Which one of the following statements is not true with regard to tribal welfare?
- AThe Comprehensive Tribal Development Programme aims at land development activities, improvement of roof houses, infrastructure development and so on.
- BAs per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, villages in forests are provided with community rights.
- CThe Special Area Development aims at distribution of forest area produces to the tribals equitably.
- DThe Special Central Assistance to Tribal Subplan provides dairy cows to tribal groups living below the poverty line.
Explanation
Option D is the false statement: Special Central Assistance (SCA) to the Tribal Sub-Plan is a 100% grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to States for tribal development projects, family-oriented income-generating activities and infrastructure gaps — it is not a scheme that distributes dairy cows to below-poverty-line tribal groups. Statement B is true: the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 confers community rights over forest resources on forest-dwelling communities. Statements A and C describe genuine tribal-welfare programme objectives (land development, housing, infrastructure and equitable sharing of forest produce). Since the question asks for the statement that is NOT true, the answer is D.