The Van Dhan Scheme is an initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED. It was launched on 14th April, 2018 and seeks to improve tribal incomes through value addition of tribal products. The scheme will be implemented through Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Nodal Department at the Central Level and TRIFED as Nodal Agency at the National Level. At State level, the State Nodal Agency for MFPs and the District collectors are envisaged to play a pivot role in scheme implementation at grassroot level. Locally the Kendras are proposed to be managed by a Managing Committee (an SHG)...
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National Tribal Migration Support Portal
National Tribal Migration Support Portal is digital data solution capturing information regarding migrant workers. The data will be recorded in four segments - Demographic profile, Livelihood, Skill mapping and Migration Pattern. The migration data will be electronically available and visible via dashboards at Village-Block-District-State and National level for different tiers of government authorities.
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Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), Ministry of Tribal Affairs
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 or subsidy will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. Public Finance Management System (PFMS) acts as the common Platform for DBT...
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National Overseas Scholarship Portal, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Ministry of Tribal Affairs and every year 20 fresh ST students are given scholarship for pursuing Master Degree, Ph.D, Post-Doctoral courses at abroad. The applications are invited online on National Overseas Portal. The detailed guidelines of scheme, Instruction manual, and all information required for filling application is available here.
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NGO Grants Online System, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
NGO Online Application enables the District administration as well as State and Central Government to process and recommend proposals received from NGOs and at the same time generate Sanctions, monitor status and utilization of funds by sponsored NGOs.
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Information on Forest Right Act, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
The Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 recognizes the rights of the forest dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest resources, on which these communities were dependent for a variety of needs, including livelihood, habitation and other socio-cultural needs.