Lok Sabha Question No. 1569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Expenditure Incurred under Sub-Plan for Scheduled Castes
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Vamsi Krishna Gaddam

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

UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.l569 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 29.07.2025

## EXPENDITURE INCURRED UNDER SUB-PLAN FOR SCHEDULED CASTES

## 1569. SHRI VAMSI KRISHNA GADDAM:

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

- (a) the details of expenditure  incurred under Scheduled  Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) in 2023-24, State-wise  including  Telangana;
- (b) the details of budgetary  allocation  for SCSP in Union  Budget 2025-26  compared to previous year,  with funds for skill development  in coal mining regions like Peddapalli;
- (c) the methodology  adopted for equitable distribution  of SCSP funds in all States, particularly in industrial constituencies;
- (d) the monitoring mechanism established  for SCSP fund utilization  by coal and power sector Ministries to ensure targeted benefits  reach Dalit communities; and
- (e) the impact evaluation framework for increased  Dalit expenditure on socio-economic indicators  in PSU dominated  constituencies  like Peddapalli,  including  assessment timeline?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The expenditure incurred  in the Financial  Year (FY) 2023-24 under Development Action Plan fbr Scheduled  Castes (DAPSC)  / Scheduled  Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) is Rs. 1,25,471.92 Crore. The details of state-wise expenditure  including  Telangana is at Annexure-I.
- (b): The Union Budget has allocated t1,68,478.38  Crore in FY 2025-26 for DAPSC/SCSP  as compared to the budgetary allocation  of Rs. 1,65,492.72 Crore in FY 2024-25. The budgetary allocation  of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is Rs. 853.68 Crore in FY 2025 -26 under DAPSC/SCSP.
- (c): NITI Aayog issued guidelines  in 2014 titled "Guidelines for Scheduled  Caste Sub Plan (SCSP)  and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) for StatesAjTs,2014",  which requires  States to allocate funds according to SC/ST population within those states.

(d) & (e): NITI Aayog in the year 2017 issued "Guidelines  for earmarking of funds for Development Action Plan for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (DAPSC and DAPST)". As per the guidelines, each obligated Ministry/Department  allocates  the funds and out of these obligated  funds, the executing Ministry/Department  distributes  funds to the States/UTs including industrial constituencies  and oversees  them. The Ministry of Coal and the Ministry  of Power are obligated  to allocate  8.3o/o and 16.6% respectively of their total scheme budget under DAPSC as per the NITI Aayog guidelines. ln 2024-25;  the Ministry of Coal allocated DAPSC  funds in the schemes  (i) Conservation,  Safety and Infrastructure  Development in Coal Mines (ii) Research and Development (iii) Exploration of Coal and Lignite and the Ministry of Power had DAPSC allocation in the scheme - Reform Linked Distribution Scheme

The Ministry of Social  Justice and Empowerment  regularly holds review meetings at the level  of Minister and Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment, with  the  concerned Ministries/Departments.  On the basis of the deliberations in the review meetings,  the DAPSC obligated Ministries/Departments  are advised to design their schemes so as to ensure that a greater number  of beneficiaries are covered  under the benefits provided  under the welfare schemes.  Also, continuous efforts and follow-up is done with all the DAPSC obligated Ministries/Departments, which includes  holding review meetings, monitoring.  writing  letters  etc. to ensure that allocation earmarked under DAPSC is fully utilized.

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STATEMENT REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1569 FOR REpLy ON 29.07.2025 REGARDING EXPENDITURE INCURRED UNDER DAPSC/SCSP ASKED BY SHRI VAMSI KRISHNA GADDAM.

| S.No,   | State                                               | Expenditure Amounl [Rs. in Cr.)                     |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| I       | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                         | ).0386                                              |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH                                      | 1.074.8348                                          |
| J       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                   | 5s.9982                                             |
| 4       | ASSAM                                               | 2.384.1572                                          |
|         | BIHAR                                               | 5,686.0822                                          |
| )       | CHANDIGARH                                          | 27.39t8                                             |
| 7       | CHHATTISGARH                                        | 2,296.3724                                          |
|         | DELHI                                               | 31,742.6836                                         |
| )       | GOA                                                 | 292.9172                                            |
| l0      | GUJARAT                                             | 2,003.7498                                          |
| ll      | HARYANA                                             | 2,207.9592                                          |
| l2      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                    | 967.5463                                            |
| 13      | IAMMU AND KASHMIR                                   | 942.0391                                            |
| t4      | IHARKHAND                                           | 1,713.8837                                          |
| l5      | KARNATAKA                                           | 4.sgs.8794                                          |
| l6      | KERALA                                              | 1,590.4769                                          |
| 17      | ADAKH                                               | 1.3086                                              |
| 18      | LAKSHADWEEP                                         | ).0017                                              |
| 19      | MADHYA PRADESH                                      | 7,173.0105                                          |
| z0      | \4AHARASHTRA                                        | 3,259.6190                                          |
| zt      | MANIPUR                                             | 145.7598                                            |
| 22      | MEGHALAYA                                           | 170.892                                             |
| 23      | \4IZORAM                                            | 58. l 888                                           |
| 24      | \AGALAND                                            | 1.2177                                              |
| z5      | CDISHA                                              | +,032.9569                                          |
| 26      | PUDUCHERRY                                          | 50.67ts                                             |
| 27      | PUNJAB                                              | 1,561 .8485                                         |
| z8      | RAJASTHAN                                           | 5,973.1954                                          |
| 29      | SIKKIM                                              | 53.9656                                             |
| l0      | IAMIL NADU                                          | 7,231.9642                                          |
| I       | IELANGANA                                           | t,655.8957                                          |
| \2      | IHE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU 1.7801 | IHE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU 1.7801 |
| aa ,J   | IRIPURA                                             | 773.t64                                             |
| t4      | UTTAR PRADESH                                       | 19.722.1975                                         |
| 35      | UTTARAKHAND                                         | t,500.7324                                          |
| 36      | WEST BENGAL                                         | +,471.5384                                          |
|         | fotal                                               | 125,471.9187                                        |

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