NEW DELHI, 6 Feb: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is planning to conduct discussions with different central ministries for proper utilization of the allocated budget for the development and welfare of the tribal communities.
The discussion platform aims to bring important stakeholders together to recommend corrective actions and exercise the needed policy reforms to ensure the constitutional safeguards provided to the scheduled tribe population are implemented in their true spirit, the NCST said in a statement.
The budgetary allocation of Rs 87,584 crores has been done in FY 2022-23 for the schedule tribe component as against an amount of Rs 78,256 crores in the previous year.
The NCST said 41 central ministries are required to incur this expenditure for the welfare of the STs and the development of tribal areas. (PTI)