Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday reviewed the schemes of the SC, ST department and directed the department to come up with ideas to do away with the hurdles and ideate ways so that the benefit of the scheme can be provided to more and more people.
The meeting was also attended by SC/ST/OBC Minister, Rajendar Pal Gautam and the secretary of the department apart from other officials. The Minister and the officials briefed the Chief Minister on the schemes run by the department for the welfare of SC, ST, OBC and the minorities. He was also briefed on the hurdles faced by the department in implementation of the schemes.
The Delhi Swarojgar Yojana provides loan to applicants to start business so that they can stand on their own.
Kejriwal said that most of welfare schemes were dead for years. He stressed that it should be revived at the earliest and hurdles must be cleared so that more and more people can take benefit of them.
“The objective of the scheme would be to provide coaching to economically disadvantaged SC candidates to enable them to appear in competitive examinations and succeed,” the official said.