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Write short note with a sociological Perspective: Main objective of Tribal sub plan (TSP).

  • UPSC 2015
  • Tribal Communities in India

The Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) was adopted in 1974–75, at the start of the Fifth Five Year Plan, as a budgeting device: every state and central ministry was to earmark plan funds for Scheduled Tribes at least in proportion to their population share, spent through a dedicated channel. Sociologically it marks the point at which the…

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  • Why a separate plan was thought necessary
  • The twin objective
  • A sociological reading
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