[ZESTCaste] Empowerment of Dalit Community

 

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Monday, November 23, 2009
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Empowerment of Dalit Community
16:11 IST
Lok Sabha

The Government is already mandated to empower the Scheduled Castes
through, educational, social and economic development. Broadly,
educational empowerment is achieved through scholarship schemes and
construction of hostels for them, including in Andhra Pradesh.
Economic empowerment is achieved through reservation in Government
jobs and for self-employment through concessional loans. Some schemes
for empowerment of SC women are as follows:

(i) Hostels for SC Girls

100% central assistance is provided to the State Governments/UT
Administrations and the Central & State Universities/Institutions;

90% central assistance is provided to NGOs and deemed Universities in
the private sector, only for expansion of the existing hostel
facilities.

(ii) National Overseas Scholarship

Under the Scheme of National Overseas Scholarship for SC etc, 30% of
the awards for each year is earmarked for women candidates.

(iii) Mahila Samriddhi Yojana of NSFDC provides loan under Mahila
Samriddhi Yojana for units costing upto Rs. 30,000/-.

(iv) Mahila Kisan Yojana of NSFDC provides loan under Mahila Kisan
Yojana for project(s)/unit(s) costing upto Rs. 50,000/-. Under this
scheme loans are provided to rural women beneficiaries to take up
Income Generating Ventures in Agriculture and/or Mixed Farming related
economic activities.

(v) Under Mahila Samriddhi Yojana of NSKFDC loan upto Rs. 25,000/- is
provided to each beneficiary.

This information was given by Shri. D. Napoleon, the Minister of State
for Social Justice & Empowerment, in a written reply to a question in
Lok Sabha today.

SB/AP

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