Dalit welfare on state's agenda
Nikhil M Ghanekar, Hindustan Times
Mumbai, December 07, 2011
First Published: 00:37 IST(7/12/2011)
Last Updated: 00:38 IST(7/12/2011)
On Tuesday, after paying his respects to Dalit leader Dr Babsaheb
Ambedkar at Chaityabhoomi, Ranjit Kamble, 45, stood in a huddle
outside Shivaji Park listening to a discourse on government schemes
available for Dalits, scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SC/STs).
When Kamble, who lives
in Belapur, was asked to write down his name and address for a survey
being conducted by the state's social justice department, he asked
whether the exercise would help him in any way.
"Once you give us your information, we will soon contact you by
sending an SMS on your mobile phone or through post to inform you
about how various government schemes can be utilised by you," said
Vikas Sontate, 46, who was collecting the survey data.
Sontate claimed that funds and schemes created for the Dalits and the
SC/STs were not utilised. "Filling this form will help you to know
about various schemes," Sontate told him.
Reassured, Kamble duly filled up one of the forms like many of the
four lakh people who came to the city to pay their tributes at
Chaityabhoomi on Mahaparinirvan Day (Ambedkar's death anniversary).
The state government's social justice department and the Babasaheb
Ambedkar Research and Training Institute (BARTI) in Pune, chose the
occasion of Ambedkar Punyatithi to start the survey that will create a
database of Dalits and SC/STs in the state.
The survey was also conducted in Thane, Navi Mumbai, Kolhapur and
Dhule and will end this week.
"BARTI has been helping Dalit and SC/ST students with their civil
services exam preparations and foreign education scholarships. Though
this project is in its nascent stage, our plan is to plug the holes in
welfare schemes and help them reach the desired beneficiaries. We will
also go door to door in the second stage of the project," said an
official from BARTI.
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