Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), now called as Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) at Central level and Tribal Sub-Scheme (TSS) at State level are dedicated source of fund for tribal development across the country. Fund flow under STC / TSS is sourced from various schemes administered by Central Government and State Government. Total expending incurred by Central Government under STC during last three financial years i.e. 2015-16 to 2017-18 has increased by 16.53% in comparison to that of the years 2012-13 to 2014-15. Similarly, TSS fund expended by State Government during last three financial years i.e. 2015-16 to 2017-18 has increased by 66.31% in comparison to that of the years 2012-13 to 2014-15. Year wise details of expenditure incurred by Central Government and State Governments is given as under:

 

(Rs. in crore)
Central STC / TSP		State TSS / TSP
Year	Expenditure	Year	Expenditure
2012-13	19967.36	2012-13	45864.61
2013-14	21525.36	2013-14	49726.05
2014-15	19436.85	2014-15	63305.90
Sub Total	60929.57	Sub Total	158896.56

 

(Rs. in crore)
Central STC / TSP		State TSS / TSP
Year	Expenditure	Year	Expenditure
2015-16	20024.66	2015-16	74050.63
2016-17	20956.40	2016-17	89145.25
2017-18	30020.25	2017-18	101072.06
Sub Total	71001.31	Sub Total	264267.94

 

Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) provides funds to the State Governments for the activities relating to cultural conservation of tribal areas in the country based on their demand. Government has decided to set up new Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in the States where no TRI exists. During the year 2017-18 and 2018-19, based on the proposals received from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim and Mizoram, funds have been provided for establishment of new Tribal Research Institute. Presently, TRIs are functioning in 24 States and 1UT. Core responsibility of TRIs is to function as a body of knowledge & research more or less as a think tank for tribal development and preservation of tribal cultural heritage. Details of funds provided to the State TRIs during 2015-16 to 2017-18 is as under:

(Rs. in crore)
Year	Fund provided to TRIs
2015-16	12.04
2016-17	15.11
2017-18	79.00
Total:	106.15

 

MoTA has developed a digital repository with web address http://tribal.nic.in/repository where documents, folks songs, photos / videos regarding their evolution, place of origin, lifestyle, eating habits, architecture, education level, traditional art, folk dances and other anthropological details of the tribes in India are stored. The repository currently has more than 10,000 photographs, videos and publications which are mostly done by TRIs.

TRIs have carried out various activities viz. research studies, evaluation studies, organization of training/seminar/workshop, organization of tribal festivals, baseline survey, publications, documentaries / documentation, organization of exchange visits etc. Notable works undertaken by these institutions during last four financial years and current year are detailed below:

 

Activities	Number
Research Studies	214
Evaluation Studies	54
Training/ Seminar/ Workshop	277
Tribal Festivals	50
Baseline Survey	12
Publications	170
Documentaries / Documentation	101
Exchange Visit	34

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri. Sudarshan Bhagat  in Rajya Sabha today .

 

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