Lok Sabha Question No. 2656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: Welfare Schemes for SCs and OBCs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey, Ajay Kumar Mandal, Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.07.2019

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR SCs and OBCs

## 2656. DR NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a) the details of welfare schemes launched by the Government for Scheduled Castes(SCs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) during the last three years;
- (b) the funds allocated/released to various States for implementation of these welfare schemes during the said period, scheme and State-wise, including Bihar; Jharkhand and Gujarat;
- whether  reports of misuse received during the said period; been
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government for monitoring the implementation of these schemes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a): The details of the schemes launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for welfare of Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes during the last three years are as under:
- Stand-Up-India   Scheme of National Scheduled Corporation;
- (ii) Udyam  Nidhi Yojana of National   Scheduled Caste Finance and  Development Corporation;
- (iii) Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes entrepreneurs had been launched during 2014-15 and recently during 2017-18 under the said scheme entrepreneurs from Other Backward Classes have been covered/included:
- (b) The details of funds allocated/released to various State   Governments  including Bihar, Jharkhand and Gujarat for implementing the above schemes are given in Annexure.

(c) and (d): No report of misuse or diversion of funds from the States Governments has been received in the Ministry during the said period

(e): The following mechanism is in place for monitoring the implementation of the schemes:

The State Channelizing Agencies/Channelizing Agencies (SCAs/CAs) are required to submit utilization reports in the prescribed forat containing the details such as name, gender, annual family income; castes and addresses of beneficiaries, amount disbursed; mode of disbursement;, date of disbursement etc.

(ii) National Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation nominees discuss the   pending issues   relating to NSFDC schemes in the Board   Meetings of State Channelizing Agencies

(iii)  High level  meetings of NSFDC Officers are held with State   Governments   and SCAs/CAs Officers to discuss the pending issues;

(iv) NSFDC reviews the progress of its schemes at regular intervals with the SCAs/CAs

Pending issues are reviewed and resolved in the Regional Workshops of SCAs

(vi) Liaison Centres of NSFDC periodically inspect the units' financed by NSFDC and submit reports on the same.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2656 for Answer on 9-7-2019.

Details of allocation/disbursement of funds under the schemes launched during last three years i.e. 2016-17,2017-18, and 2018-19.

## A

## Financial Year 2042-18

| SI: No.   | StatelUT         |   Funds disbursed (Rs. in lakh) |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|           | Andhra Pradesh   |                          274.91 |
| 2         | Assam            |                            9.46 |
| 3         | Chandigarh       |                           20    |
| 4         | Gujarat          |                           20    |
| 5         | Himachal Pradesh |                           10    |
| 6         | Karnataka        |                          260.54 |
| 7         | Kerala           |                           34    |
|           | Madhya Pradesh   |                           76.16 |
| 9         | Maharashtra      |                           33.71 |
| 10        | Odisha           |                           19    |
| 11        | Tamil Nadu       |                           14.25 |
| 12        | Telangana        |                          123.56 |
| 13        | Uttar Pradesh    |                           19.92 |
| 14        | West Bengal      |                           10    |
|           | TOTAL            |                          925.51 |

## Financial Year 2018-19

During 2018-19,no proposal has been received by NSFDC under the scheme

## B Udyam Nidhi Yojana (Introduced in March 2019

has   been  introduced in March; 2019. No proposal was   received by NSFDC under the scheme during 2018-19.

## C. Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes

Rs. 10.00 Crore was released for the initial capital of the scheme. The scheme is implemented through IFCI Venture Capital Funds Ltd.