India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Replying to an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha today the Union Minister of State Shri. Durgadas Uikey said that Government is implementing Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST) as a strategy for the development of Scheduled Tribes and areas having tribal concentration in the country including the state of Himachal Pradesh. Apart from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, other 41 Ministries/Departments are allocating certain percentage of their total scheme budget every year for tribal development under DAPST to bridge the developmental gap between Scheduled Tribes (STs) and non-ST populations and for various tribal development projects relating to education, health...