The budgetary demands of the Tribal Welfare, Scheduled Castes Welfare departments were passed by the Madhya Pradesh assembly here on Tuesday after reply of the department minister Gyan Singh on the discussions over it.
Singh informed the house that the Government would pay the fees of students doing medical and engineering courses from private colleges while 100 students would be sent to foreign countries for higher studies and that 164 caste certificates were cancelled after enquiry.
Singh told the house, “The state government has made provisions of budget of the State for development of Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes as per the ratio of their population.”
Singh further said that the fees of SC and ST students pursuing studies in seven professional courses including medical, dentistry, engineering, pharmacy, nursing, B. Ed and polytechnic through private colleges would be paid by the government. 50 students each of SC and St would be sent to foreign countries for higher education while 100 selected students would be provided coaching every year in reputed coaching institutes for IAS and IPS entrance exams, he added.
He informed the house that of the total 449 cases of suspected caste certificates were brought before the screening committee of them 259 cases have been solved while enquiry is going on in 190 cases and till now 164 caste certificates have been cancelled by the screening committee.
He said that 1838 residential institutions are run for the SC students in that 90,000 male and 44,000 girl students resides.
The scholarship of 9th and 10th class girls has been increased from 800 to 1200.
He said that forest right pattas were provided to 2.21 lakh eligible ST beneficiaries and the pattas to all the eligible ST families would be provided by July this year.