Lok Sabha Question No. 3360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Guidelines for SCSP
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +3360 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2018

## GUIDELINES FOR SCSP

+3360. SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the guidelines issued by the NITI Aayog for implementation of Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP);
- (b) the details of funds allocated and utilised by various Central Ministries and States for the implementation of the said Scheduled Castes Sub Plan during each of the last three years and the current year; StatelUT-wise;
- (c) whether cases of alleged irregularities and violation of guidelines including diversion of funds in implementation of the aforesaid SCSP by States/UTs have come to light and if $O, the details thereof;
- the number of complaints received during the aforesaid and the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard, State/UT-wise; and period
- (e the mechanism established to monitor maximum utilisation of funds under the said SCSP?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

- (a):  NITI has issued  guidelines for the implementation of various schemes   being implemented for the welfare of Scheduled Castes. The details of the important guidelines issued by NITI Aayog are at Annexure-1. Aayog
- (b): Details of funds allocated and utilised by various Central Ministries and States during last three year and current year are at Annexure-2 and Annexure-3 respectively.
- (c) & (d): No such case has been reported s0 far:
- (e): The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has developed an online-web (eutthaan:gov.in) for the  financial,  physical and outcome indicators in which all the Central Sector/Centrally  Sponsored schemes   under  the Allocation  for Welfare of Scheduled Castes (AWSC) are monitored from the year 2017-18. The financial progress made by the Department/Ministry is monitored through Public Financial Management System (PFMS) Nodal Officers have been appointed by the concerned Department/Ministry to upload the information directly in the portal. Regular meetings are held with Ministries and States: portal

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## Aayog

- Percentage of earmarking should not be less than 50% of the population proportion of SCs or as decided by the Task Force, or actuals whichever is higher: Ministry/Department allocating funds for SCs at higher percentages shall maintain existing percentages.
- 2 All the Ministries/Departments which fall in the category I[ (identified by the Task Force) i.e. earmarking of funds in the range of 0-15% for Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) should earmark at least minimum of 8.3% for the welfare of Scheduled Castes schemes (as per 2011 Census)
- 3 Ministries/Departments which have direct or indirect bearing on the welfare of SCs in the country, but remain outside the purview of Allocation for W elfare of Scheduled Castes (AWSC) should earmark   funds to the extent of atleast 50%/ of population proportion of SCs.
4. Ministries/Departments which are earmarking funds in proportion to the population of SCs as  per  2001 Census or closer to that  should earmark   fund in  proportion to population of SCs as per 2011 Census
- 5 State-wise distribution of allocation under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes by Central Ministries/Departments, especially under beneficiary oriented schemes should be done in proportion to population for SCs in the respective States/UTs

Monitoring should be both outcome and output based and through dashboard.

## BEREand Expendture datails of Allocation for\_Welfare\_ Scheduled Castes (AWSC)

| SLNo   | Departments/Ministries/UTs                                                       | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   |          |                        |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|------------------------|
| SLNo   | Departments/Ministries/UTs                                                       | BE        | RE        | Exp:      | BE        | RE        | Exp:      | BE        | RE        | Exp:      | BE       | Exp. (till 30.07.2018) |
|        | Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare                      | 1967.71   | 1879.20   | 1463.57   | 2430.00   | 3574.54   | 1875.00   | 6668.89   | 6420.50   | 3665.54   | 7654.09  | 1348.73                |
|        | Department of Animal Husbandry; Dairying and Fisheries                           | 230.84    | 189.43    | 190.73    | 224.06    | 205.12    | 201.13    | 329.30    | 329.30    | 309.88    | 475.36   | 71.18                  |
|        | Ministry of Ayurveda; and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) Yoga | 50.40     | 46.68     | 46.68     | 52.50     | 51.39     | 50.89     | 71.43     |           | 66.43     | 56.00    | 3.86                   |
|        | Department of Commerce                                                           | 65.00     | 65.00     | 40.80     | 15.50     | 16.59     | 11.85     | 40.00     | 40.00     | 23.24     | 25.00    | 5.01                   |
|        | Ministry of Development 0f North Eastern Region                                  |           |           |           |           |           |           | 53.00     | 53.00     | 52.99     | 98.40    | 0.00                   |
|        | Ministry 0f Drinking Water and Sanitation                                        | 1372.00   | 2362.86   | 2396.16   | 3080.00   | 3630.00   | 3629.85   | 4399.62   | 5279.62   | 4943.69   | 4915.48  | 1885.60                |
|        | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology                               | 51.00     | 54.00     | 52.67     | 64.00     | 64.00     | 63.90     | 23.33     | 28.52     | 28.51     | 133.00   | 23.61                  |
|        | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change                              | 34,00     | 34.00     | 28.16     | 37.75     | 37.75     | 37.23     | 37.75     | 37.75     | 36.56     | 70.35    | 0.00                   |
|        | Department of Health and Family Welfare                                          | 3731.45   | 3729.23   | 3783.12   | 4757.60   | 4767.41   | 561.87    | 5510.66   | 5421.60   | 4797.05   | 6045.70  | 19.68                  |
| 0      | Chandigarh                                                                       |           | 16.77     | 14.31     | 11.91     | 12.84     |           | 12.99     | 20.83     |           |          |                        |
|        | Daman and Diu                                                                    | 1.69      | 1.69      | 1.04      | 1.99      | 1.99      | 2.66      | 1.74      | 3.48      |           | 3.38     |                        |
| 12     | Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation                                |           |           |           | 1047.20   | 990.36    | 1018.61   | 1433.25   |           | 1685.36   | 1519.57  | 383.10                 |
| 13     | Department of School Education and Literacy                                      | 7816.40   | 7850.20   | 7505.64   | 8013.98   | 8032.68   | 7919.72   | 8473.94   | 8592.79   | 8156.77   | 9175.91  | 79.39                  |
| 14     | Department f Higher Education                                                    | 2378.30   |           | 2098.23   | 2475.00   | 2574.76   | 2465.94   | 2953.00   | 3060.00   | 2808.79   | 2960.00  | 412.66                 |
| 15     | Ministry of Labour and Employment                                                | 348.79    | 104.00    | 82.72     | 251.10    | 86.82     | 77.74     | 1114.30   | 1022.34   | 911,.44   | 1200.68  | 162.00                 |
| 16     | Ministry 0f Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises                                  | 313.61    | 309.08    | 293.16    | 360.00    | 601.65    | 509.60    | 733.19    | 707.28    | 683.02    | 1160.83  | 81.25                  |
| 17     |                                                                                  | 10.00     | 8.63      | 7.08      | 173.00    | 144.00    | 122.63    | 184.00    | 143.00    | 138.67    | 217.00   | 11.80                  |
| 18     | Ministry Of Panchayati Raj                                                       |           | 33.80     | 29.85     |           | 100.80    | 100.80    | 121.50    | 113.40    | 113.40    | 133.63   | 0.00                   |
| 19     | Ministry of Power                                                                | 564.37    | 671.02    | 671.02    | 1012.60   | 895.46    | 895.46    | 1141.10   | 1141.10   | 1011.10   |          | 834.83                 |
| 20     | Department 0f Rural Development                                                  | 3865.36   | 6719.06   | 3610.66   | 5431.68   | 5431.68   | 5647.42   | 8501.01   | 8518.70   | 8333.16   | 7637.80  | 3240.33                |
| 2 1    | Department of Land Resources                                                     | 258.83    | 258.83    | 258.83    | 266.30    | 266.30    | 266.00    | 355.30    | 292.95    | 292.95    | 451.17   | 34.84                  |
| 22     | Department 0f Science and Technology                                             | 85.04     | 85.04     | 68.45     | 100.00    | 117.00    | 88.14     | 101.00    | 101.00    | 99.07     |          | 0.53                   |
| 23     | Ministry of Skill Development and Entreprenuership                               |           |           |           |           | 311.34    |           | 470.49    | 345.21    | 238.09    | 485.80   | 0.75                   |
| 24     | Department of Social Justice and Empowerment                                     | 5128.50   | 4579.22   | 4454.47   | 5128.99   | 5131.19   | 5102.59   | 5418.91   |           | 5340.48   | 5562.58  | 1471.08                |
| 25     | Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities                           | 102.49    | 86.80     | 78.38     | 112.00    | 111.94    | 108.91    | 113.17    | 118.58    | 17.94     | 133.13   | 2.85                   |
| 26     | Ministry of Textiles                                                             | 176.17    | 166.17    | 66.91     | 167.50    | 167.50    | 101.61    | 172.00    | 168.00    |           | 212.01   | 12.39                  |
| 27     | Ministry 0f Women and Child Development                                          | 2057.35   | 3202.05   | 3201.21   | 3460.00   | 3453.00   | 3350.45   | 3693.00   | 3573.00   | 3140.08   | 3900.44  | 715.92                 |
| 28     | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports                                             | 217.00    | 130.04    | 159.85    | 157.97    | 141.59    | 123.67    | 264.68    | 261,337   | 248.66    | 316.66   | 34.02                  |
| 29     | Department of Consumer Affairs                                                   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 5.81     | 0.00                   |
| 30     | Ministry of Culture                                                              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 56.10    | 0.56                   |
| 31     | Ministry Of Food Processing Industries                                           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 55.00    | 0.00                   |
|        | Total                                                                            | 30850.88  | 34674.74  | 30603.70  | 38832.63  | 40919.70  | 34333.67  | 52392.55  | 52719.00  | 47361.98  | 56618.50 | 10835.97               |

(RsJn Crores)

## Allocation and Expenditure under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan from 2015-16 to 2018-19

| SL No.   | StateUT          | % of SC Populatio (2011   | 2015-16               | 2015-16             | 2015-16                |                                | 2016-17               | 2016-17             | 2016-17                |                           |                       |                             |                        |                               | 2018-19               | 2018-19            |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
| SL No.   | StateUT          | Census)                   | Total Plan Allocation | Allocation for SCSP | Expenditure under SCSP | % SCSP Exp. To SCSP Allocation | Total Plan Allocation | Allocation for SCSP | Expenditure under SCSP | % SCSP To SCSP Allocation | Total Plan Allocation | 2017-18 Allocation for SCSP | Expenditure under SCSP | % SCSP Exp. To SCSP Allocatio | Total Plan Allocation | Allocatio for SCSP |
|          |                  |                           |                       |                     |                        |                                |                       |                     | 10                     |                           |                       |                             |                        | 15                            | 16                    |                    |
|          | Andhra Pradesh   |                           | 34408.08              | 5877.96             | 5844.39                | 99. 43                         |                       | 8724.26             | 7314.04                | 83,84                     |                       | 9847.13                     | 9602 45                | 97.52                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Assam            |                           | 26338.71              | 252.87              | 46.87                  | 18.54                          | 29439.38              | 163,03              | 127.12                 |                           | 8754.32               | 169.96                      | 110.12                 | 64.79                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Bihar            | 15.91                     | 6341,76               | 1096.58             | 1054.13                | 96.13                          | 6133.20               | 1205.83             | 1010.83                | 83.83                     | 6992.79               | 1790.22                     | 1419.95                | 79.32                         | 8047.65               | 2023.53            |
|          | Chhattisgarh     | 12,82                     |                       | 4788.48             | 3150.21                | 65,79                          | 51993.91              | 5451.35             | 4109 17                | 75.38                     | 62464.72              | 6772.29                     | 5338.64                | 78.83                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Goa              | 1.74                      | 4129.74               | 34.89               | 16.59                  | 47.55                          | 4654.89               | 37.71               | 12.70                  |                           | 9094.80               | 49.82                       | 14.42                  | 28.94                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          |                  | 6,74                      |                       | 3915.22             |                        | 78.83                          | 69140.79              | 4201,.47            | 3209.99                | 76.40                     | 85145.72              | 4603.69                     |                        | 86.28                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Haryana Himachal | 20.17                     | 25291.34              | 4398.96             | 3389.95                |                                |                       | 5898.96             | 4892.50                |                           | 35885.00              | 7019,80                     | 5945.01                | 84.69                         | 40147.00              | 8078.45            |
|          | Pradesh          | 25,19                     | 4800                  | 1209.12             | 1052.44                |                                | 5200.00               | 1309.88             | 176.58                 | 89.82                     | 5700.00               | 1435.83                     | 1256.35                | 87.50                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Jammu & Kashmir  | 7.38                      | NR                    | NR                  | NR                     |                                | NR                    | NR                  | NR                     |                           | NR                    | NR                          |                        |                               | NR                    | NR                 |
| 10       | Jharkhand        | 12.08                     | 22050.01              |                     | 855.37                 | 73.53                          | 24372.16              | 1959.09             | 1754.50                | 89.56                     | 26620.76              | 2293.29                     | 1823.98                | 79.54                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Karnataka        |                           | 72596.81              | 11773.54            | 11259.48               | 95.63                          | 85375.33              | 14253.26            | 12998.37               | 91.20                     | 1472.76               | 19669.51                    | 18242.81               | 92.62                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Kerala           | 9.10                      | 2157,32               | 1506.24             | 1114.23                | 73.97                          | 23585.19              | 1740.42             | 1524.69                | 87.60                     | 26839.45              | 1891,10                     | 1057.69                | 55.93                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Madhya Pradesh   |                           |                       | 7667.74             | 5595.98                | 72.98                          | 67897.31              | 10984.98            | 8059 12                | 73.36                     | 101724.03             | 18732.54                    | 14810,85               | 79,06                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Maharashtra      |                           | NR                    | NR                  | NR                     |                                | NR                    | NR                  | NR                     |                           | NR                    | NR                          | NR                     |                               | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Manipur          | 3.78                      | NR                    | NR                  | NR                     |                                | NR                    | NR                  | NR                     |                           | NR                    | NR                          |                        |                               | NR                    | NR                 |
| 16       | Odisha           | 17.13                     |                       | 7108.24             | 2717.14                |                                | NR                    |                     | NR                     |                           | NR                    | NR                          | NR                     |                               | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Punjab           | 3].94                     | NR                    | 6764.10             | 7655.30                | 113.18                         | 30688,00              | 10289 00            | 8619.06                | 83.77                     | 16858.72              | 5524.[0                     | 3832,00                | 69.37                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Rajasthan        | 17.83                     | 107865,00             | 19150,00            | 17910.23               | 93.53                          | 95052.94              | 17106.93            | 15410 91               | 90.09                     | 86094 45              | 14656.98                    | 13028.90               | 88.89                         | NR                    | NR                 |
| 19       | Sikkim           | 4.63                      | NR                    | NR                  | NR                     |                                | NR                    | NR                  | NR                     |                           | NR                    | NR                          | NR                     |                               | NR                    | NR                 |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu       | 20 01                     | 55100                 | 11274.16            |                        | 98,09                          | 60610.00              | 12461.94            | 12166.19               | 97.63                     | 54564.19              | 11627.43                    | 10959 66               | 94.26                         | 55498.17              |                    |
| 21       | Telangana        |                           | 52374.55              | 8089.24             |                        |                                | NR                    | NR                  | AR                     |                           | NR                    | NR                          | NR                     |                               | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | Trpura           | 17.83                     | 1983.30               | 343,63              | 321.60                 | 93.59                          | 3243.68               | 505,54              | 379.44                 | 75,06                     | 2225.14               | 433.17                      | 285.90                 | 66,00                         | NR                    | NR                 |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh    | 20.70                     | 120000.00             | 25374.00            | 19462.93               | 76.70                          | 136667,41             | 28899.13            | 19804.35               | 68.53                     | 426453.81             | 24756.79                    | 17755,34               |                               | NR                    | NR                 |
| 24       | Uutrakhand       | 18.76                     | NR                    | NR                  | NR                     |                                | 46933.53              | 1566.34             | 646 |             | 4L25                      |                       | 1312.45                     | 855,08                 | 65.15                         | NR                    | NR                 |
| 25       | Bengal West      | 23.51                     | 49507.00              |                     | 11102.99               | 99.40                          | 55542.50              | 12608.15            | NR                     |                           | NR                    | NR                          | NR                     |                               | NR                    | NR                 |
| 26       | Chandigarh       | 18.86                     | 634.82                | 165,62              | 165.62                 | 100.00                         | 798.78                | 151.74              | 151.74                 |                           | 4312.40               | 819.28                      | 641,79                 | 78.34                         | 4512,00               | 857.28             |
| 27       | Delhi            | 16.75                     | 19000,00              | 3470.39             | 567.91                 | 16.36                          | 20600,00              | 3603.86             | 506 16                 | 14.,04                    |                       | 3773.84                     | NR                     |                               | 22000,00              | 4232.31            |
| 28       | Puduchery        |                           | 2400.00               | 312,69              | 294.53                 | 94.19                          | 2400 00               | 270.14              | 261.16                 | 96.68                     | 2334.00               | 238.19                      | 222 76                 | 93.52                         | NR                    | NR                 |
|          | TOTAL            | 16.63                     | 805815.75             | 136906.60           | 107722.94              |                                | 876564.10             | 143393.01           | 104134.73              |                           | 434833.37             | 137417.41                   |                        |                               | 130204.82             | 26860.87           |

NR: Not Reported

Note: Figures collected from NITI Aayog and State Govt /UT Administration

(Rs: in Crore)

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