Lok Sabha Question No. 2028 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Ongoing Schemes for Tribals
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ajay Nishad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED NO- †2028

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 13/03/2023

## ONGOING SCHEMES FOR TRIBALS

† 2028. SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state?

(a) whether the Government has developed any mechanism for effective monitoring and better supervision of the ongoing schemes for the tribals;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the monitoring done by the Union and State Governments; and
- (d) whether third party monitoring of the schemes is being done, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d): The  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  implements  various  Central  Sector  and  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  through  States  /UT  Government.   Ministry  has  in  last  few  years  has undergone a major strategic shift from physical management of schemes to complete end to end digitization of fund release processes. The respective divisions of the Ministry and states share physical  and  financial  progress  of  different  scheme  through  scheme  specific  portals.     The Ministry  has  also  developed  Performance  Dashboard  (dashboard.tribal.gov.in)  for  effective monitoring  of  the  fund  released,  where  in  relevant  data  received  from  respective  states  and concerned divisions is collated and shown scheme wise.

2.     For  robust  implementation,  monitoring  and  evaluation  of  the  Schemes,  support  is  also provided  to  the  States/UTs  by  holding  trainings,   seminars  and  Manthan  shivirs.   Hon'ble Ministers of the Ministry and the officers of the Ministry also visit different states for monitoring the  progress  and  actual  implementation  of  schemes.   The  issues  brought  to  the  knowledge  of Hon'ble Ministers by public during their visit are redressed in a time bound manner. Ministry has also  initiated  program  of  training  Panchayti  Raj  Institution  representatives  through  Tribal Research Institutes.
3.   Till 14 th Finance Cycle (from 2016-17 to 2020-21), amount ranging from 1-2% of the scheme was  given  to  States/UTs  as  administrative  cost  for  effective  implementation  of  the  Schemes. While approving the continuation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Development of STs over the 15 th Finance Commission (2021-22 to 2025-26), Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC), has recommended  to  set  up  Central  Project  Monitoring  Unit  (CPMU)  at  Ministry  level  and  State Programme  Management  Unit  (SPMU)  at  State  level  for effective implementation and monitoring  of  the  combined  schemes  of  the  Ministry.   EFC  has  inter-alia  recommended  for 'Administrative  Cost  to  States/UTs  for  implementation  of  combined  Schemes'  with  total financial outlay of Rs 53.80 crore for FY 2022-23 for setting up State Programme Management Unit  in  States/UTs.  The  cabinet  has  also  approved   for  setting  up  of  Central  PMU  under  the scheme of Monitoring, Evaluation, Survey and Social Audit. The central PMU will co- ordinate with  the  State  units  for  providing  data  in  respect  of  various  schemes,  which  will  be  used  for effective monitoring.
4.     The  third  party  monitoring  is  done  by  periodic  evaluation  of  the  schemes  through  NITI Aayog and also through Out put Outcome Monitoring Framework (OOMF).   The Ministry also got the evaluation of its schemes done through  Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF) and the NITI Aayog got the evaluation of Central Sponsored  schemes  of  the  Ministry  done  through  KPMG.    The   Scheme  of  Monitoring, Evaluation, Survey and Social Audit (MESSA), has components of Monitoring of financial and physical progress of schemes, projects and initiatives of the Ministry through State-of-the-art IT system,  Evaluation & Impact Assessment , Surveys and social audit through third parties.

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