Supaul Bihar Annual District Plan 2011-12 - nrcddp

Access of the poor and asset-less tribal people to livelihood resources are raising voices for their socio
economic condition.
Creating/increasing capability for their self employment/wage employment in order to bring their income level
at par with general population and reducing poverty.
Creation of productive assets in favour of STs is to sustain the growth likely to accrue through development
efforts.
To bridge critical gaps in communication and such other economic as well as social infrastructure in the tribal
areas to support the developmental activities of the tribal.
Provision of basic health services and improvement in health and nutritional standards of the Scheduled
Tribes will lead to an improvement in their health indicators, particularly reduction of IMR/MMR and control of
malaria
Providing free access of education and more especially to primary education for lack of primary education
has resulted in the distinct vulnerability of the tribal population. Besides, need is to provisioning for providing free
access to housing facilities.
STRATEGIES:
The people of Scheduled tribe communities are relatively poor and substantial part of this group of people is
engaged in scavenging and unclean occupations. Education, being the most effective instrument of empowering
tribal groups, has been giving higher priority. Efforts are being made to achieve universaUzation of elementary
education for the members of the Scheduled Tribes by the year 2010 keeping in view the low literacy rates
particularly among the girls and high drop out rates.
Special attention is also being paid to the implementation of employment oriented income generating
programmes/self employment schemes.
Prevention of exploitation of tribal in respect of alienation of land, money lending, debt bondage, collection
and sale of forest produce etc. has also received due attention of Government.
Adequate training to beneficiaries in all individual benefit oriented programmes like SGS Y and ITDA will be
imparted through close monitoring.
Women Self Help Groups will vigorously promoted. Up gradation of skills of tribal youth in traditional
modern vocation will be thrust area.
A sum of Rs. 2182.4388 lakh has been proposed for 2011-12 under TSP for Supaul district which accounts
for 2.11 % of the district plan outlays from the state budget.