INVC NEWS
New Delhi,
Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been providing recurring grants under the Scheme of ‘Vocational Training in Tribal Areas’ for running Vocational Training Centres(VTCs) by the State Governments / NGOs. The details of scheduled tribe areas in Chhattisgarh where vocational training centres are being run .The scheme is implemented through the State Government. It has been decided to discontinue the Scheme of ‘Vocational Training in Tribal Areas’ from 2018-19 and subsume the interventions of vocational training (skill / livelihood) in the scheme ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)’. The Scheme ‘SCA to TSS is demand driven.
Under the scheme SCA to TSS, State Government is responsible for formulation of annual proposal based upon the need in the State within their share of allocation. The proposal received from the State Government is appraised and approved by the Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) in the Ministry chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs with representatives of State Governments, Financial Advisor, NITI Aayog, etc. for funding.
This information was given by Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Jaswantsinh Bhabhor
