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Loan allocation for SC/ST students hiked manifold: Govt
Agencies Posted online: Fri Mar 25 2011, 19:14 hrs
New Delhi : Government today said it had increased allocation of loans
for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe SC/ST scholarships manifold and
was aiming to provide the benefit to 40 lakh pre-metric students from
this category.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha on a discussion to the answer given by
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on March 11, his deputy Namo Narain
Meena said the education loans to SC/ST students was Rs 273 crore in
2003-04 but stood at Rs 2,252 crore in 2009-10.
He said the percentage of SC/ST students covered under the loans from
this category was 17.69 per cent of their population.
For loans to SC/ST on agri-business, a special cell has been
established in public sector banks, the Minister of State for Finance
said.
Opposition members, especially those from the BJP, countered the
claims made by Meena, saying these provisions were already there and
the main issue was their proper implementation.
They claimed no cells had been established in banks for SC/ST.
Jyoti Dhurve (BJP), who had asked for the half-hour discussion on
Mukherjee's reply, raised some important points during her
presentation.
"The SC and ST have are not getting dues. What is the reason behind
the poor development of these communities despite spending a lot of
money by the government. I think that they have not got their due,"
she said.
Dhurve also talked about the unaffordable education finance which is
hampering the growth of downtrodden in the country and pointed out
that the rate of interest on such loans is as high 11 per cent.
She demanded cheaper education loans for the SC and ST students.
Shailendra Kumar (SP) said the enumeration of SC/ST population has
till now not been done properly, as a result of which the real number
of those living below the poverty line is not known. He said
provisions should be made for giving reservations to SC/ST in private
sector as well.
Arjun Meghwal (BJP) said the government should find out how many banks
have not met their target of providing loans to SC/ST under its DRI
scheme.
He insisted that government should provide for coaching classes for
SC/ST students.
Paramjeet Kaur Gulshan (SAD) said the minister's answer was way off
the mark and sought to know who are the beneficiaries of the
government schemes for SC/ST.
She complained that the loan never reaches the intended beneficiaries
at the ground level.
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