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Crimes against Dalits not rising: Mayawati govt
Agencies
Posted online: 2010-11-10 18:55:35+05:30
LucknowThe Uttar Pradesh government today termed as "baseless" the
allegations made by the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled
Castes that crimes against SC and ST communities in the state have
increased.
"State chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta has forwarded entire data
related to these issues to the NCSC while terming the allegations of
its Chairman PL Punia as baseless," an official spokesman said here.
Punia during his visit to Lucknow on November 4 had alleged that
crimes against Dalits had increased in the state and Special Component
Plan (SCP) funds were diverted in other heads.
Gupta in his reply asserted that not even a single penny of SCP had
been diverted by the state in other heads and it was utilised as per
the guidelines of the Centre.
"The data provided to the commission would clear its doubts, and if it
wanted any further information the state government could be sent to
the Delhi to furnish all the information they require," he said.
"Through his letter, Gupta has informed the Commission that there was
a decline of about 25 per cent in cases registered under SC and ST
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act-1989 during the current year, as
compared to last year," he said.
Gupta said that the assessment of crime situation could not be made on
the basis of total cases registered but the same can be done on the
basis of number of crimes committed on the uniform population.
Speaking about SCP, the spokesman said that owing to the average
expenditure under Scheduled Caste, SCP was 60.7 per cent during 10th
five year plan (2002-07), while during the regime of the current
government the total allotted expenditure stood at 82.1 per cent, 91.7
per cent and 96.1 per cent for the year 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10
respectively.
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