Saturday, May 15, 2010

[ZESTCaste] ‘Official apathy blocking SC/ST welfare measures’

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/69574/official-apathy-blocking-scst-welfare.html

'Official apathy blocking SC/ST welfare measures'

Bangalore, May 14, DHNS:

The welfare schemes of the State and the Union Governments are not
reaching the beneficiaries due to officials' apathy, Nehru C Olekar,
Chairman of the Karnataka State Commission for SCs and STs said.


Addressing reporters here on Friday, he said the Governments have
come out with a number of welfare schemes for the development of SCs
and STs. But the officials concerned are not implementing them
effectively.

When asked about the criticism by the National Commission for
Scheduled Castes Chairperson, Buta Singh that the State Government has
failed to implement schemes meant for SCs, Olekar said that Buta Singh
did not specifically blame the state BJP Government. There were lapses
in implementation of schemes even when the JD(S) and the Congress were
in power, he added.

He said as many as 32 out of 68 special cases pertaining to SCs and
STs before the Commission have been solved.

Olekar said Minister for Animal Husbandry Revu Naik Belamagi has
promised to release Rs 20 crore to provide basic amenities to the
Lambani tandas (settlements) across 20 districts in the State. Each
district will get Rs one crore from the Karnataka Tanda Development
Corporation. The State has about 2,144 tandas.

The Corporation has been directed to undertake a survey of tandas to
ascertain their exact number. Steps are also being initiated to
upgrade tandas into revenue villages, he added.


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