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Equality before Law (Article 14)The State to make special provisions for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes [Article 15 (4)]
Equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State (Article 16)
The State to make provisions in matters of promotion to any class or classes of posts in the services in favour of the the Scheduled Tribes (Article 16 (4A))
A National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to investigate, monitor and evaluate all matters relating to the Constitutional safeguards provided for the the Scheduled Tribes (Article 338A) ·
Appointment of a Commission to report on the administration of the Scheduled Areas and the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes in the States (Article339) ·
The State to promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation (Article 46)
Grant-in-aid from the Consolidated Fund of India each year for promoting the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes and administration of Scheduled Areas [Article 275(1)]
The claims of the members of the Scheduled Tribes in the appointments to services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State to be taken into consideration consistent with the maintenance of efficiency of administration [Article 335]
Through the Fifth Schedule, the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and the Scheduled Tribes in any State, other than the States of Assam, Mehalaya, Tripura and Mizoram by ensuring submission of Annual Report by the Governors to the President of India regarding the Administration of the Scheduled Areas and setting up of a Tribal Advisory Council to advise on such matters pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes [Article 244 (1)]
Special provisions through the Sixth Schedule for the administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram by designating certain tribal areas as Autonomous Districts and Autonomous Regions and also by constituting District Councils, Autonomous Councils and Regional Councils [Article 244 (21)]
Reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People [Article 330] · Reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the States [Article 332]
Reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes for the Scheduled Tribes in every Panchayat [Article 243D]
Extension of the 73rd and 74th Amendments of the Constitution to the Scheduled Areas through the Panchayats [Extension to the Scheduled Areas] Act. 1996 to ensure effective participation of the tribals in the process of planning and decision making.
Article 164(1) provides that in the States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.
Article 371A has special provisions with respect to the State of Nagaland.
Article 371B has special provisions with respect to the State of Assam.
Article 371C has special provisions with respect to the State of Manipur.
Article 371F has special provisions with respect to Sikkim.
Towards the end of the plan (1954), Special Multipurpose Tribal Development Projects (Mtdps) were created.
These MTDPs could not serve the interests of the tribal people since the number of Schemes, were numerous. This approach continued.
During the Third Five Year Plan, another strategy for tribal development was evolved by converting those Community Development Blocks where the concentration of tribal population was 66% and above into Tribal Development Blocks (TDBs).
By the end of Fourth Five Year Plan, the number of TDBs in the country rose to 504 but this strategy too was considered to be a failure as it failed to address the cause of more then 60% of the tribal population of the country living in blocks outside the TDBs.
The Tribal Sub-Plan Strategy was evolved by an Expert Committee set up in 1972 under Chairmanship of Prof. S.C. Dube for rapid socio-economic development of tribal people
Ensures allocation of fund for tribal areas from State Plan as well as Central Ministries, at least proportionate to population of tribals in the state (from state plan) and to the overall proportionate tribal population for the country from the budget of Central Ministries and Financial Institutions etc.
The Scheme/programme and projects under TSP are implemented through Integrated Tribals Development Projects (Itdps) which were set up in Block(s) or group of Blocks where ST population is more than 50% of the total population.
The coverage of tribal areas was further extended in the Sixth Five Year plan by inclusion of pockets/villages having a minimum of 10,000 tribal population of which at least 50% are Scheduled Tribes on Modified Area Development Approach (MADA) under TSP.
Further, in order to ensure cent percent coverage of tribals under the TSP approach, in the year 1986-87 it was decided to include dispersed tribals also
under the approach while identifying their clusters, each with a total population of 5000 with 50% or more tribal concentration.
The 75 identified PTGs living in isolated villages or hamlets were also included in TSP.
Setting up of a National Institute for research & Training in Tribal Affairs [NITA] as an apex body of state level Tribal Research Institutes.
TRIFED - Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited , 1987
State Tribal Development Cooperative Corporations
As a Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs known as Tribal Division since after independence up to September 1985.
Ministry of Welfare: From September 1985 to May 1998.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment from May 1998 to September 1999.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs was constituted in October, 1999 by bifurcation of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
In 2004, the government of India unveiled Draft National Tribal Policy. On 21 July 2006, the government of India released its revised Draft National Tribal Policy.
Ambiguity around the nature and scope of the term ‘Scheduled Tribe,’ the Ministry should formulate and clearly outline new criteria for scheduling tribes (from the perspective of deprivation and exclusion whether economic, political or social, rather than drawing upon cultural and individual traits only).
The right to self-determination – whether communities wanted to retain or rebuild their cultural and political identities – should be incorporated in the Policy as a fundamental right of the Scheduled Tribes.
Furthermore, apart from the Panchayati Raj (Extension to Scheduled Area) (PESA), the Policy should give recognition to traditional systems of governance and involve local community leaders in decision-making processes
The Policy does not clearly list out the implementing agencies nor does it set any timeframe for a number of actions, and should incorporate the Nomadic Tribes too .
While addressing tribal land disputes, the Policy does not recognise oral evidence in the absence of records, and this provision should be reviewed. To strengthen forest rights, the redrafted Policy must address the effective implementation of the Forest Rights Act in all States.
Most importantly, it said, the delay in the approval of the Policy served as the greatest detriment to the vision of the document.
No explicit mention quantitative commitments
Many important issues ignored
No links with other policies
Mere reiteration of existing policies
Does not question the present accountability mechanisms
Does not assign any new role to the Ministry
No discussion on eviction of tribal communities from forest
Does not mention the violations by states of GOI law on tribal panchayats (PESA)
No mention of De-notified and Nomadic Tribes
No discussion of problems of migrant tribals, or bonded labour
Does not promise restoration of alienated lands
Does not refer to various findings on governance in tribal areas
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