GOVERNMENT OF INDIA | MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS
ESTABLISHMENT
Establishment Division deals with all service related matters in respect of officers/official of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs such as recruitment, promotion, pension related matters, nomination of officers for various training programmes, leave travel concession, maintenance of leave record, annual performance appraisal reports, immovable property returns, framing and reviewing of Recruitment Rules for the posts under MoTA, etc.
VIGILANCE
The Ministry's vigilance is undertaken by the Joint Secretary (Admin) in assistance with the Secretary of the Ministry. The Joint Secretary (Admin) acts as a mediator between the Ministry & the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). One Deputy Secretary (Admin) also assist the CVO i.e. the Joint Secretary (Admin) in carring out his functions. Every year, the ministry observes a "Vigilance Awareness Week".
Numerical details of ongoing Department / Vigilance / Policy prosecution cases in Ministry of Tribal Affairs (As per CIC’s Order dated 28/06/2017)
1 |
Department Proceeding (Vigilance) |
NIL |
2 |
Vigilance Cases |
NIL |
3 |
Police Prosecution cases |
NIL |
MULTILATERAL BODIES
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Project -‘Strengthening National Capacities in Tribal Areas’
The project aims to ensure that excluded groups benefit from the inclusive agenda of the Government of India through strengthening capacities of communities to demand and access entitlements and ensuring that the decentralized institutions deliver timely and stigma-free services. The project also aims to facilitate inter-ministerial convergence for effective integration of the tribal agenda, particularly on the issues of health, education and livelihood. Legal counsel and advice aim to uphold the principles of the Forest Rights Act and prevention of wrongful dispossession. The project works at the national level and at the state level (in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha) with a total budget of US$ 3.20 million. The project started in 2013 and will end in 2017.
World Bank Project
Office Orders
This is a Centrally Sponsored Schemes implemented through States/UTs. Funds are released by this Ministry to the State Governments/UTs based on their receipt of applications; verification and disbursement of scholarship to eligible ST students are done by the States/UTs. The scholarships to eligible students are disbursed to eligible students directly to their bank accounts through DBT. The scholarship criteria is as under:
This is a Central Sector Scheme. Entire funds are released by Central Govt. The scheme has two components i.e., Fellowship and Scholarship.
SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
This is a Central Sector Scheme. Entire funds are released by Central Govt. The scheme has two components i.e., Fellowship and Scholarship.
NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
The Scheme provides for financial assistance to selected students to pursue Post Graduation, PhD & Post-Doctoral study abroad.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs is fully committed to the smooth and effective implementation of the Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT). DBT aims to bring transparency, eliminate misuse of funds and enable enhanced monitoring of the Schemes implemented by the Government of India .In DBT ,benefit is being directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries . Public Finance Management System (PFMS) acts as the common Platform for DBT.
In order to ensure real-time financial disbursement directly to the beneficiaries and agencies and to bring transparency and accountability in such transactions as also to facilitate data sharing, eased communication and improved monitoring mechanism, adopting appropriate digital platform is incumbent as an e-governance tool. Accordingly, MoTA has developed dedicated portals in line with the resolve of the Government towards digital India to realize the motto of the Government to reach the beneficiary directly.
The following scheme has been onboard with DBT Bharat portal and integrated data through Web services.
S.No |
Scheme Name |
Scheme Type |
1 |
National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education for ST Students (for Fellowship) |
Central Sector |
2 |
National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education for ST Students (for Scholarship) |
Central Sector |
3 |
National Overseas Scholarship Scheme |
Central Sector |
4 |
Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students |
Centrally Sponsored |
5 |
Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students |
Centrally Sponsored |
6 |
Scheme of Grant In Aid To Voluntary Organization working for Welfare of STs |
Central Sector |
