63% rise likely in allocation under Tribal and Scheduled Castes sub-plansEach year, 26 ministries earmark 2-32% of budget allocation under Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) and 32 ministries 2-20% of allocation und...
PMO: Ministries and not NITI Aayog to monitor SCSP, TSPFinally, on January 27, the Cabinet Secretariat issued an order, assigning the responsibility to the ministries of Social Justice and Empow...
NITI Aayog to examine if SC/ST sub-plans can be non-lapsableThe decision was taken at a recent meeting on Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) monitoring framework chaired by th...
Centre sanctions Rs 359 crore to states for dalit welfareDepending upon the local occupational pattern and the economic activities available, the states/UTs have been given full flexibility in uti...
State scheme pilots dreams of 10 needy students for freeThe government, under its Special Component Sub-Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), has waived the entire fee for these students and pro...
SJ&E Ministry wants Niti Aayog to monitor SC sub plan12th Five Year Plan has only one year left, decision has yet been taken if the Plan system will continue thereafter, not advisable to shift...
Unable to monitor Tribal, SC sub-plans: NITI AayogThe TSP and SCSP were launched in 1974 and 1979 respectively for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. While six per cent of the plan ...
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...
Law sought for implementation of SC, Tribal Sub-PlansThe meeting saw demands for a job quota to promote inter-caste marriage, issuance of coins of one rupee denomination entirely with Ambedkar...
Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary celebrations: SC/ST spend to be mandatoryAt present, 24 central ministries and departments set aside funds under SC Sub-Plan and TSP, but most ministries struggle to spend the mone...
Centre seeks info from Delhi government on SCSP funds for CWGThe Centre has sought information from Delhi government in connection with the alleged diversion of Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) of fun...
NITI Aayog to monitor implementation of SC and ST Sub PlansIn another reply on central assistance to Bundelkhand, he said, "The allocation (under the package) for Uttar Pradesh was Rs 3,606 crore in...
No proposal to hike OBC creamy layer cap: GovernmentKrishan Pal Gurjar said, the current annual income limit of creamy layer in OBC reservation is Rs 6 lakhs per annum with effect from May, 2...
Election manifesto: SC/STs, OBCs lead Congress agenda workAfter its humiliating defeat in the assembly elections, Congress has started work on vice-president Rahul Gandhi's promise to reconnect wit...
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...
Increase wage days under MGNREGS to 200: ReddyAP asked the Centre to increase the number of wage days under the MGNREGS from 150 to 200 to benefit non-farm labour and marginalised secti...
- NAC suggests Dalit sub-Plan, law to monitor schemes under it
The working group has asked the Centre to pass an enabling law to monitor the schemes undertaken by the special Dalit plan.