Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) / Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) and Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) Scheme: An over view

Madhu, K and Madhu, Rema and George, Grinson (2025) Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) / Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) and Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) Scheme: An over view. In: Training programme on Cage, Pen, Ornamental fish, Biofloc, Mussel and Oyster culture for Tribal Department officials, Scheduled Tribes (STS) Promoters and Farmers. CMFRI Training Manual Series No. 47/2025 . ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 1-8.

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Abstract

India is endowed with much caste, of which many have economic disparity. People belong to some caste are very penurious especially Scheduled caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST). It is therefore, Govt. of India initiated may schemes for the upliftment of these communities. They have been given special representation based on the constitutional provisions given in CHAPTER X1 SPECIAL REPRESENTATION IN SERVICES FOR SC/ST 1. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS 1.1 Definition of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe. Articles 341 and 342 of the Constitution of India define as to who would be Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with respect to any State or Union Territory. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS 1.2 " Article 46 "The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation." Article 335 "The claims of the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration, consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration, in the making of appointments to services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS 1.3" List of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes —The existing lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are to be found in the following Orders and Acts :— (1 ) *The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950; (2) *The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950; (3) *The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951. (41 *The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951. In this backdrop, ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Govt. of India proposed schemes such as TSP (Tribal Sub Plan) or STC (Scheduled Tribal Components) and SCSP (Scheduled Caste Sub Plan) with the following guidelines Number M-11012/03/2013-SG &SW Planning commission (SG &E Division Dated 18th June 2014), and M-11012/03/2013-SJ&SW Planning Commission (SJ & E Division). Based on this ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) launched the TSP and SCSP project and operated in its 11 centres (Veraval, Karwar, Mangalore, Kozhikode, Kochi, Vizhinjam, Tuticorin, Mandapam, Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Puri) for SCSP and 7 centres (Veraval, Mumbai, Kozhikode, Lakshadweep, Kochi, Visakhapatnam and Puri) for TSP in various parts of India with following objectives.

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