(a) whether the Government has been making budget allocations/decided to make budget
allocations on the basis of SCs/STs population; and
(b) if so, the budgetary allocations made during the last three years and the proportionate
share that would have been allocated to SCs/STs?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS & PLANNING (SHRI RAJEEV SHUKLA)
(a)& (b) :Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-Plan(TSP) are two strategies to
ensure flow of plan outlays for the development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
respectively at least in proportion to SC and ST population in the country. Separate allocation
made under SCSP and TSP by Central Ministries/Departments starting from 2011-12, are
available in Expenditure Budget, Volume I, Statement 21 and 21A, respectively. The proportion
of funds allocated during 2011-12 was 9.37% for SCSP and 5.50% for TSP, during 2012-13 was
9.49% for SCSP and 5.55% for TSP and during 2013-14 is 9.92% for SCSP and 5.87% for TSP.