HPAS/Allied Mains 2022 Answer Writing Challenge Day 166 : Model Answer

QUESTION: What are ITDPs in context of Tribal Welfare Administration in Himachal Pradesh? Also describe the criteria for allocating Funds for these ITDPs. (4 marks/60 words)             

Answer:

Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP): It is an area of size of one or more Development Blocks in which ST population is 50% or more of total population of such blocks. Complete development block(s)/ panchayat samiti(s) is the minimum constituent unit of an ITDP.

There can be more than one ITDP in a District.

For equitable flow of funds to the 5 ITDPs, the State has evolved an objective formula for distribution of funds based on a weightage of 40% to population, 20% to area under Schedule V and 40% to relative economic backwardness for each ITDP. Based on this formula, the share of each ITDP is:

1. Kinnaur-30%,
2. Lahaul-18%,
3. Spiti-16%,
4. Pangi-17%
5. Bharmour-19%.