(a) whether the Government have been implementing various schemes and programmes under Special Component Plan (SCP) and TSP since 1978 for achieving overall development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes majority of whom live below poverty line?
(b) if so, indicate the scheme/programmes formulated/being implemented by Ministry of Shipping under SCP and TSP specifying nature, scope and target groups thereof as stipulated in letter No.280-PMO/80 dated 12-3-1980 from the Prime Minister`s Office addressed to the Shipping Ministry amongst other Ministries/Organizations while commencing SCP/TSP;
(c) funds requisitioned, procured and utilized by his Ministry during VIth, VIIth, VIIIth and Ninth Five Year Plans for such schemes/programmes;
(d) Quantified Benefits and Targets achieved; and
(e) Any other Scheme/Programme being implemented by the Ministry of Shipping for providing gainful employment to the educated unemployed youth from SC/ST categories and to economically empower and bring them on the mainstream of our economic life?