Dalit Right body NCDHR urges Orissa Government to allocate more funds
for upliftment of SCs/STs
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Report by Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar : The General
Secretary of National Campaign on Dalit Human Right (NCDHR), N Paul
Divakar has threatened here on Saturday to lodge a case if the
government fails to make a specific law for allocation of funds under
special component plan(SCP) for SC category. He has even alleged
saying that after 30 years of implantation of SCP fund allocation
under state budget, the socio-economic condition of SCs/STs of state
of Orissa to remain deteriorating is a shame.
The General Secretary of National Campaign on Dalit Human Right
(NCDHR), N Paul Divakar has alleged that SC and ST people have
remained poor because Orissa government does not spend what it
allocates in the budget for them.
In the vote on account budget recently passed in the assembly the
government has allocated funds for SC/ST people in proportion to their
population. But its record of spending far less than the actual amount
allocated has been a concern for upliftment of the people belonging to
these categories.
For example of 2009-10 annual budget, he said while total plan outlay
for the year was Rs 9924.12 crore, the amount allotted under Special
Component Plan (SCP) for the SC category remained Rs 1492.18 crore
which is only 15.04 per cent. "As per the norms of planning commission
of India, the funds allocation under SCP should be in proportion to
the concerned population of the category. As SCs constitute 16.53 per
cent of the total population of Orissa, the budgetary allocation for
the same would have been Rs 164.04 crore.
By allocating lesser amount the state government has denied Rs 148.27
crore to the people of this category.
Mentioning actual expenditure under some heads, he said that only nine
to 10 per cent of allocated amount meant for SC category have been
spent last year. While in the health and family department Rs 28.74
crore was allocated under SCP for SC, the actual amount spent directly
for the development of the group was only 2.62 per cent.
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