As per information received from the Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation, social group-wise per capita income is
not maintained. However, State-wise percentage of population below poverty line
(social group-wise) is given in Annexure.
The
Ministry of Tribal Affairs supplements the efforts of other Ministries like
Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Labour and Employment, etc. in
economic upliftment of the tribals
in the country. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing a programme
titled “Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Plan (SCA to TSP) for
employment-cum-income generation activities of BPL Scheduled Tribes. The
ultimate objective of this programme is to boost the demand-based
income-generation and thus raise the economic and social status of tribals.
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