Maharashta State Co-op Tribal Development Corporation - Overview

printable page

MSCTDC was registered in 1972 as a General Society under Section 12(1) of Maharashtra State Cooperative Act as a Promotional Organisation. Its ownership vested in Govt. of Maharashtra in the Social Welfare department. Subsequently with the creation of the separate department of Tribal Development in the year 1983 the TDC came under the administrative control of the Tribal Development Department. This the TDC came into existence and was implementing the programmes for the tribal welfare much before the creation of its parent department.

I)Historical perspective:

The TDC was originally created with the modest objectives of running of its own account primary units for supplying food-grains and other articles of daily use . Alongwith this it was entrusted the task of managing, as agent of the Govt. Ashram Schools established for tribal children in 1977-78 .However, the Corporation responsibilities swelled. During the year the monopoly purchase of agriculture produce and minor forest produce of the Tribals was declared and the TDC was address the assignment of running this scheme as the “Chief Agent” of the Govt. under the Maharashtra Tribals Economic Condition (Improvement) Act, 1976. In the following year the Corporation became the agent of Govt. Consumption (Khavati) Finance Scheme, Price Support Scheme in the Tribal areas for the Food & Civil Supplies Department. In 1980-81 the management of Ashram Schools was taken away from TDC and handedover to the then Directorate of Tribal Development (Now Tribal Commissionerate ) specifically created for this purpose. But schools foodgrains & other requirements of the provisions. In the same year i.e.1980˜Ö81 the scheme of installation of Electyric Motor pump and Oil Engines on wells of the tribal farmers was entrusted to the TDC. In 1981-82 it got further yoked to the Nucleus Budget Scheme under which the Corporation was charged with the responsibility of advancing loans to tribal entrepreneurs wherever institutional finance was not forthcoming. The Nucleus Budget Scheme was discontinued in the 1992 and instead the TDC was required to prepare and implement relatively high cost and viable scheme for the individual tribal as a channelising agency of the National Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Finance & Development Corporation (NSFDC).In the year 1992-93 the additional schemes from Govt. in Food & Civil Supplies Department were given for implementation to the TDC. These schemes were Door step Delivery Scheme and the rural godown scheme under the Prime Minister’s Revamped Public Distribution System programmes. TDC was given the task in 1991 of providing the drinking water supply scheme in the Govt. Ashram Schools where the potable drinking water was not available.

TDC has thus traveled a long way from its days of moderate activity to the transactions of work of considerable magnititude from a modest turnover of Rs. 4.77 lakh a 1972 it now has turned over its activities more than Rs. 130 crores in the year 1998-99.

Maharashtra State Co.operative Tribal Development Corporation Ltd, Nashik.

Establishment

The M.S.C.T.D.C. has been established in the year 1972 for the economic development of tribals in Maharashtra State as per provision in Article 46 of the Indian Constitution.

Objectives And Aims

To work as an effective implementing agency to extend welfare programs of the State Govt. for the tribals in the State of Maharashtra.
To Act as an effective agency to prevent economic exploitation of Tribal farmers, artisans and labourers.
To promote the economic development of tribals by implementing the direct assistance schemes.

Major Activity:

Monopoly Procurement Scheme