Section 12

Recommendation by the Nodal Agencies and Nodal Department - The
schemes that fulfill the norms laid down in the Act shall be recommended by
Nodal Agency for Social Welfare and Nodal Agency for Tribal Welfare for
inclusion in the Annual Plan proposals of the departments and aggregated
for placing before the State Council for Development of Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes, for consideration and approval as pre-budget process.