP requirementat the State level.
- vi. In the States having Scheduled Areas, the Gram Sabhas should undertake anexercise to dentify the areas needing  priority  attention  in  villages.  Thesepriority  activities  may  form  TSP  at  cluster/Modified  Area Development Approach (MADA)/  Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP)/Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) level.

(b) to (f): Central Government allocates dedicated funds for welfare of Scheduled Tribe / Tribal Sub Plan in the Union Territory (UT) of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Details of funds allocated to the UT during last four years and current year as reflected in Expenditure Profile of Union Budget for respective years is as under:

| Year    |   Fund Allocated (Rs. in crore) |
|---------|---------------------------------|
| 2015-16 |                           43.4  |
| 2016-17 |                           44.77 |
| 2017-18 |                           46.12 |
| 2018-19 |                           47.76 |
| 2019-20 |                           47.62 |

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