Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Tuesday approved in principle the proposal to constitute Vimukta-Ghumantu Jati Vikas Board so as to uplift the denotified tribes and bring them into the mainstream in the state.
A spokesman of Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department said that Gadi lohar caste has been included in the list of Tapriwas so that the members belonging to this caste could also avail the benefit of various welfare schemes. A number of welfare schemes were being implemented for their socio-economic and educational uplift with the objective of realising the ideal of ‘Antyodaya’, said he.
He said that the State Government is committed to the welfare of members belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and the poor. An outlay of Rs 674.02 crore has been earmarked for the welfare of people belonging to Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes in the year 2016-17, which is 83 per cent higher than the allocation of Rs 366.72 crore in last financial year.
The spokesman said that financial assistance of Rs 3.52 crore had been provided to 533 beneficiaries upto July this year by the Haryana Backward Classes Economically Weaker Sections Kalyan Nigam. Similarly, Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance Development Corporation has assisted 302 beneficiaries with financial assistance of Rs 1.83 crore upto June 2016.
Under the Mukhya Mantri Vivah Shagun Yojana, the families belonging to Scheduled Castes, Vimukt and Tapriwas Jati living below poverty line were given Rs 41,000 for the marriage of their daughters, whereas the families belonging to general category and Backward Classes are given Rs 11,000 for the same purpose, said he.
The government had also constituted a high-level committee to safeguard the interests of the Scheduled Castes for monitoring the activities and programmes run by the government and to suggest measures for socio-economic development of these people, said the spokesman.