Government has provided Rs. 9599.46 crore to 26 states and 3 Union Territories from 2010-2011 till Aug 2013 under different schemes aimed at welfare of Scheduled Tribes.
Highest amount of Rs 3480.08 crore was released to states “Under provisions of article 275(1) of the constitution of India’’.Rs. 3372.12 crore has been released as “Special Central Assistance (SCA) to Tribal Sub Plan (TSP)’’ and Rs. 2152.62 crore as “Post Matric Scholarship for S.T. students’’. Similarly, Rs. 264.16 crore for ‘ Hostels for ST students’, Rs 201 crore for establishment of ‘Ashram Schools’ in ‘Tribal Sub Plan areas’, Rs 111.73 crore for disbursement of Pre-Matric Scholarship to S.T. students and Rs. 17.71 crorefor vocational training in tribal areas and upgradation of merit and skills among tribal people has been released.
The schemes and programmes aim at socio economic development oftribals through education and other infrastructural facilities with a view to bring them to the social mainstream.
The year-wise releases are as follows:
Year Rs.( in Crores)
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2010-11
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2684.95
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2011-12
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3125.12
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2012-13
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2631.46
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2013-14(Till August 2013)
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1157.93
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Courtesy: (pib.nic.in) Press Information Bureau
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