Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Ramdas Athawale shared these details in reply to Questions asked by SHRI GOLLA BABURAO in Rajya Sabha regarding the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Castes.
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Government Strengthens Monitoring of Funds Earmarked for Welfare and Development of Scheduled Castes under DAPSC
The Government has informed the Rajya Sabha that, as per the NITI Aayog Guidelines, 2017 for the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Castes (DAPSC), earlier known as the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), 38 Ministries/Departments of the Government of India are earmarking funds across various schemes for the welfare and development of Scheduled Castes.
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The data on Budget Estimates (BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and actual expenditure under DAPSC across Ministries/Departments since 2020-21 shows that actual expenditure remained below the Revised Estimates during each of the years from 2020-21 to 2025-26.
The utilisation of Revised Estimates was 81.61 per cent in 2020-21, 91.22 per cent in 2021-22, 91.90 per cent in 2022-23, 93.83 per cent in 2023-24, 92.57 per cent in 2024-25 and 85.65 per cent in 2025-26 .
In the recent past, review meetings under DAPSC were held under the chairpersonship of Shri B.L. Verma, Hon’ble Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, on April 29, 2025, and at the level of Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment on August 25, 2025 and April 16, 2026 .
Further, in adherence to the directions issued by the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, all 38 Ministries/Departments implementing DAPSC have nominated a nodal officer for financial and physical monitoring of DAPSC funds in their respective Ministries/Departments.
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