Budget 2016: Dalits, adivasis get raw dealAn analysis done by NCDHR showed that, like in past years, instead of earmarking 16.6 per cent funds for Dalits, only 7 per cent has been e...
Funds earmarked for SC/STs seldom reach beneficiaries, says NGOsAn assessment by the NCDHR has claimed that even special funds earmarked for SC/STs seldom directly reach beneficiaries.
Government does nott allocate plan outlays for dalits, adivasisIt is legally mandated that every ministry and department should earmark 16% funds for schedule castes and 8% for schedule tribes.
States show high budget allocation but spend less on SC/STBihar with 15.7% dalit population, showed an allocation of 16.9% for SCSP in the annual Plan for 2010-11, but its budget documents accounte...