Why in news?

• Union government has extended the scheme to provide ₹40 crore grants-in-aid to the Dalai Lama’s CTRC for another five years, up to 2025-26.
• CRTC (formed in 1981) is a non-profit organization dedicated to welfare and socio-economic development of Tibetan refugees exiled in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
• CRTC is registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, India.
• CRTC is relief wing of Department of Home, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
• It includes members from Tibetan settlements in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
• In 1959, Dalai Lama established Tibetan exile administration, named CTA which is the continuation of government of independent Tibet.