Tribal Welfare Institutions
Assistance to Tribal Welfare Institutions
The scheme is intended to provide financial assistance to tribal welfare institutions like co-operative farms and ST co-operative societies for their revival and thereby ensuring livelihood of tribal families. Assistance is given for employment generating projects.
The outlay is for providing grant/assistance toPriyadarshini Tea Estate, Mananthavady - for developing/improving the plantations, and for running/revamping the tea factory operated by the estate.
Attappady Co-operative Farming Society-for projects aimed at revitalization including extension of plantation to new areas and for developing/improving the existing farms and necessary processing, value addition and marketing.
Ambedkar Memorial Rural Institute for Development (AMRID), Kalpetta, Wayanad - for conducting multifarious leadership training, skill development programmes and other employment generation activities viz, production of handicrafts, tailoring, computer training, printing and book making, PSC coaching, driving etc. for the development of Scheduled Tribes.
One time working capital assistance to Attappady Tribal Apparel Park and other apparel units set up by the department. Handholding support to these parks shall be provided by reputed government/private agencies.
Creating online platforms for marketing and conducting trade fairs for marketing of products of institutions assisted under the scheme.
Assistance for conducting Women Empowerment Programme at Aralam Farm
The first three institutions will be revamped based on an evaluation study on the financial feasibility and a detailed project report. Renovation/Revamping of Tribal societies affiliated with SC/ST Federation, functioning in sectors like Non Timber Forest Produce, Agriculture, Coir, and other traditional sectors and assistance to Gothrajeevika construction societies will also be undertaken under this scheme.