35% for SC allocation rise and 28% for St. But reality is Deeper.
76000 karod for SC and 50000 karod for St.
starving funds for critical schemes like post matric scholarship. Rehabilitation of bonded labour. Navodaya vidyalaya samiti. Land records modernization.
More cash transfer oriented and not creating acids and livelihood focus.
45% gap in allocation and 25% non-target schemes for SC
33% gap in allocation and 40% non-target schemes for St
750 cr for cow protection and 147 for dalit women
Downward allocation in rural development m s m e drinking water and sanitation which affects SCST.
nodal Ministry of social justice and tribal affairs are subject to major budget cuts. Good schemes get less allocation and irrelevant get raise.
top schemes that get money for income support scheme, samagrashiksha and rural health mission which are generic and not specific to SC ST. rural livelihood mission mid de mil educational empowerment and aawas Yojana are relevant but less focus.
Gender budget for SC ST is 5% of total population is 16%.
Utilisation gap has declined over the years which is good.
Recommendations
Special legislation for welfare
State guidelines for or sub plan
More power to nodal Ministry of social justice and tribal affairs
Mor budget for gender justice.
Community participation in planning and allocation.
Manual scavenging allocation and expenditure needs to rise
Focus on education justice and high quality residential schools
Better access to justice to prevent atrocities violence and exploitation