Government of Tamil Nadu - Government Orders

Tribal Welfare – Economic Development Schemes for Scheduled Tribes – Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Plan for Scheduled Tribes for the year 2006 2007- Release of first and final instalment to Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Limited (TAHDCO) – Orders issued.

The Government of India releases every year the Special Central Assistance for economic development of Scheduled Tribes in conjunction with the State’s efforts in the Tribal Sub Plan. The assistance, so received, is transferred to the personal Deposit Account of Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing Development Corporation Limited for implementing Family Oriented income Generating Schemes for Scheduled Tribes, while giving adequate weight-age to infrastructure incidental to such schemes by it and through various other departments.

2. In the letter first read above, Joint Secretary to Government of India have stated that for the year 2006-2007.an amount of Rs.327.00 lakhs have been tentatively allocated to this State for the grant-in-aid under SCA to Tribal Sub Plan. He has also requested this State Government to utilize the funds already released, and to submit the proposals under the above schemes for the current year 2006-2007.

3. In the letter second read above, the Director of Tribal Welfare has recommended the proposal for a sum of Rs.326.97 lakhs for the Income generating activities in ITDP areas and in various other districts for the year 2006-2007 and the same was forwarded to Government of India for approval.

4.The Government of India in their letter fourth read above have sanctioned a sum of Rs.327.00 lakhs (Rupees Three crore and Twenty Seven lakhs only) as first and final instalment of grant in aid out of the Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Plan for the programmes of ITDPs, MADA, Cluster, Dispersed Tribals and Primitive Tribal Groups during the year 2006-07. The Government of India has also stated that Special Central Assistance (Tribal Sub Plan) is an additive to the Tribal Sub Plan of the States. As per the revised guidelines, Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Plan is meant for filling up of the critical gaps to cover employment-cum-income generation activities and the infrastructure incidental thereto not only the family based but also run by the Self-Help Groups / Community and thus raise the socio-economic level of the Tribals. The Government of India have further stated that the funds should be spent strictly in accordance with the revised guidelines issued by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs vide No.14020/5/2003-SG&C, Dated 2.5.2003. The Government of India has added that the ITDP wise earmarked amount should be released by the State Government directly to the ITDPs. The remaining amount of has to be spent by the State Government for the programmes of MADA, Cluster, Dispersed Tribal and Primitive Tribal Groups in proportion to the Scheduled Tribe population under each programme as provided in part (III) of the guidelines. No part of the Special Central Assistance should be released directly to any Department at the State level. However, transfer of funds to implementing departments / agencies, if required, should be done through the ITDPs. State should ensure release of funds to implementing agencies within one month of receipt of funds. Utilization Reports of the Special Central Assistance (Tribal Sub Plan) furnished to the Ministry in the prescribed format already circulated along with the revised guidelines.

5. The Government now accordingly accord sanction for the payment of a sum of Rs. 3,26,97,000 ( Rupees Three crore Twenty Six lakhs and Ninety Seven thousand only ) released by the Government of India as Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Plan for 2006 – 2007 (first and final instalment) to the Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Limited (TAHDCO) for implementing economic development schemes for Scheduled Tribes for the year 2006-2007 as detailed in the Annexure to this Government Order.

6. The Commissioner of Tribal Welfare is directed to obtain necessary proposals from the concerned District Collectors of Integrated Tribal Development Project areas as per part 4 of guidelines of Government of India issued on 02-05-2003 under reference No.14020/5/2003-SG&C for the amount mentioned in para 5 above and send the same to Managing Director, TAHDCO for release of the amount.

7. The expenditure sanctioned in para 4 above shall be debited to the following head of account:-

2225 – Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes 02 – Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 794 – Special Central Assistance for Tribal Sub Plan Schemes in the Tenth Five Year Plan III – Centrally Sponsored SA – Welfare Schemes for Scheduled Tribes in Integrated Tribal Development Project Blocks under Tribal Sub Plan - 09 grants-in-aid – 09 – others

8. The Commissioner of Tribal Welfare is authorized to draw and disburse the amount of Rs.326.97 lakhs sanctioned in para 4 above to the Managing Director, TAHDCO by means of cheque/ Demand Draft in favour of P.D. Account of Managing Director, TAHDCO with Account No.H-8 and the sanctioned amount of Rs.3,26,97,000/- is credited to the following head of account.

8443-00-Civil Deposits 800-Other Deposits-By Deposit of Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation (TAHDCO) (DPC No.8443 00 800 BY 00004 (Outgo) 8443 00 800 000G (Receipts)

9. The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Limited is directed to maintain separate accounts for the Special Central Assistance funds operated and disbursed by him for the various components and also to maintain relevant registers for the various disbursement of assistance with full details of beneficiaries. The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Limited/Commissioner of Tribal Welfare should ensure that the funds are utilised for the real purpose for which it has been sanctioned by the Government of India and that it reaches the actual Tribal beneficiaries in full without any shortfall or complaints. If any failure is noticed, severe action shall be taken against the officers concerned. The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Limited is also requested to send the progress of expenditure/Utilisation Certificate under Special Central Assistance Schemes to the Government, so as to enable the Government to send Utilisation Certificate to the Government of India in time.

10.This order issues with the concurrence of Finance Department vide its U.O.No. 99/ADS(GV)/07 Dated 30.3.2007.

The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Limited, Chennai -101.

Tiruvannamalai / Namakkal / Dharmapuri / Villupuram / Trichy / Salem / Vellore / Krishnagiri / Dindigul / Coimbatore Districts,

The Joint Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, New Delhi – 110 001.

Name of the Scheme	Tiruvannamalai		Namakkal		Dharmapuri		Villupuram		Trichy
	Jawadhu Hills		Kolli Hills		Sitheri hills		Kalrayan Hills		Pachamalai
	No.	Amount	No.	Amount	No.	Amount	No.	Amount	No.	Amount
Vegatable shop @ Rs.25000	5	1.25	5	1.25	3	0.75	5	1.25	2	0.50
Grocery shop @ Rs.50000/-	5	2.50	5	2.50	4	2.00	5	2.50	1	0.50
Milch animal @ Rs.15000	50	7.50	50	7.50	50	7.50	40	6.00	10	1.50
Sheep unit @ Rs.9000	50	4.50	50	4.50	27	2.43	60	5.40	28	2.52
TOTAL	110	15.75	110	15.75	84	12.68	110	15.15	41	5.02

NAME OF THE SCHEME	SALEM DISTRICT
	Yercaud hills		Kalrayan hills		Pachamalai		Arunuthumalai		Total
	NO.	Amount	No.	Amount	No.	Amount	No.	Amount	No.	Amount
Vegatable shop @ Rs.25000	5	1.25	5	1.25	2	0.50	3	0.75	15	3.75
Grocery shop @ Rs.50000-	5	2.50	4	2.00	1	0.50	1	0.50	11	5.50
Milch animal @ Rs.15000/-	25	3.75	25	3.75	10	1.50	10	1.50	70	10.50
Sheep unit @ Rs.9000-	40	3.60	40	3.60	6	0.54	10	0.90	96	8.64
TOTAL	75	11.10	74	10.60	19	3.04	24	3.65	192	28.39

Name of the Circle	Name of the District	Assistance to Agriculture
Name of the Circle	Name of the District	Supply of Diesel Engine/ Electric Motors @ Rs.50000/		Supply of Power tiller @ Rs.150000/-
		Quantity	Amount	Quantity	Amount
1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
Vellore	Vellore	5	2.50	5	7.50
	Tiruvannamalai	5	2.50	5	7.50
Salem	Salem	25	12.50	25	37.50
Trichy	Trichy	10	5.00	10	15.00
Dharmapuri	Dharmapuri	10	5.00	10	15.00
	Krishnagiri	5	2.50	5	7.50
	Villupuram	5	2.50	5	7.50
Dindigul	Dindigul	5	2.50	5	7.50
Coimbatore	Coimbatore	10	5.00	10	15.00
	TOTAL	80	40.00	80	120.00

Sl.No.	Details of the Scheme	No.	Amount (Rs. in lakhs)
1.	Supply of Diesel Engine/ Electric Motors	80	40.00
2.	Supply of Power Tiller	80	120.00
3.	Income generating schemes in Krishnagiri District	200	70.00
4.	Supply of 47 Sheep units in Dharmapuri Distrtict	47	4.23
	TOTAL	407	234.23

Sl. No.	Name of the District	Name of the I.T.D.P.	Amount (Rs. in lakhs)
1.	Tiruvannamalai	Jawadhu Hills	15.75
2.	Namakkal	Kolli Hills	15.75
3.	Dharmapuri	Sitheri Hills	12.68
4.	Villupuram	Kalrayan Hills	15.15
5.	Trichy	Pachamalai	5.02
6	Salem	a. Yercaud Hills	11.10
		b. Kalrayan Hills	10.60
		c. Pachamalai	3.04
		d. Arunuthumalai	3.65
	TOTAL		92.74

Sl. No.	Details of the Schemes	Amount (Rs. in lakhs)
1.	Income Generating Activities	160.00
2.	Krishnagiri District Collector Proposal	70.00
3.	Supply of 47 Sheep Units in Dharmapuri District	4.23
4.	Proposals for ITDP Areas	92.74
	TOTAL	326.97