FIRST MEET OF THE SECOND NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SCHEDULED AREAS
& STs
The newly
constituted Second National Commission on Scheduled Areas and
Scheduled Tribes met here today for the first time under the Chairmanship
of Shri Dilip Singh Bhuria to plan its strategies of functioning.
Presiding over the first meeting , the Union Minister for Tribal
Affairs, Shri Jual Oram said that the second National Commission
was constituted on July 18, 2002 by the Government. The first
Commission was set up in 1961 under the chairmanship of Shri U.
N. Dhebar. The Commission would suggest measures to strengthen
the administration for effective implementation of various policies
and programmes in the Scheduled tribal areas of States and Union
Territories.
The
Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste
appealed the members to prepare a comprehensive report which will
go a long way to solve the various problems of the STs and Scheduled
Areas of the country. The Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs,
Shri B. S. Baswan said that the Ministry has already placed Rs.
10 lakh initially for the functioning of the Commission.
The
members threw light on ongoing development plans, tribal sub-plan
approach, administrative deficiencies and suggested ways to review
them thoroughly. They stressed on programme and area-specific
review approaches and collection of first hand information for
study.
The
Member-Secretary, Shri P.S.Negi laid stress on the terms of reference
of the Commission including strict adherence of time-frame of
one year for submission of the Report to the President of India.
