BS Yediyurappa government allocates Rs 26,000 crore for development of SCs and STs in 2021-2022

Bengaluru: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa chaired a meeting of the State Development Council and announced that the government has made an allocation of Rs 26,005.01 crore for the year 2021-2022. While a sum of Rs 18,331.54 crore has been allocated for the development of Scheduled castes, Rs 7673.47 crore has been set aside for Scheduled Tribes.

The allocation has been provided through 35 development departments for the year 2021-22. Action plans of all departments were discussed in detail and approved by the council today. The installment of the first trimester has been released to all departments based on the SCSP/TSP Rules, 2017.

All departments have been instructed to implement the spillover works and to implement the programmes in a time bound manner. The departments have been told to focus on the implementation of development programmes and ramping up infrastructure facilities for the benefit of SC and STs.

The government has also decided to increase the subsidy amount given to SC/ST beneficiaries for the construction of toilets/bathrooms, from 15,000 rupees each to 20,000 rupees each.