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Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan
Clearly,
it would be neither feasible nor necessary for all ministries to meet the 16 /
8 per cent benchmark for SCSP /TSP. But if the ministries make serious efforts
along these lines, the combined Plan allocations reported for all ministries is
quite likely to be higher than the benchmarks - if not in the first year itself, then over a span of a few
years
Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes
(STs) have been among the most disadvantaged sections of our society due to
their socio-economic exploitation and isolation over a long period of time.
They lag behind the rest of the population in terms of both human development
as well as economic indicators. Table 1 reflects the marked difference
in the social and economic indicators of SCs and STs as compared to other
social groups. The 12th Five Year Plan noted that the incidence of poverty is
most pronounced among the SCs and the STs across all social groups.
Table
1: Socio-Economic Indicators for Scheduled Castes
Indicators
|
Year
|
SCs
|
STs
|
Other
Groups
|
Literacy
Rate (Rural) %
|
2007-08
|
60.5
|
58.8
|
76.9
|
Literacy
Rate (Urban) %
|
74.9
|
78
|
89.9
|
|
Unemployment
Rate by Current Daily Status (Rural)
|
2007-08
|
11.9
|
7.5
|
8.4
|
Women
with BMI < 18.5 (%)
|
2005-06
|
41.2
|
46.6
|
29.3
|
Women
with Anaemia (%)
|
2005-06
|
58.3
|
68.5
|
51.2
|
Infant
Mortality Rate (per 1000)
|
2005-06
|
66.4
|
62.1
|
48.9
|
Households
with Pucca houses (%)
|
2008-09
|
38.3
|
39.5
|
66.1
|
Households
with electricity (%)
|
2009-10
|
61.2
|
18.8
|
75
|
