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More focus on scheduled castes welfare in Bangaru Telangana
Highlights
The Government of Telangana has launched a flagship programme of Land Purchase Scheme for the ben¬efit of the poorest of the poor SC Women families.
Land Purchase Scheme
The Government of Telangana has launched a flagship programme of Land Purchase Scheme for the ben¬efit of the poorest of the poor SC Women families.
Under this programme, the poorest of the poor SC women beneficiaries who are absolutely landless agricul¬tural families (Bhoomileni Nirupeda Dalita Vyavasaya Aadharitha Kutumbhalu) are to be provided up to three acres of land in the 1st phase and other SC beneficiaries having small pieces of land i.e. ½ acre, 1.00 acres, 2.00 acres etc. to be provided with balance extent of land to make them land owners of 3.00 acres each, in the next phases.
A comprehensive package is envisaged to include provision of irrigation facilities, drip facilities, seed, cost of cultivation, fertilizers, pesticides, ploughing, micro-irrigation, energisation of pump-sets etc. for one crop year in addition to providing funds for Land Development, preparation of nursery and agricultural inputs. The amount for meeting the cost of cultivation etc is directly transferred into the beneficiary’s account.
The Land Purchase Scheme is implemented with 100% subsidy and without any contribution from the ben¬eficiaries and also without bank linkages. The District Collectors are given powers to purchase agricultural lands for the above programme at a cost ranging from Rs. 2 lakhs (Rupees Two lakhs) to Rs. 7 lakhs (Rupees Seven lakhs) per acre in the 9 Districts (excluding Hyderabad) of Telangana State. As on 29-1-2015, 1132 acres of private land and 270 acres of Government Land have been sanctioned to cover 525 beneficiaries.
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Scheduled Castes Development
The Scheduled Castes Population in Telangana is 54,32,680 which is 15.44% of the total population as per 2011 Census of which 75.40% are in rural areas and 24.60% in Urban areas. Literacy rate among SCs in the State is 52.52 per cent.
A number of new initiatives have been made since the formation of the State for socio-economic, educational development and welfare of Scheduled castes which are described below.
Educational Programmes
Hostels
Government has taken up construction of Integrated Welfare Hostel Complexes (IWHC) for providing good amenities & superior facilities to hostellers at a cost of Rs.1.68 crore per complex and with a capacity of 400 SC/ST/BC boarders. Out of 34 IWHCs, 32 IWHCs were grounded in Phase-I and remaining 2 IWHCs are not grounded. Government has accorded administrative sanction for construction of 31 new IWHCs in Phase II under SCSP during 2013-14, of which 29 are grounded.
Anand Nilayams
The inmates of nearly 33 Ananda Nilayams who are from orphan families and from families engaged in unclean occupations are provided all facilities on par with the boarders in Social Welfare hostels.
College Hostels
At present 183 college hostels are functioning in the State with 11,391 students.
Post Metric Scholarships
Residential and Non-Residential scholarships to Post-Matric students belonging to Scheduled Castes are granted . During 2014-15, an amount of Rs.199.00 crore is released.
Ambedkar Overseas Vidya Nidhi
To help SC students pursue higher education in foreign universities an assistance of Rs.10.00 lakh each is sanctioned to meritorious students.
Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS)
There are 134 schools functioning under this society for students of class V to Class XII with nearly 71,493 students, with English as the medium of instruction. Seats are reserved for SCs-75%, Converted Christians-12 %, STs-6%, BCs-5% and OCs-2%. Reservation is also provided for children who are the victims of Worst Human Rights abuse and natural Calamities. TSWREIS has evolved as an institution that specifi cally cares for girls with about 88 institutions (66.16 %) reserved for girls.
TSWRIES has robust infrastructure with 121 school complexes functioning in own buildings and another 13 are under construction. TSWREIS has been the pioneer in leveraging technology both, in administration and education and made rapid strides in achieving efficiency through technology. Today all 134 institutions are a part of an intranet with assured connectivity; own e-mail service and a website. The academic progress of the students and teachers is monitored online through Student Academic Monitoring System.
Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP):
• Proposed to provide infrastructural facilities under SCSP
• Construction of 3 new complexes in SC constituencies (Alampur, Bellampalli and Manakondur).
• Construction of 8 new complexes in other constituencies
• Construction of 5 new complexes to existing schools(Palvancha, Yellareddy, Asifabad, Rukmapur and Narayankhed).
• Construction of Teacher Capacity Building Center & a new school at Rayadurgam, Hyderabad
• Augmentation of infrastructure in 104 schools.
Scheduled Castes Cooperative Finance Corporation Limited
The main objective of the Corporation is to provide financial assistance for creation of income generating assets to the poor Scheduled Caste households for their social and economic development. SC Action Plans are prepared to assist maximum number of poor SC beneficiaries under various Economic Developmental schemes. An amount of Rs.1096.00 crore was provided for 2014-15 towards financial assistance to benefit of 29,030 SC beneficiaries.
Kalyana Lakshmi Pathakam
To alleviate financial distress of SC/ST families, Government decided to sanction a one-time financial as¬sistance of Rs.51,000/- at the time of marriage to each SC/ST girl, who is a resident of Telangana State. Accordingly, Kalyana Lakshmi Pathakam has been introduced with effect from 2nd October 2014 for un¬married Girls, who have completed 18 years of age at the time of marriage and whose parental income does not exceed Rs.2.00 lakh per annum.
Shaadi Mubaarak
The Government of Telangana introduced the “Shaadi Mubaarak Scheme” with effect from 2nd October, 2014 to all Minority community unmarried girls on their marriage with a view to alleviate financial distress in the family. Under the Scheme, a onetime financial assistance of Rs.51,000/- shall be granted to every Minor¬ity girl before the marriage, provided application is submitted at least one month in advance from the date of marriage subject to the guidelines. The amount will be credited in the bank account of the bride by way account payee cheque.
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