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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the nodal Ministry for overall policy, planning and coordination of
programmes for development of ST’s. To this end, Ministry of Tribal Affairs has undertaken activities
that follow from the subjects allocated under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules,
1961.
The following are the schemes of Ministry of Tribal Affairs for the welfare of scheduled
tribes:
Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)
Grants-in-aid under Article 275(1) of the Constitution
Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)
Institutional Support for Development & Marketing of Tribal Products / Produce (Central Sector
Scheme)
Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price
(MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP’ as a measure of social safety for MFP gatherers
(Centrally Sponsored Scheme)
Support to National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)/State
Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporations (STFDCs)
PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO ST STUDENTS (Class IX and X)
POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO ST Students (Class XI and above)
The Budget estimation for Umbrella programme for development of Scheduled Tribe od
2017-18 was Rs 3490.13 Cr but it was revised to Rs 3512.35 Cr. As per current report of
2018-19 the Buget estimation was increased by ~8.3% to Rs 3806.02 cr.
The Buget estimation for this Umbrella programme was Rs 4072.49 cr but it was revised to Rs
4075.39 cr in 2017-18 but we can see that there is a huge drop in Budget allocation in 2018-19 to
Rs 1440 cr. But as per our research we found out that this Budget was revised to Rs 4580.00 cr
with 12.39 % increase.
Vulnerable groups are those groups of society which would be susceptible under any
unfavourable situations such as where the adults are not capable to provide a satisfactory living
for the household due to health issues like disability, illness, age or some other characteristic,
and groups whose resource endowment is poor to provide sufficient income from any available
source. In India, there are numerous socio-economic difficulties that members of particular
groups experience which limits their access to health and healthcare.
The Budget estimation of 2017-18 for the Vulnerable Group was Rs 1579.99 cr which was revised
to Rs 1630.25 cr..But in 2018-19 budget it is increased by 40.31% to Rs 2287.15 cr.