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Proposals for approval of Tribal Welfare Programmes
New Delhi: August 22, 2003

The receipt and sanction of the proposals for the welfare of the tribals is an on-going process. The proposals submitted by the State Governments under the various schemes of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs are processed and sanctioned when they fulfil the eligibility conditions of the relevant schemes and subject to the availability of funds. For the last 2 years, the Ministry has been utilizing almost all the funds made available to it for implementation of the various schemes. Large number of proposals are not pending with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for sanction as informed by the Minister to the House.

The utilization certificates against the funds released by the Ministry are required to be received within 18 months from the date of release. The State Governments are generally submitting utilization certificates even after expiry of the stipulated time. Further funds are however, released by the Ministry after the receipt of the utilization certificates.

Details of the funds released by the Ministry to the States/UTs under the various schemes during the last three years, State-wise, are given in the Annual Report of the Ministry. The proposals submitted by the State Governments are processed and sanctioned when they fulfil the eligibility conditions of the relevant schemes and subject to the availability of funds. Since further funds are released only after the receipt of utilization certificates, the Ministry is writing to the State Governments from time to time for early submission of the utilization certificates and is also impressing upon them the need for expeditious submission of utilization certificates through periodic meeting with the State Secretaries of Tribal Welfare Departments. The officers also visit the state governments to ensure implementation of schemes in the field.

This information was given by the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Jual Oram in written reply to a question from Shri Sultan Salahuddin Owasisi in the Lok Sabha today.

Press Release by: PIB/CRM/SK