Rs 3790.073 Crore funds released under Article 275(1) of Constitution from 2014-2015 to 2016-2017

Rs 5707.2106 Crore have been released during the period 2014-2015 to 2016-2017 by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. In 2014-2015- Rs 1131.9914 Crore, 2015-2016- Rs 1392.2679 Crore , 2016-2017- Rs 1265.8137 Crore have been released for the programmes and schemes of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs support and supplement, through financial assistance, the efforts of other Central Ministries, the State Governments, and voluntary organizations, and fill critical gaps taking into account the needs of STs. Schemes / programmes being implemented by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs are not confined to any specific kind of quantifiable measures. Priority for the activities to be taken up is decided by respective State Governments as per needs from time to time.

Data pertaining to decennial census, large scale sample surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and various other surveys conducted by different Ministries/ Departments of Government of India, reveal that over the years there have been vast improvements in socio-economic conditions of the Scheduled Tribes, for example, literacy rate for STs has improved from 47.1% in 2001 to 59% in 2011, Infant Mortality Rate has declined from 62.1 (2005-06) to 44.4 (2015-16), and Institutional Delivery in respect of Scheduled Tribes has increased from 17.7% in 2005-06 to 68.0 % in 2015-16. However, there are still gaps in human development indicators between STs and all India population.

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