Improvement in Conditions of STs



The improvements made in the conditions of the Scheduled Tribes shows that there has been an increase in literacy rate, gross enrolment ratio and reduction in the dropout rates at the primary, elementary and secondary stages of education, since 1991, and also increase in work participation rate for STs vis-à-vis the total population as per 2001 Census.

As per the latest estimates of poverty for the year 2009-10, the population of Scheduled Tribes living below poverty line is 47.4% in rural areas and 30.4% in urban areas.

The details of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) are: (i) Post Matric Scholarships for ST students, (ii) Hostels for ST Boys and ST Girls, (iii) Establishment of Ashram Schools in Tribal Sub-Plan Areas, and (iv) Research, Information and Mass Education, Tribal Festival and others.

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