Lok Sabha Question No. 4536 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-08
Subject: Funds for Welfare of SCs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: NANDI YELLAIAH

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4536 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019

FUNDS FOR WELFARE OF SCs

4536. SHRI NANDI YELLAIAH:

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

- (a) the total funds released for the welfare of Scheduled Castes (SCs) during the years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana;
- (b) the amount utilised during the said for the two States, separately; period
- (c) whether the Government would introduce a law for all the States and UTs to ensure that the allocation for welfare of SCs are not diverted to any other schemes, is made non-lapsable and could not be reappropriated; and
- (d) if the details thereof? SO,

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Under the Welfare of Scheduled Castes (SC s) component renamed as Allocation for welfare of Scheduled Castes" (A WSC); funds are allocated   Ministry/Department wise for implementing scheme/programme for the welfare of target population. Under AWSC there is no provision for allocation of funds for any State/UT: The Budget Estimates/Revised Estimates/Expenditure during the years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 under the AWSC is as follows

(Rs in crore

| Year    |   Budget Estimates |   Revised Estimates |   Expenditure |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------|
| 2014-15 |            50548.2 |             33638.1 |       30035.1 |
| 2015-16 |            30850.9 |             34674.7 |       30603.7 |
| 2016-17 |            38832.6 |             40919.7 |       34333.7 |

However; the details of funds released under the major schemes of this Department for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are as under:

| Name of the Scheme                                                    | Funds Released   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   | Funds Released   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Name of the Scheme                                                    | YEAR             | YEAR             | YEAR             | YEAR             | YEAR             | YEAR             |
| Name of the Scheme                                                    | 2014-15          | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2015-16          | 2016-17          | 2016-17          |
| Name of the Scheme                                                    | Andhra Pradesh   | Telangana        | Andhra Pradesh   | Telangana        | Andhra Pradesh   | Telangana        |
| Post Metric Scholarship for Scheduled Castes                          | 93.00            | 88.00            | 133.41           | 124.54           | 143.98           | 331.66           |
| Pre- Metric Scholarship for SC                                        | 15.54            | 0.00             | 43.35            | 0.00             | 17.98            | 0.00             |
| Special Central Assistance to Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCA to SCSP) | 24.25            | 24.16            | 37.01            | 23.81            |                  | 36.87            |
| Protection of Civil Rights_                                           | 4.25             | 13.28            | 4.05             | 4.49             | 18.93            | 11.48            |

(c) & (d): As per Ministry of Finance guidelines, funds under the SC component are not reappropriated to other Non-SC heads.

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