Lok Sabha Question No. 618 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Implementation and Monitoring of Tribal Sub-Plan
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Sasikanth Senthil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 618

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 28/11/2024

## IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING OF TRIBAL SUB-PLAN

618. SHRI SASIKANTH SENTHIL :

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the detailed mechanism in place to ensure that funds released under the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) to States for centrally sponsored schemes are distributed at the district and taluka levels specifically targeting Scheduled Tribes (STs);

(b)  whether  the  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  ensures  that  States  and  Union  Territories  (UTs) allocate funds for Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) in the absence of Special Central Assistance (SCA) to TSP; and

(c) the details of institutional setup/established to monitor the performance of Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) in the States and Union Territories?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

(a) to (c): To ensure that the funds earmarked for Scheduled Tribes (STs) communities are directed towards schemes for tribal welfare, the obligated Ministries/Departments are required to place the funds earmarked for Development Action Plan for STs (DAPST)/Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) under Minor Head '796' below the functional major Head/Sub-Major Heads. Ministry of Tribal Affairs has developed STC MIS Portal with web address: https://stcmis.gov.in for monitoring  of  DAPST/TSP  funds  of  the  obligated  Ministries/Departments.  In  order  that concrete steps are taken for tribal welfare, the Ministry first calculates gaps in specific areas like  schools,  anganwadis  etc.  in  the  select  tribal  dominated  villages  and  blocks.  After  gap assessment, the Ministry has also conceptualized schemes like PM JANMAN and Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan where specific targeted interventions like tribal hostels and basic infrastructure like Puccca Houses, internal roads are developed in a time bound manner to reach the last mile and the most disadvantaged communities.

The Ministry also convene meetings periodically with the obligated Ministries/Departments to review allocation, utilization, and physical progress under DAPST/TSP. Scheme/programmewise progress and utilization of funds are also monitored through dedicated online portals and performance dashboard by the obligated Ministries/Departments. Officers while visiting States / UTs also ascertain the progress of implementation of various schemes/ programmes. Also, Utilization Certificates are insisted upon as a pre-requisite for further release of funds as per the norms of General Financial Rules (GFR). Further, State Governments are also required to designate a Single Nodal Agency in terms of revised procedure by Ministry of Finance for release of funds and monitoring for each Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

To regularly monitor the intervention-wise or ministry-wise progress of the mission, ministrywise  interactive  dashboards  have  been  developed  on  PM  Gati  Shakti  portal.  In  these dashboards, the dynamic data is directly fetched from the MIS portals of the respective line ministries through API sharing and useful fields are visualized on the dashboard. Under each Ministry intervention, real time monitoring of the achievements of their respective scheme has been linked through API. There is a facility to know the progress of all 11 Interventions/scheme under PM JANMAN at a single platform. This robust database and gap analysis specific to PVTGs have provided critical insights into the existing gaps in villages/habitations. The PM Gati Shakti database, gap  analysis, monitoring  dashboards,  reports  etc  have  enabled Ministries/departments  to  identify  the  most  pressing  needs,  plan  targeted  interventions  and monitor the progress effectively.

The Ministry monitors TSP allocation and spending by States/UTs on the basis of circular dated 18.06.2014 issued by erstwhile Planning Commission on the subject 'Revised Guidelines for implementation of Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) by the States/UTs' and the 'Guidance Note on merger of  Plan  and  Non  Plan  classification'  issued  by  Budget  Division,  Department  of  Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance on 23.08.2016. As per the aforesaid Guidelines, the funds under TSP are earmarked from the total plan outlays not less than the population proportion of STs in State as per 2011 Census.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs communicates regularly with the States/UTs, inter alia, on the adequacy of TSP allocation and spending, the constitution of Executive Committee at the state level  chaired  by  the  Chief  Secretary  to  appraise  and  monitor  TSP,  conduct  of  critical  gap analysis to ascertain the development gaps between STs and other communities, conduct of evaluation studies on States TSP Schemes, Installation of MIS to make available TSP related data in public domain, State TSP Scheme details and Department wise details of TSP allocated and expended from dedicated Minor Heads of account etc.

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