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A Lok Sabha statement details how ITDAs/ITDPs (Integrated Tribal Development Agencies/Projects) function as field-level convergence institutions channelling multiple central schemes — Article 275(1) grants, Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY), PM-JANMAN, DAJGUA, EMRS, scholarships and livelihood programmes — into tribal areas.
Funds are released State-wise and scheme-wise (not per individual ITDA/ITDP) based on approved proposals, fund availability and utilisation certificates.
A National Conclave on Strengthening ITDAs/ITDPs (3 June 2026) flagged the need for stronger staffing, integrated planning, reliable data systems and greater functional/financial empowerment of these agencies.
Provides statutory grants-in-aid to States for tribal welfare, distinct from discretionary/scheme-based transfers
Governs administration of Scheduled Areas, where most ITDA/ITDP jurisdictions and PVTG habitations are concentrated; empowers the Governor to frame regulations for tribal welfare
Village Development Plans (VDPs) for tribal villages to saturate basic infrastructure gaps
Key: Successor/parallel to the earlier Tribal Sub-Plan strategy; funds released State-wise against approved VDPs
Saturate infrastructural and social-service gaps in tribal-majority villages/blocks
Key: Launched 2 October 2024 from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand; total outlay ₹79,156 crore (Centre ₹56,333 crore + States ₹22,823 crore), targeting 63,843 villages across 549 districts/2,911 blocks in 30 States/UTs via 25 interventions by 17 line Ministries
Saturate primary services specifically in PVTG habitations
Key: Launched 15 November 2023; outlay ₹24,104 crore (Centre ₹15,336 crore + States ₹8,768 crore); covers 75 PVTG groups across 18 States + 1 UT
GS Paper 2 > Governance > Tribal Welfare Institutions
In the context of polity, which one of the following would you accept as the most appropriate definition of liberty?
Answer: Opportunity to develop oneself fully
Moderate — tribal welfare architecture is a recurring governance topic
Integrated Tribal Development Agency/Project — field-level convergence institutions implementing Central and State tribal-welfare schemes