Question : WELFARE OF TRIBALS

(a) whether the Union Government have received any proposals relating to welfare of tribals from various organizations of Dahod district of Gujarat and the public representatives from the year 2000, till date;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the action taken of each proposal;

(d) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be cleared and the funds proposed to be released for these projects; and

(e) the financial assistance provided by the Union Government for various schemes during the said period Scheme-wise?

MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JUAL ORAM)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) & (c) The name of the organizations, name of the projects, amount proposed, amount released and the action taken on each of the proposals are given in the Annexure.

(d) The proposals are pending because they are incomplete and would be considered only on receipt of complete information. Decision will be taken based on the information furnished and norms of the schemes.

(e) Of the proposals received, an amount of Rs. 5,16,753/- has been released for running a hostel for scheduled tribe students.