Forest Policy/Tribal Rights

 

26. Forest Policy/Tribal Rights

• All agencies responsible for forest management, including the Forest Development

Corporations should associate the tribal people in protection, regeneration and

development of forests as well as to provide gainful employment to people living in

and around the forests. The following measures need to be taken - i) to confer

heritable but inalienable rights on tribals cultivating lands in forest villages as per

Government decision in 1984; ii) enforcement of guidelines/circulars on purchase of

MFP from Panchayats/Gram Sabhas and market reforms; iii) removal of restriction on

tribals' rights of access, collection of forest produce - clearly define their rights in JFM

and community forestry schemes; iv) involve tribal panchayats in processing of MFP

to give them benefit of added value; and v) collection of forest and public lands of

forest produce to be enhanced; and vi) no displacement from sanctuaries and

national parks.

27. Intellectual Property Rights

• There is an urgent need to provide legal and institutional framework for

recognizing and acknowledging the Intellectual Property Rights of tribals to such

resources and knowledge, by limiting the rights of corporate/other agencies to access

and exploit this resource base and according these communities legal recognition and

protection of their ownership rights over such bio-diversity and indigenous knowledge

and means of utilization consistent with it under any legal and institutional

arrangements brought into force in the country as a result of international treaties and

obligations. Various measures need to be identified most urgently to give effect to this

intent in view of the fast depleting bio-diversity, large scale bio-privacy and seduction of

tribal people by commercial agencies for exploitation of their traditional knowledge.

28.73rd and 74th Amendments of the Constitution and its Extension to Scheduled

Areas

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• Necessary legislations to give effect to the provisions of the Panchayats

(Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act of 1996 need to be enacted by the

concerned State Governments to ensure effective participation of tribals in the

process of planning, implementing and monitoring various developmental

measures/programmes, besides ensuring the accountability of public functionaries for

their actions.

• The Panchayat Raj (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act of 1996 already bestowed

upon certain rights on the Village/Gram Panchayats and Gram Sabhas. The

provisions of this Act should be implemented by all the State Governments and

release of plan funds every year to the State Government by the Planning

Commission should be made contingent upon the State certifying that they are

implementing the provision of PESA 1996. Unless it is insisted upon, the provisions

of PESA - an effective legislation both in sense and spirit will only remain on Paper.

29. Crimes/Atrocities Against STs

• There should be effective enforcement of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the

other two Special Legislations viz., Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act of

1955; and SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,1989 and also other relevant

laws through appropriate institutional arrangements to curb the ever

increasing crimes/atrocities against STs. Also special efforts need to be made to

extend both timely and adequate financial relief as compensation/ rehabilitation to

ST victims and legal aid where necessary to defend their interests.

E. Voluntary Action & Voluntary Organizations

• The Voluntary Organizations will have to realize that they being the facilitators and

their primary task is to locate and develop the local leadership till it becomes capable

of handling the community’s affairs. They are also expected to promote both

Voluntary action in the far-flung inaccessible areas, as they are the medium to reach

the unreached and also develop and experiment alternative project models to match

the local people and their needs.

• Voluntary Organizations should be encouraged in the functional areas of

afforestation, watershed development, education, women and children, awareness

generation, health, nutrition, environment, human rights, employment generation,

techno-vocational training, promotion of cooperatives, culture and sports,

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strengthening traditional, panchayats and social values to assist counter militancy

and promote national integration etc.

• No doubt, Voluntary Organizations have an important role in promoting

empowerment of tribals. However, the same should be subjected to the following

safeguards - i) rigorous screening of Voluntary Organizations working in tribal areas

to ensure that those with good track record, experience, aptitude and commitment

are selected; ii) promote voluntary organizations of tribals themselves through

training and organization; iii) strict monitoring of the Voluntary Organizations working

in tribal areas to see whether their work is benefiting tribals by laying down progress

indicators for this purpose; iv) developing mechanisms of accountability of Voluntary

Organizations in tribal areas empowering the community and Panchayat for this role;

vi) decentralized system of selection of Voluntary Organizations, disbursal of funds

and monitoring; vii) identifying critical activities in which NGO involvement should be

encouraged; and viii) develop mechanisms for managing Voluntary Organizations

run programmes and assets built with government funds, if financial assistance is

stopped to NGO on account of unsatisfactory work etc.

F. Tribals Sub Plan-Flow of funds

• Flow to the Tribal Sub Plan out of State Plan should be atleast equal to the

Scheduled Tribe population percentage in the State/Union Territory. It should be

mandatory for the State Governments to create an exclusive budget head to be

operated by the Tribal Welfare Department of the State Governments. In States

where single line administration of ITDAs is in vogue e.g. the State of Andhra

Pradesh, this will ensure complete non-divertabibility of funds provided under the

separate demand head. In States where the schemes/ projects continue to be

implemented by the line Departments, funds will be released by the Tribal Welfare

Department for activities based on demands generated from the grass root level and

their execution/monitoring will ensure not only proper utilization, but also effective

monitoring by the Tribal Welfare department.

• Similarly, with regard to Central Ministries/Departments, a separate budget head in

Tribal Sub Plan component should be created and the scheme to be operated in the

Tribal Sub Plan areas thereof should be financed in prior consultation with the

Ministry of Tribal Affairs. This is the only way to ensure that all

Departments/Ministries not only earmark the TSP component but also utilize it for the

purpose, which would benefit the triabal communities. Presently, their reflection of

TSP in their plan document is notional. It is also recommended that those of the

Ministries/Departments who are not in a position to execute the schemes under the

TSP and spend the budgeted amount should be made to surrender the unspent

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balance to a separate TSP pool on the pattern of North East non-lapsable pool,

which will be created under the aegis of the Planning Commission with the Ministry of

Tribal Affairs as the nodal agency to utilize the same for priority schemes in other

sectors.

• Special Central Assistance to TSP and grants under Article 275(i) should be released

as an additive to the State Government efforts.

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CHAPTER - IX

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS

Allocation of Plan Resources for the Tribal Affairs Sector (referred to as Tribal

Development in the past), although not very substantial in terms of size and percentage to

the total Public Sector Outlay, yet the same has been progressively increasing from Plan to

Plan in terms of actual amount especially during the last two developmental decades. As

could be seen from the data given below, the outlay of 1157.67 crore with Fifth Plan (1974-

79) has been raised to Rs. 32,087.26 crore in the Ninth Plan (1997-2002), which is almost

an increase of 27 times. It is amply evident in the following Table that the introduction of TSP

in the Fifth Plan has given a good fillip to the meagre outlays for STs. This proves that the

allocation of resources for the Tribal Affairs has been responding to the demands of the

emerging needs of the Scheduled Tribes as is evident from the data given below :

Plan Allocations for Tribal Affairs (1969-2002)

(Rs. in crores)

Plan Period Total Plan

Outlay

Outlay for

Tribal Affairs

Percentage

(Col. 3 to 2)

(1)

Fourth Plan (1969-74)

Fifth Plan (1974-79)

Sixth Plan (1980-85)

Seventh Plan (1985-90)

Eighth Plan (1992-97)

Ninth Plan (1997-2002)

(2)

15902.00

38853.00

97500.00

180000.00

434100.00

859200.00

(3)

79.85

1157.67

3640.25

6744.85*

22409.65*

32087.26*

(4)

0.5

3.0

3.7

3.8

5.2

3.7

* Also includes flow of TSP (Central+States), SCA to TSP and GIA under Article

275(1) of Constitution.

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Source: Indian Planning Experience - A Statistical Profile, Planning Commission +

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Taking into consideration the expansion of the On-going Programmes and the New

Starts in the Tenth Plan, the Working Group on Empowering the Scheduled Tribes has

recommended a total outlay of Rs. 10470.00 crore against the Ninth Plan Outlay of

Rs.3174.13 crore and the likely expenditure of Rs.3311.04 crore. The outlay recommended

by the Working Group is more than 3.3 times than that of the Ninth Plan outlay, recording a

substantial increase in respect of the SCA to TSP and GIA under Article 275(1), as shown

below :

Outlay and Expenditure for Welfare and Development of STs during the Ninth Plan

(1997-2002) & Proposed Outlay for the Tenth Plan (2002-07)

(Rs. in Crores)

Ninth Plan

(1997-2002)

Tenth Plan (2002-07)

Item

Outlays Likely

Expenditure

Outlay as

recomme

n-ded by

the W.G.

%age

increase over

Ninth Plan

Outlays

(Col.4 to

Col.2)

Outlays

as

suggeste

d by the

Steering

Committe

e

%age

increase over

Ninth Plan

Outlays

(Col.6 to

Col.2)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Development

of

Sch. Tribes

I. Ongoing

Schemes

II. SCA to

TSP

III. GIA under

Article

(275(1)

414.13*

2010.00

750.00

560.14*

2009.61

741.29

2470.00

5000.00

3000.00

496.4

148.8

300.0

923.78

4422.00

1650.00

123.1

120.00

120.0

Total

(I+II+III)

*

3174.13

*

3311.04

10470.00

229.9

6995.78

120.4

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• Exclude the outlay and expenditure incurred on the common schemes for SCs & STs

viz., PMS, Coaching and Allied Scheme for SC/ST Students, Book Bank Scheme for

SC/ST Students, Upgradation of Merit of SC/ST Students and NSFDC for the year

1997-98 to 1999-2000 as these were common schemes under the M/SJ&E

Note : The proposed allocation for the Tenth Five Year Plan for the Tribal Development

Sector will be Rs.5720.00 crore, in accordance with the instructions of the P.C. to

raise the outlay of Annual Plan for the last eyar of the Ninth Plan (2002-02) by 5-1/2

times.

Thus, the Steering Committee, as could be seen from above (Col.6), projected a total

requirement of Rs.6995.78 crores in the Tenth Plan for the Tribal Affairs Sector as against

the Working Group’s recommendation of Rs.1407 crore. This shows an increase of 229.9%

over and above the Ninth Plan outlay of Rs.3174.13 crore.

………….

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ANNEXURE – I

No. H-11013/3/2000-BC

Government of India

Planning Commission

(BC & TD Division)

Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110 001.

Dated : December, 2000.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub : Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007) – Setting up of a Steering Committee on the

`Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes’.

In the context of the formulation of the Tenth Five year Plan (2002-2007), it has

been decided to set up a Steering Committee on the Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes

with the following Composition:

1. Dr. D.N. Tewari

Member

Planning Commission

New Delhi – (110 001). Chairperson

2. Secretary

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Shastri Bhavan

New Delhi-(110 001). Member

3. Secretary

Department of Elementary

Education & Literacy

Shastri Bhavan

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

4. Secretary

Department of Secondary Education

& Higher Education

Shastri Bhavan

New Delhi - (110 001). Member

5. Secretary

Department of Health

Nirman Bhavan

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

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6. Secretary

Department of Family Welfare

Nirman Bhavan

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

7. I.G. Forests & Special Secretary

Ministry of Environment & Forest

Paryavaran Bhavan

CGO Complex, Lodhi Road

New Delhi - (110 003). Member

8. Secretary

Ministry of Labour

Shram Shakti Bhavan

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

9. Secretary

Deptt. of Rural Development

Krishi Bhavan

New Delhi - (110 001). Member

10. Secretary

Department of Agriculture &

Cooperation

Krishi Bhavan

New Delhi - (110 001). Member

11. Secretary

Ministry of Social Justice &

Empowerment

Shastri Bhavan,

New Delhi - (110 001). Member

12. Secretary

Department of Women and

Child Development

Shastri Bhavan

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

13. Secretary

Department of Indian System of Medicine

& Homeopathy

Red Cross Building

New Delhi - (110 001). Member

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14. Director General

ICFRE

P.O. New Forest,

Government of Uttranchal

Dehradun – (248006) Member

15. Special Secretary

Department of Tribal Development

Government of Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad – (500 022). Member

16. Commissioner & Secretary

Department of Welfare of Plain Tribals &

Backward Classes (WPTBC)

Govt. of Assam

Assam Secretariat

Dispur – (781 006). Member

17. Pr. Secretary

Tribal, Harijan & Backward

Classes Welfare

Govt. of Chhattisgarh

Raipur. Member

18. Secretary,

Department of Tribal Development

Govt. of Jharkhand

Ranchi Member

19. Secretary,

Department of Tribal Welfare

Uttranchal

Dehradun Member

20. Prof. P.K. Nayak

Director

Department of Harijan & Adivasi Training

& Research Institute

Government of Orissa

Bhubaneswar -(751007). Member

21. Shri K. Pradhani

(Ex-MP)

Village : Patraput, Via - Mangra

Navarangpur Distt.,

Orissa. Member

22. Dr. B.D. Sharma

11A, Nagli Rajapur,

East Nizamuddin

New Delhi – (110 013). Member

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23. Dr. Bhupinder Singh

Ex-Special Commissioner for STs

Sector –C, Pocket-8/8680,

Vasant Kunj

New Delhi. Member

24. Prof. V. Xaxa

Head Department of Sociology

Delhi School of Economics

Delhi University

Delhi. Member

25. Prof. Mrinal Miri

Vice-Chancellor

North-Eastern Hill University

Nongthymm

Shillong - (793 014). Member

26. Shri H. S. Saksena

Consultant (TD)

Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society

L-II/31, Sector B, Aliganj

Lucknow - (226 024). Member

27. Shri S. Chatterjee

Representative

Rama Krishna Mission

Narain Pur, Bastar

Madhya Pradesh – (464 661). Member

28. Chairman

Akil Bhartiya Adivasi

Vikas Parishad,

15, Canning Lane,

New Delhi. Member

29. Shri B.L. Gaur

Vice President

Bhartiya Adimjati

Sevak Sangh

Dr. Ambedkar Marg (Link Road)

New Delhi – (110 055). Member

30. Representative

Banbasi Sewa Samithi

AT / P.O.-Balliguda

P.O. Bhanjpur (762103)

Kandhamal Dist

Orissa Member

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31. Representative

Society for Rural Industrialisation

146, H.B. Road ,Lalpur

Ranchi - (834 001)

Bihar Member

32. Dr. Kaushal Kumar

General Secretary, Utthan

18-A, Auckland Road

Allahabad. Member

33. Prof. Surendra Kumar

Professor of Chemical Engineering

Deptt. of Chemical Engineering & Technology

Institute of Technology

Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh Member

34. Prof. Brij Gopal

Jawahar Lal Nehru University

New Delhi Member

35. Smt. T.K. Sarojini

Adviser (BC)

Planning Commission

New Delhi- (110 001). Member-Secretary

2. The Terms of Reference of the Steering Committee will be as follows :

i) to review the existing approach, strategies and priorities; the on-going

policies and programmes for empowering Scheduled Tribes (STs) during

the Ninth Five Year Plan; and suggest if and wherever necessary,

alternative strategies, priorities, policies and programmes to accelerate the

empowering process;

ii) to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of `Tribal Sub-Plan’

strategy for STs and suggest specific measures and mechanisms to ensure

that the `population – proportion’ funds flow from the other development

sectors both at the Central and State levels and the Special Central

Assistance (SCA) to TSP is utilized effectively ;

iii) to assess the impact of the on-going economic reforms and progressive

globalisation / liberalization of economy on the socio-economic conditions

of the Tribals, especially their economy and suggest effective strategies to

cope up with the situation;

iv) to review the effectiveness of the existing legislations relating to STs and

their enforcement and suggest corrective measures;

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v) to review the effectiveness of the existing Institutional Arrangements for

implementation of policies and programmes relating to welfare, protection

and development of STs and suggest improvements, if necessary;

vi) to assess the role of NGOs and the status of devolution of powers and

resources to Panchayati Raj Institutions / Local Traditional Tribal Councils

and Local Self Government Bodies as per the 73rd and 74th Constitutional

Amendments of 1993 and 1996 and suggest specific measures for their

effective involvement in the planning process ; and

vii) to suggest an approach and necessary strategies, priorities, policies, and

programmes along with physical and financial targets in pursuing the

commitment of Empowering the Scheduled Tribes during the Tenth Five

Year Plan (2002-07) ;

viii) to suggest programmes under JFM, Forest Villages, shifting cultivations

etc.

3. The Chairman of the Steering Committee, if necessary, may constitute Sub-Groups

on any specific area / problem and also co-opt additional Members.

4. The Steering Committee shall submit its Report positively by 31, May 2001.

5. The expenditure on TA/DA in connection with the meetings of the Steering

Committee will be borne by the parent Department / Ministry Organization to which the

officers belong. Non-official members will be entitled to TA / DA as admissible to Grade-I

Officers of the Government of India and this will be paid by the Planning Commission.

Sd/-

(T. R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary (Admn).

To :

Chairman and all Members of the Steering Committee.

Copy to:-

1. PS to Deputy Chairman

2. PS to Member

3. PS to Secretary

4. All Heads of Divisions

5. Addl. Adviser (PC & Admn.)

6. Adviser (SD&WP)

7. Administration I Branch / Accounts I Branch

8. Guard File

Sd/-

(T. R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary (Admn)

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No. H-11013/3/2000-BC

Government of India

Planning Commission

( BC & TD Division )

Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001

Dated 16 January, 2001.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) – Setting up of a Steering Committee on the

‘Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes’

In continuation of Planning Commission’s O.M. of even number dated 8-12-2000, on

the subject cited above, the following inclusion of new Members/change of address may be

noted:

New Members

1. Shri S.S. Boparai, K.C.

Pr. Adviser,

Planning Commission,

Yojana Bhavan,

New Delhi-(110001)

2. Secretary

National Commission for SCs & STs

5th Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan

Khan Market

New Delhi – (110 003)

3. Dr. Ram Dayal Munda

(Former Vice-Chancellor)

Deptt. of Regional Language

Ranchi University

Morbadi Campus

Ranchi – (834001)

4. Dr. A.M. Kurup

Consultant (TD)

550, Gandhipuram

Sree Kariyam

Trivandrum – (695017)

(Kerala)

5. Shri R.L. Java

No. 1 Rajnagar Society

Behind Gujarat Electricity Board

83

Abota Stadium Road

Vadodara

6. Shri G.P. Bharal

Expert (BCW)

113, Masjid Moth

Behind South Extension Part II

New Delhi – (110049)

Change of Addresses

1. S. No. 12 - the address may be read as : Dr. B.D. Sharma

Village-Mavalibhata,

P.O. Dilimili, Distt. Baster,

Raipur, Chattisgarh.

2. S.No. 29 – the address may be read as : Shri B.L. Gaur

President,

Rajasthan Adimjati Sevak Sangh,

Ajmer Road, Sodhala (Rajasthan),

Jaipur-(302006).

Sd/-

( T.R. Meena )

Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

To

Chairman and all Members of the Steering Committee

Copy to

1. PS to Deputy Chairman

2. PS to Member (DNT)

3. PS to Secretary

4. All Heads of Divisions

5. Addl. Adviser (PC&Admn.)

6. Adviser(SD&WP)

7. PS to Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

8. Administration I Branch / Accounts I Branch.

9. Guard File.

Sd/-

( T.R. Meena )

Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

84

No. M-11013/3/2000-BC

Government of India

Planning Commission

( BC & TD Division )

Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001

Dated : 23 April, 2001.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) - Setting up of a Steering Committee on the

‘Empowerment of the Scheduled Tribes’

In continuation of Planning Commission’s O.M. of even number dated 8-12-2000, on

the subject cited above, the following inclusion of Members may be noted :

New Members

1. Dr. J.N. Sekhari

Hony. Controller of Programmes

for the North East

DAV College, Managing Committee,

III-C/46, Nehru Nagar,

Ghaziabad, U.P.

Tel. No. 91-4796065

Sd/-

( T.R. Meena )

Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

To

Chairman and all Members of the Steering Committee.

Copy to

1. PS to Deputy Chairman

2. PS to Member (DNT)

3. PS to Secretary

4. All Heads of Divisions

5. Addl. Adviser (PC&Admn.)

6. Adviser(SD&WP)

7. PS to Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

8. Administration I Branch / Accounts I Branch.

9. Guard File.

Sd/-

( T.R. Meena )

Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

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ANNEXURE-II

M-12052/4/2000-BC

Government of India

Planning Commission

(BC & TD Division)

***

Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110 001.

Dated : December, 2000.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) - Setting up of a Working Group on

`Empowering the Scheduled Tribes’.

In the context of the formulation of the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07), the

Chairman of the Steering Committee on the Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes has decided

to set up a Working Group on `Empowering the Scheduled Tribes’. The Composition of

the Working Group is as follows :

1. Dr. Ram Dayal Munda

(Former Vice-Chancellor)

Deptt. of Regional Language

Ranchi University

Morbadi Campus

Ranchi - (834 001). Chairperson

2. Representative

National Commission for SCs and STs

5th Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan

Khan Market

New Delhi –(110003). Member

3. Representative

Department of Indian System of

Medicine and Homeopathy

Red Cross Building

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

4. Representative

Department of Family Welfare

Nirman Bhawan

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

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5. Representative

Department of Elementary

Education & Literacy

Shastri Bhavan

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

6. Representative

Department of Secondary

Education & Higher Education

Shastri Bhavan

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

7. Representative

Ministry of Environment & Forest

Paryavaran Bhavan

CGO Complex, Lodhi Road

New Delhi -(110 003). Member

8. Representative

Ministry of Labour

Shram Shakti Bhavan

New Delhi – (110 001). Member

9. Representative

Deptt. of Rural Development

Krishi Bhavan

New Delhi - (110 001). Member

10. Representative

Department of Agriculture & Cooperation

Krishi Bhavan

New Delhi -(110 001). Member

11. Representative

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Shastri Bhavan,

New Delhi - (110 001). Member

12. Representative

Department of Women and Child Development

Shastri Bhavan

New Delhi -( 110 001). Member

13. Representative

BC & TD Division

Planning Commission

New Delhi – (110001). Member

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14. Director General

Anthropological Survey of India

West Block, 2-Wing, 6th Floor,

R.K. Puram

New Delhi – (110 066). Member

15. Pr. Secretary

Deptt. of Tribal Development

Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal – (560 001). Member

16. Secretary

Department of SC & ST Welfare

Govt. of Jharkhand

Ranchi. Member

17. Secretary

Deptt. of Tribal Development

Govt. of Uttaranchal

Dehradun-(248006) Member

18. Secretary

Deptt. of Tribal Development

Govt. of Chattisgarh

Raipur. Member

19. Secretary

Deptt. of Tribal Development

Govt. of Rajasthan

Civil Secretariat,

Jaipur - (302 001). Member

20. Managing Director

National SC/ST Finance

& Development Corporation

Plot No. 8, Balaji Estate

Guru Ravi Das Marg, Kalka Ji

New Delhi – (110 019). Member

21. Director

Tribal Research Institute

Gauhati

Assam. Member

22. Dr. L.K. Mahapatra

(Former Vice-Chancellor)

Sahid Nagar,

Utkal University

Bhubaneshwar. Member

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23. Dr. N. Mohan Rao

Ex-Director (TRI)

C /o A.P. Tribal Research Institute

Masab Tank

Hyderabad. Member

24. Prof. G. Prakash Reddy

Head, Department of Anthropology

S.V. University, Tirupathi

Andhra Pradesh Member

25. Dr. (Ms.) Neeti Mohanti

Jigyanshu Tribal Research Centre

J-21, Hauz Khas

New Delhi – (110 066). Member

26. Representative

Rama Krishna Mission

Rama Krishna Beach

Visakhapatnam – (753 003). Member

27. Representative

Akhil Bhartiya Aadivasi

Vikas Parishad

15, Canning Lane

New Delhi. Member

28. Shri M. Shankar Rao

Jana Chetana

Palakonda

Srikakulam Dist.

Andhra Pradesh Member

29. Dr. Hari Mohan Mathur

(Retd. Chief Sec. Rajasthan)

C-95, Jaganpath Marg

Jaipur – 300 001. Member

30. Joint Secretary

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Shastri Bhavan

New Delhi – (110 001). Convener

2. The Terms of Reference of the Working Group will be as follows :

i) to review the existing approach, strategies, priorities; the on-going policies and

programmes and their implementation for the welfare, development and

empowerment of Scheduled Tribes (STs) and suggest rationalization

minimization of the on-going programmes and effective inter-sectoral

convergence;

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ii) to identify neglected areas and groups; gaps, weaknesses and bottlenecks in the

implementation; and take note of the persisting and emerging problems /

situations related to welfare, protection, development and empowerment of STs

in the changing scenario and suggest necessary interventions;

iii) to review the progress of the implementation of the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) to

ensure flow of `population - proportionate’ funds from other developmental

sectors to STs and utilization of Special Central Assistance (SCA) to TSP and

the GIA under Article 275 (1) of the Constitution and suggest necessary

measures to improve their effectiveness;

iv) to review the implementation of the existing legislations related to STs and

mechanisms for their enforcement and suggest corrective measures ;

v) to review the functioning of the existing Institutional Arrangements, both at the

Central, State and Project levels for implementation of policies and programmes

for empowering STs with a special reference to ITDPs and suggest measures to

make them more effective ;

vi) to review and assess the involvement of Panchayati Raj Institutions /Local Self

Government Bodies and NGOs in the implementation of the programmes for

empowering STs and suggest specific measures for their effective involvement

in the planning process; and

vii) to review the physical and financial achievements in relation to the targets fixed

under various programmes for STs during the Ninth Plan and project

programme-wise requirements, both physical and financial for Empowering the

Scheduled Tribes during the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07).

viii) To suggest programmes under JFM, shifting cultivation & development as first

village etc.

3. The Chairman of the Working Group, if necessary, may constitute Sub-Groups on

any specific area / problem and also co-opt additional Members.

4. The Working Group shall submit its Report positively by 28 February, 2001.

5. The expenditure on TA/DA in connection with the meetings of the Working Group

will be borne by the parent Department / Ministry Organization to which the officers belong.

Non-official members will be entitled to TA / DA as admissible to Grade-I Officers of the

Government of India and this will be paid by the Planning Commission.

Sd/-

(T. R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary (Admn).

To :

Chairman and all Members of the Working Group.

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Copy to:-

1. PS to Deputy Chairman

2. PS to Member

3. PS to Secretary

4. All Heads of Divisions

5. Addl. Adviser (PC & Admn.)

6. Adviser (SD&WP)

7. Administration I Branch / Accounts I Branch

8. Guard File

Sd/-

(T. R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary (Admn).

91

M-12052/4/2000-BC

Government of India

Planning Commission

(BC & TD Division)

Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110 001

Dated : 13 February, 2001

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) - Setting up of a Working Group on `Empowering

the Scheduled Tribes’.

In continuation of Planning Commission’s O.M of even number dated 8 December,

2000 on the subject cited above, the following changes in Para 5 may be noted :

Para 5 may be read as :

The expenditure on TA/DA in connection with the meetings of the Working

Group and its Sub-Groups will be borne by the parent Department /

Ministry/ Organization to which the officers belong to. Non-official members

will be entitled to TA / DA as admissible to Grade-I Officers of the

Government of India and the same will be paid by the Ministry of Tribal

Affairs.

Sd/-

(T. R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary (Admn).

To :

Chairman and all Members of the Working Group.

Copy to:-

1. PS to Deputy Chairman

2. PS to Member P

3. PS to Secretary

4. All Heads of Divisions

5. Addl. Adviser (PC & Admn.)

6. Adviser (SD&WP)

7. Administration I Branch / Accounts I Branch

8. Guard File

Sd/-

(T. R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary (Admn).

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ANNEXURE – III

No. H-11013/8/2000-BC

Government of India

Planning Commission

(BC & TD Division)

Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg

New Delhi-110001

Dated: 15 January, 2001

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007) - Setting up of Sub-Groups of the Steering

Committee on `Empowerment of the Scheduled Tribes'.

In continuation of the Planning Commission's O.M. No. H-11013/3/2000-BC, dated 8

December, 2000 on the subject cited above and to inform that the Steering Committee in its

first Meeting held on 2 January, 2001 has decided to set up 5 Sub-Groups with the following

Composition and Terms of Reference:

S.No

1.

2.

Sub-Group

Policies and

Legislations relating

to Protection,

and Development

of STs

Implementation of

the strategies of

TSP and SCA to

TSP and other

developmental

measures for STs

Terms of Reference

To review the existing

policies and legislative

measures; identify the

gaps and to suggest

necessary measures

for Empowering

Tribals.

To have a critical

review of the

implementation of the

strategies of TSP and

SCA to TSP and

suggest measures for

its effective

implementation

Composition

1. Dr. Bhupinder Singh (Chairperson)

2. Representative, M/ Tribal Affairs (Member)

3. Representative, M/ Social Justice

& Empowerment (Member)

4. Spl. Secy & I.G. Forests,

M/Environment & Forests (Member)

5. Shri H.S. Saksena

Consultant, Ethnographic &

Folk Culture Society (Member)

6. Secretary, D/Tribal Development,

Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (Member)

7. Shri B.L. Gaur, Bhartiya

Adimjati Sewak Sangh (Member)

8. Shri Ravi Bebba Pragada

Executive Director - 'SAMATHA'

1249/A, D.No. 62, Jubilee Hills

Hyderabad, A.P. (Member)

1. Dr. B.D. Sharma (Chairperson)

2. Representative, M/Tribal Affairs (Member)

3. Representative, M/Social Justice

& Empowerment (Member)

4. Representative, Deptt. of

Rural Development (Member)

5. Pr. Secretary, D/Tribal

Development, Govt. of

Madhya Pradesh,Bhopal (Member)

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3.

4.

5.

Development of

Forest Villages and

the Tribals living

therein and the

problems related to

shifting cultivation.

Economic Develop-

ment of STs

through the

mechanisms avail-

able within STspecific

and STrelated

Finance

and Development

Corporations

(including Forest

Corporations)

Tribal Health with

a special focus on

the utilization of

indigenous medicines/

medicinal

plants in the tribal

areas.

To review the existing

conditions of the Forest

Villages and the

conditions of the

Tribals living therein

and suggest a definite

Programme of Action

for improving their

improvement

To review the

functioning of various

ST-specific and STrelated

Finance and

Development Corpora

-tions such as

NSFDC,STDCs/TDC

Cs, TRIFED, NCDC,

MFPF, FDCs,

MARKFED etc.

To make an

assessment of the

magnitude of the

health problems of

Tribals/Tribal areas

and suggest measures

for promotion,

processing and mktg.

of indigenous

medicines/medicinal

plants and also to

develop a special

category of health

workers for the tribal

areas.

6. Dr. A.M. Kurup

Consultant, Environment

Resources Research Centre

Thiruvanthapuram. (Member)

7. Shri S.Chatterjee, R.K. Mission

Narainpur, Bastar, Chattisgarh (Member)

1. Shri. R.P.S. Katwal,

DG, ICFRE (Chairperson)

2. Representative of the

M/Agriculture (Member)

3. Representative, M/Environment

& Forests (Member)

5. Representative, M/Tribal Affairs (Member)

5. Shri Shekhar Dutt, Pr. Secretary(TD)

Govt. of M.P, Bhopal (Member)

6. Representative, Banbasi Sewa

Samiti, PO - Balliguda (Bhanjpur)

Kandhamal Distt., Orissa (Member)

1. Secretary, M/Tribal Affairs

(Chairperson)

2. Managing Director, NCDC (Member)

3. Managing Director, NSFDC, (Member)

4. Managing Director, TRIFED, (Member)

5. Managing Directors of State Tribal

Development Corporations of AP,

MP and Orissa (Members)

6. Managing Director, MFP

Federation (Member)

7. Managing Director,

Forest Dev. Corporation (Member)

8. Managing Director, MARKFED,

Gujarat (Member)

1. Secretary, Deptt. of

ISM&H, Govt. of India (Chairperson)

2. Representative, D/Health (Member)

3. Representative, D/Family

Welfare (Member)

4. Representative of

M/Environment & Forests (Member)

5. Dr. Kaushal Kumar

General Secretary, Uttahan,

Allahabad (Member)

6. Representative of Forest

Corporation, U.P. (Member)

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2. The Chairpersons of the above-mentioned 5 Sub-Groups are requested to coordinate

with the Members of their Groups, organize meetings and prepare the report for submission to

the Steering Committee positively by 28.2.2001. In the case of those Chairpersons, who are

outside the Government, will be provided with necessary secretarial and meeting facilities by

the Planning Commission.

3. The expenditure on TA/DA of the Government Officials for attending the meetings of

the above-mentioned 5 Sub-Groups of the `Steering Committee on the Empowerment of the

Scheduled Tribes' will be borne by their respective Ministries/Departments, State Governments

and Centre/State-affiliated Organizations. The Non-Official Members will be entitled to

TA/DA as Grade I Officers of the Government of India, and will be paid by the Planning

Commission.

Sd/-

(T.R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

Tel.: 3714078

To:

All Chairpersons and Members of the Sub-Groups of the Steering Committee.

Copy to:

1. PS to Deputy Chairman

2. PS to Member

3. PS to Secretary

4. All Heads of Divisions

5. Additional Adviser (PC&Admn.)

6. Adviser (SD&WP)

7. Administration I Branch / Accounts I Branch

8. Guard File

9. PS to Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

Sd/-

(T.R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

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No.H-11013/8/2000-BC

Government of India

Planning Commission

(BC & TD Division)

-----

Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg

New Delhi-110001

Dated: 26 March, 2001

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007) - Setting up of Steering Committee Sub-Group on

`Role of NGOs in Tribal Development’.

In continuation of the Planning Commission's O.M. No. H-11013/3/2000-BC, dated 8

December, 2000 on the subject cited above and to inform that the Steering Committee in its First

Meeting held on 2 January, 2001 has decided to set up the following Sub-Group with the

Composition and Terms of Reference as given below :

S.No

1.

Sub-Group

Role of NGOs in

Tribal

Development

Terms of Reference

To review the role/

functioning of NGOs

in tribal development

and suggest steps/

measures towards their

effective involvement.

Composition

1. Shri B.L. Gaur (Chairperson)

2. Shri P.P. Shrivastav

Adviser (BAJSS)

Adya Katyani Mandir

Shakti Peeth

Chhatarpur, Mehrauli

New Delhi

3. Shri N.C. Hembrun

Bhartiya Adimjati Sewak Sangh

Qtr. No. 15/1, V-A

Unit-II, Ashok Nagar

Bhubaneshwar – 751009

4. Shri Shyam Manohar

Gen. Secretary

Bhartiya Adimjati Sewak Sangh

Thakar Bapa Smarak Sadan

Link Road

New Delhi – 110055.

2. The Chairperson of the above-mentioned Sub-Group is requested to coordinate with

the Members of their Groups, organize meeting and prepare the report for submission to the

Steering Committee positively by 15.4.2001.

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3. The expenditure on TA/DA of the Government Officials for attending the meetings of

the above-mentioned Sub-Group of the `Steering Committee on the Empowerment of the

Scheduled Tribes' will be borne by their respective Ministries/Departments, State

Governments and Centre/State-affiliated Organizations. The Non-Official Members will be

entitled to TA/DA as Grade I Officers of the Government of India, and will be paid by the

Planning Commission.

Sd/-

(T.R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

To:

All Chairpersons and Members of the Sub-Groups of the Steering Committee.

Copy to:

1. PS to Deputy Chairman

2. PS to Member

3. PS to Secretary

4. All Heads of Divisions

5. Additional Adviser (PC&Admn.)

6. Adviser (SD&WP)

7. Administration I Branch / Accounts I Branch

8. Guard File

9. PS to Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

Sd/-

(T.R. Meena)

Deputy Secretary(Admn.)

97

No. H-11013/8/2000-BC

Government of India

Planning Commission

( BC & TD Division )

Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001

Dated : 15 February, 2001.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Setting up of Sub-Group on Policies and Legislations relating to Protection and

Development of STs under the Chairpersonship of Dr. Bhupender Singh.

In continuation of Planning Commission’s O.M. of even number dated 15-1-2001, on

the subject cited above, the following inclusion of new Members may be noted :

New Members

1. Prof. B.N. Das

Member

National Commission for Backward Classes

2. Dr. B.N. Sahay

Ex-Adviser (SD & WP)

Planning Commission

Sd/-

( T.R. Meena )

Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

To

Chairman and all Members of the Steering Committee.

Copy to

1. PS to Deputy Chairman

2. PS to Member (DNT)

3. PS to Secretary

4. All Heads of Divisions

5. Addl. Adviser (PC&Admn.)

6. Adviser(SD&WP)

7. PS to Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

8. Administration I Branch / Accounts I Branch.

9. Guard File.

Sd/-

(T.R. Meena )

Deputy Secretary (Admn.)

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