Lok Sabha Question No. 2154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2154

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES

## 2154. SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether many Annual Reports/Special Reports of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) have been presented to Hon'ble President of India and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether many Annual Reports/Special Reports are pending with the Ministry to lay on the table of the House and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the reports pending with the Ministry;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  reasons  for  inordinate  delay  to  table  on  the  Floor  of  the  House  these  Annual/Special  reports presented by NCST to Hon'ble President of India with action taken memorandum?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  A statement  indicating the details of Annual Reports/ Special Reports of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) presented to Hon'ble President of India is attached at Annexure.
- (b) & (c)  12th Annual Report of NCST for the year 2016-17, 13th Report of NCST for 2017-18, 14th Annual Report of NCST for the year 2018-19 , a Special Report on the status of Rourkela Steel Plant on Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Displaced Tribals , a Special Report on Indira Sagar Polavaram Project Affected Tribal People are under process in the Ministry. The concerned Ministries/Departments and State Governments/UTs have been requested to provide action taken/proposed to be taken/reasons for non-acceptance on the concerned recommendations made by NCST. The Action Taken Reports from the few concerned Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments/UTs are not received . The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is taking all out efforts to expedite these reports at the earliest
- (d) As per Clause 6 of Article 338 A of the Constitution, the President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament, along with a memorandum explaining action taken or proposed to be taken on recommendations relating to Union and reasons for non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations.

For preparation of the Explanatory Memorandum on the Annual Reports of NCST, the  concerned Central Ministries / Departments  were  requested  to  furnish  necessary  information  /  replies.  Apart  from  this,  it  was  also  necessary  to coordinate with State Governments to take action on the report in terms of clause 7 of Article 338 (A) of the Constitution. The preparation of Explanatory Action Taken Memorandum on the recommendations  of NCST involves compilation of  the  replies received from all the concerned central Ministries/Departments and State Governments/UTs and this process of receiving replies from all of them takes time and hence results in delay.

Annexure referred to in reply Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 2154 for answer on 02.08.2021 regarding 'National Commission for Scheduled Tribes "

## Statement indicating the details of Annual Reports and Special Reports of the NCST

|   S. No. | Reports of the NCST                                                                                       | Period           | Submitted to the President of India on   | Laid in the Lok Sabha on   | Laid in the Rajya Sabha on   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | 2                                                                                                         | 3                | 4                                        | 5                          | 6                            |
|        1 | First Annual Report                                                                                       | 2004-05& 2005-06 | 08.08.2006                               | 31.08.2012                 | 30.08.2012                   |
|        2 | Second Annual Report                                                                                      | 2006-07          | 30.09.2008                               | 26.04.2013                 | 02.05.2013                   |
|        3 | Third Annual Report                                                                                       | 2007-08          | 29.03.2010                               | 08.08.2016                 | 10.08.2016                   |
|        4 | Fourth Annual Report                                                                                      | 2008-09          | 27.08.2010                               | 08.08.2016                 | 10.08.2016                   |
|        5 | Fifth Annual Report                                                                                       | 2009-10          | 13.07.2011                               | 08.08.2016                 | 10.08.2016                   |
|        6 | Special Report of Good Governance for Tribal Development and Administration                               | 2012             | 18.06.2012                               | 13.12.2013                 | 12.12.2013                   |
|        7 | Sixth Annual Report                                                                                       | 2010-11          | 25.10.2013                               | 10.04.2017                 | 29.03.2017                   |
|        8 | Seventh Annual Report                                                                                     | 2011-12          | 20.02.2015                               | 10.04.2017                 | 29.03.2017                   |
|        9 | Eighth Annual Report                                                                                      | 2012-13          | 16.11.2015                               | 10.04.2017                 | 29.03.2017                   |
|       10 | Ninth Annual Report                                                                                       | 2013-14          | 24.05.2016                               | 31.12.2018                 | 03.01.2019                   |
|       11 | Tenth Annual Report                                                                                       | 2014-15          | 31.05.2016                               | 11.02.2019                 | 07.02.2019                   |
|       12 | Eleventh Annual Report                                                                                    | 2015-16          | 28.10.2016                               | 25.11.2019                 | 28.11.2019                   |
|       13 | Special Report on Indira SagarPolavaram Project Affected Tribal People                                    | 2018             | 03.07.2018                               |                            |                              |
|       14 | Twelfth Annual Report                                                                                     | 2016-17          | 14.11.2019                               |                            |                              |
|       15 | Thirteenth Report                                                                                         | 2017-18          | 15.01.2020                               |                            |                              |
|       16 | Special Report on the status of Rourkela Steel Plant on Rehabilitation & Resettlement of Displaced Tribal | 2020             | 15.01.2020                               |                            |                              |
|       17 | Fourteenth Annual Report                                                                                  | 2018-19          | 24.03.2021                               |                            |                              |

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