Annual Tribal Sub-Plan 1989-90 (Tamil Nadu)

Abstract

From Introduction: The restructured Twenty Point Programme lays emphasis on justice to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under Point No, 11. The main objective of this document is to ensure social and economic justice to the Scheduled Tribes in Tamil Nadu, However, accent has also been laid on other aspects, in so far as the tribaIs are concerned, viz, removal of rural poverty, strategy for rain fed agriculture, better use of irrigation facilities, special programmes forrural labour, provision of drinking water, health for all, spread of education and literacy among the tribals, new opportunities for youth, greater opportunities for -women, housing for the poor, new strategy for forestry, protection of environment, concern for the consumer and energy for the villages. These aspects are explained in the various Chapters that follow.