Assistance for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes

Schemes

Assistance for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes

 

This sub scheme is intended to provide assistance to the parents belonging to Scheduled Tribes for the marriage of their daughters. The Scheduled Tribes Development Department provides assistance either to the parents or to the girl as marriage grant at the rate of ₹ 1.50 lakh per adult girl. Priority will be given to the daughters of widows, unwed mothers and incapacitated parents. The assistance to Scheduled Tribe adult girls who do not have parents to look after (orphan) will be ₹ 2.00 lakh. The sub scheme should be implemented according to the guidelines of the Government. In 2024-25,it is proposed to coverapproximately 450 families/adult girls per year. Families identified under the Extreme Poverty Survey shall be given priority.

 

The sub scheme is for giving annual grant to traditional tribal healers @ ₹ 10,000.00 The beneficiaries will be selected with the assistance of KIRTADS. The amount will be transferred to bank account of the beneficiary through DBT system. The scheme is being implemented through ST department. The details of traditional tribal healers shall be published in online platform and also create systems like online consultations/online appointment and online payment for them. The schemes also envisage to give assistance to tribal healers for setting up treatment centres and imparting knowledge to next generation.

Educational Schemes

 

Sickle Cell Anemia is an inherited lifelong disease prevailing among the Scheduled Tribes living in Wayanad, Palakkad, Kozhikode and Malappuram districts. Continuous body pain, mental stress, inability to do hard work, malnutrition are the common problems faced by these patients. Such patients will be provided a monthly financial assistance aid as per government order. In addition to this, one time assistance based on the implementable projects, will be provided for each family for enhancing livelihood activities of such patients after providing skilling in appropriate trades. Skill training in this regard will be provided to such patients through institutions like AMRID and KIRTADS etc. Screening programme will also be conducted. Families identified under the Extreme Poverty Survey shall be given priority.

 

One of the major concerns in the development of tribal health is that pertains to the nutritional issues of mother and child. Pre and post maternal care is inadequate among the tribal women and it will be attributed mainly to the lack of adequate income. This sub scheme is envisaged for extending timely financial assistance of @ ₹ 2000 per month for 18 months beginning from the third month of the pregnancy to the month in which the child attains one year. Payment shall be made only through bank account.The department shall ensure that the assistance reaches the beneficiaries on a monthly basis and also ensure that the assistance is utilised for addressing the nutritional issues of pregnant and lactating mothers. A system for giving proper counselling and health monitoring of pregnant women and neo -natal has to be built through the Mobile Medical Clinics and PHCs

 

The objective of the scheme is to provide social and economic security to tribal girl child and thereby help to achieve holistic development from birth through various phases of her life. Ensuring health and educational attainments are also the objecives of the scheme. It is a long term endowment scheme which attains maturity only after the child attains 18 years of age and has at least passed the 10th standard. The insurance amount can be used for higher education and settling in life. This scheme includes cash pay-outs during immunization and school admission stages. Insurance against death of parents and permanent disabilities is also included in this scheme. Since this is a long term programme, for systematic management of the scheme and to monitor the flow of premium, a software has to be developed and put in place. An amount of ₹ 50.00 lakh is provided for giving 2nd installment of the girls registered in 2017-18 and first installments of the newly born. Based on gender disaggregated data 100 per cent fund will be going to girl children.