Government Schemes

Government is implementing Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP)/Schedule Tribe Component (STC)/Development Action Plan for Development of Scheduled Tribes (DAPSTs) for overall development of tribal people across the country including North Eastern Region (NER).

·        Tribal Sub-Plan came into existence in 1974-75 as a technique for the event of areas having social group concentration.

·        After merger of Plan and Non-Plan, the TSP was renamed as Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) by Ministry of Finance.

·        41 Central Ministries / Departments have been identified for earmarking of STC.

·        Besides, State Governments are supposed to earmark TSP funds in proportion to ST population (Census 2011) in the State with respect to total State Plan.

·        The monitoring of TSP plan was being done by erstwhile Planning Commission till 2017-18, it was only in FY 2018-19, the monitoring of STC plan was given to Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

·        The Government allocates funds for various schemes/programmes across Ministries/ Departments for targeted monetary and physical advantages to the regular Tribes.

·        Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched an online portal – Scheduled Tribe Component Management Information System (STCMIS) in 2018.

·        The portal monitors the funds allocated/released for welfare of Scheduled Tribes in Union Budget.

·        The basic objective of Schedule Tribe part is to channelize/monitor the flow of outlays and advantages from the overall sectors within the Central Ministries/Departments for the event of Schedules Tribes a minimum of in proportion to their population.

·        Ministry of Development of North jap Region as per its TSP mandate of twenty seven.18% expenditure of its theme, by implementing variety of comes within the physical infrastructure with reference to facility, power, property, specially the comes promoting business and social sector for creation of infrastructure within the areas of primary and secondary sectors of education and health, ensuing upliftment of the social group population within the NER.