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Untouchability
What is required to be done in case any practice of Untouchability is noticed?

What are the provisions of the relevent act?
Atrocity
What is required to be done in case any atrocities is committed on any person

belonging to
Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe by any person other than SC/ST?
What are the offences of atrocities against members of SCs and STs, under Chapter
II of the PoA
Act.
What is the maximum punishment provided for commission of such offences under the
PoA Act?
What relief is provided to a SC/ST person affected by atrocities?
National Overseas Scholarships for SCs etc Candidates
Who can apply for the award?

How many awards are available?
When and where to apply?
How to apply?
How much financial assistance is available?
Who gives the assistance?
Within how much period a candidate can avail the award?
How to seek admission abroad?
What to do after getting admission?
How to get visa?
What are the formalities to be completed before proceeding for studies abroad?
Whom to contact for further clarifications?
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Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post Matric Scholarship to students belonging to

Scheduled Castes

Where to apply?
When to apply?
How to apply?
How much assistance is available?
Whom to contact in case of any difficulty?
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre Matric Scholarship to the children of those

engaged in occupation's
involving cleaning and prone to health hazards.

Where to apply?
When to apply?
How to apply?
Scheduled Castes Lists
What is the criteria for listing of a Community as Scheduled Caste?

How to get a Caste certificate?
Is there any prescribed format for application?
What is the status of Scheduled Caste with regard to religion?
Whether a person of Scheduled Caste origin who has embraced Christian religion or
Islam will he be
treated as Scheduled Caste?
Can a non-Scheduled
Caste person who marries a Scheduled Caste person will get the benefits
meant for the Scheduled Caste?
Can a Scheduled Caste person who marries a non-Scheduled Castes person will
continue to get
benefit of Scheduled Castes?
What shall be the status of the off-spring of a Intercaste Married couple one of
whom is a member of
Scheduled Caste?
Is a member of Scheduled Caste listed in the list of one State eligible for
benefits as Scheduled
Caste in another State?
Whether the courts have powers to include in or exclude from the list of Scheduled
Castes?
Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS)

Who is a manual scavenger?
What is the procedure for inclusion in the list of identified manual scavengers?
What are benefits available for the rehabilitation of identified manual scavenger?
How to avail the benefits under SRMS?
what are the benefits available for the dependents of manual scavengers?
Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhattrawas Yojna (BJRCY)
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Who are the Implementing Agencies under the scheme?

What is the eligibility of these Implementing Agencies?
Whether NGOs/Deemed Universities are eligible for construction of fresh hostel?
Whether the maintenance of the hostels is the responsibility of the Govt. of India?
Who is responsible for maintenance of the hostels constructed under the scheme?
What should be the strength of hostels?
Which type of accommodation is allowed under the scheme?
What is the funding pattern?
What happens in case State Govt/UT Administration does not contribute their share
to
NGOs/Deemed Universities?
To whom the grants-in-aid are released?
How grants-in-aid are released to the Implementing Agencies?
What are the requirements for releasing 2nd installment to NGOs/Deemed
Universities?
What are the other benefits under the scheme?
Whether NGOs/Deemed Universities submit the proposals to the Ministry directly?
whether recommendation of the State Government/UT Admn. is mandatory?
What is the time-limit for construction of hostels?
Is there any annual family income ceiling under the scheme?
Whether any priority is given to students?
State-wise allocation of fund is made under the scheme?
Please give
details of fund allocated, released, number of hostels sanctioned and beneficiaries
during the last 3 years.?

When the scheme was last revised?
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre Matric Scholarship to for Scheduled Caste

Students studying in Classes
IX and X

Where to apply?
When to apply?
How to apply?
Free Coaching for SC and OBC Students
What are the courses for which coaching is provided under the scheme?
What is the ceiling of Annual Family Income under the scheme?
Who are eligible to get benefit under the scheme?
What is the ratio of SC and OBC students to be coached?
Whether the ratio of SC and OBC students can be relaxed?
How many times benefits under the scheme can be availed?
Whether the candidates are entitled for coaching for both Preliminary and Main
exams?
What is the selection procedure of Institutions?
Whether Registered private institutions and NGOs can submit their proposals
directly to the
Ministry?
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For which period coaching institutions are selected?

What is the Funding Pattern?
Whether 'State-wise allocation' of fund is made under the scheme?
To whom the Grants-in aid is released?
How the Grant-in-aid is released to the institutions?
Whether funds are released for the entire period of 3 years, once the organizations
are empanelled?
What is the Fee structure?
By whom the selection of students is made for coaching?
What are the other benefits provided under the scheme?
What is the rate of stipend?
Please give details of fund allocation, release and beneficiaries during the last
three years.
Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of 'Top Class Education for SC Students
To whom the scholarship is provided under the scheme?

In which institutions the scheme is operative?
What are the components of scholarship under the scheme?
What is the rate of tuition fee and other non-refundable charges?
What are the rates of other components?
Whether scholarship, once awarded, continues till the completion of the course?
Whether the scholarship would be terminated?
Who are eligible for scholarship under the scheme?
To what extent the number of scholarships is given to the institutions in a year?
What happens when the number of admitted students exceeds the number of awards?
How the merit list will be generated?
What happens if an institute finds number of eligible candidates in the 1st year
less than the number
of scholarships allotted to it?
What is the ceiling of total Annual Family Income?
What is the criterion for selection of students?
What happens if there is more than one student with equal marks for the last
available
slot in an
institution?
How the institutions are notified under the scheme?
How many institutions are notified under the scheme?
How the fund is released?
What will be the effects on students if an institution is denotified/deleted?
What would be the procedure for applying to the Scholarship Scheme?
Whether State-wise allocation of fund is made under the scheme?
Please give
the details of funds allocated, released and number of beneficiaries during the
last three
years.
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Upgradation of Merit of SC Students'
Who are eligible to get the benefits under the scheme?

What is the nature of coaching provided under the scheme?
By whom the schools and students are selected?
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Which schools are selected under the scheme?

What is the maximum coverage under the scheme?
When does the coaching start?
Whether a student can be enrolled after class IX?
How many States/UTs are covered under the scheme?
Why all the States/UTs have not been covered?
How the teachers are selected?
What is the ratio of allocating the awards?
Whether any preference is given to disabled students?
Whether any additional grant is provided to students with disabilities?
What is the package grant given to students under the scheme?
Is there any provision for revision of package?
What happens if a State does not send proposal under the scheme?
Please give details of fund allocated, released and number of beneficiaries during
the last four years.
NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR SCHEDULED CAST STUDENTS
Who can apply for the fellowship award?

Who is the implementing agency?
What is the scope of the scheme?
What is the duration of the fellowship?
What are the rates for fellowship?
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)
What are the Objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)?
What are the main components of the PMAGY Scheme?
What are the Implementation Modalities and Training of Key Functionaries?
What are the identification of Villages?
Untouchability
What is required to be done in case any practice of Untouchability is noticed?
Ans: Person affected by the practice of untouchability may approach the Police
Station covering the area of such
incidence and register First Information Report(FIR) as per provision under
Sections 3 to 7 of the Protection of Civil
Rights Act, 1955.
What are the provisions of the relevant act?

Ans: Provisions of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 relating to
Untouchability are as under:
Section 3-Preventing on the ground of untouchability
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from entering any place of public worship, which is open to other persons
professing
the same
religion of any section thereof, or
from worshipping or offering prayers or performing any religious service in any
place of public
worship, or bathing in, or using the waters of, any sacred tank, well, spring or
water -course,(river or
lake or bathing at any ghat of such tank, water-course, river of lake).
Section 4 - Enforcing on the ground of untouchability, any disability with regard

to-
access to any shop, public restaurant, hotel or place of public entertainment; or

the use of any untensils and other articles kept in any public restaurant, hotel,
dharm shala, sarai or
musafirkhana for the use of the general public or
the practice of any profession or the carrying on of any occupation, trade or
business (or
employment in any job) or
the use of, or access to, any river, stream, spring, well, tank, cistern, water-tap
or other watering
place, or any bathing
ghat, burial or cremation ground, any sanitary convenience, any road, or
(passage, or any other place of public resort which other members of the public,
or, have a right to
use or have access to; or
the use of, or access to, any place used for charitable or a public purpose
maintained wholly or
partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of general public or
the enjoyment of any benefit under a charitable trust created for the benefit of
the general public ; or
the use of, or access to, any public conveyance; or
the construction, acquisition, or occupation of any residential premises in any
locality, whatsoever; or
the use of any dharmshala, sarai or musafirkhana which is open to the general
public, or
the observance of any social or religious custom, usage or ceremony or
the use of jewellery and finery;
Section 5 -Refusingr on the ground of 'untouchability'
admission to any person to any hospital, dispensary, educational institution or any

hostel if such
hospitaldispensary, educational institution or hostel is established or maintained
for the benefit of the
general public or any section thereof;or
discriminates against any such person after admission to any of the aforesaid
institutions;
Section 6 -Refusing on the ground of 'untouchability' to sell any goods or refuses
to render any service to any person
at the same time and place and on the same terms and conditions at or which such
goods are sold or services are
rendered to other persons in the ordinary course of business.
Section 7 (1)
Acting, on the gound of untouchability leading to prevention of any person from

exercising any right
accruing to him by reason of the abolition of 'untouchability' under Article 17 of
the Constitution;or
molests, injures, annoys, obstructs or causes or attempts to cause obstruction to
any person in the
exercise of any such right or molests, injures, annoys or boycotts any person by
reason of his having
exercised any such rights; or
by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or
otherwise, incites or
encourages any person or class of persons or the public generally to practise
"untouchability" in any
form whatsoever; or
insults or attempts to insult, on the ground of "untouchability" a member of a
Scheduled Castes.
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Atrocity
What is required to be done in case any atrocities is committed on any person

belonging
to Scheduled Caste
and the Scheduled Tribe by any person other than SC/ST?
Ans: Filing
of the First Information Report (FIR) is of paramount importance as the process of
justice begins with
registration of an offence with the police station. The procedure for filing FIR
has been given under Section 154 of Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The Constitution Bench of Supreme Court of India in
its judgment dated 12.11.2013, in
the W.P. (Criminal) No. 68 of 2008{Lalita Kumari Vs Govt. of Uttar Pradesh and
Ors.} has, inter-alia, held that,
�Registration of FIR is mandatory under Section 154 of the Code, if the information
discloses commission of a
cognizable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation�.
The offences under the PoA Act are
cognizable. As such the affected person must file an First Information Report (FIR)
in the Police Station of the area as
per relevant provisions under Chapter II of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)
{PoA} Act, 1989, as amended by the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities)
(Amendment) Act, 2015(No. 1 of 2016).
What are the offences of atrocities against members of SCs and STs, under Chapter
II of the PoA Act?
Ans: The offences are illustrated as under:-
puts any inedible or obnoxious substance into the mouth of a member of a Scheduled
Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe or forces such member to drink or eat such inedible or obnoxious
substance.
dumps excreta, sewage, carcasses or any other obnoxious substance in premises, or
at the
entrance of the premises, occupied by a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
Tribe.
with intent to cause injury, insult or annoyance to any member of a Scheduled Caste
or a Scheduled
Tribe, dumps excreta, waste matter, carcasses or any other obnoxious substance in
his
neighbourhood.
garlands with footwear or parades naked or semi-naked a member of a Scheduled Caste
or a
Scheduled Tribe.
forcibly commits on a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe any act,
such as
removing clothes from the person, forcible tonsuring of head, removing moustaches,
painting face or
body or any other similar act, which is derogatory to human dignity.
wrongfully occupies or cultivates any land, owned by, or in the possession of or
allotted to, or notified
by any competent authority to be allotted to, a member of a Scheduled Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe,
or gets such land transferred.
wrongfully dispossesses a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe from his
land or
premises or interferes
with the enjoyment of his rights, including forest rights, over any land or
premises or water or irrigation facilities or destroys the crops or takes away the
produce therefrom.
makes a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to do �begar� or other
forms of forced
or bonded labour other than any compulsory service for public purposes imposed by
the
Government.
compels a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to dispose or carry
human or animal
carcasses, or to dig graves.
makes a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to do manual scavenging or
employs
or permits the employment of such member for such purpose.
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performs, or promotes dedicating a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe woman to a

deity, idol,
object of worship, temple, or other religious institution as a devadasi or any
other similar practice or
permits aforementioned acts.
forces or intimidates or prevents a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
Tribe:
not to vote or to vote

for a particular candidate or to vote in a manner other than that
provided by law.
not to file a nomination as a candidate or to withdraw such nomination; or
not to propose or second the nomination of a member of a Scheduled Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe as a candidate in any election.
forces or intimidates or obstructs a member

of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, who is a
member or
a Chairperson or a holder of any other office of a Panchayat under Part IX of the
Constitution or a Municipality under Part IXA of the Constitution, from performing
their normal duties
and functions.
after the poll, causes hurt or grievous hurt or assault or imposes or threatens to
impose social or
economic boycott upon a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or
prevents from
availing benefits of any public service which is due to him.
commits any offence under this Act against a member of a Scheduled Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe
for having voted or not having voted for a particular candidate or for having voted
in
a manner
provided by law.
institutes false, malicious or vexatious suit or criminal or other legal
proceedings against a member
of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
gives any false or frivolous information to any
public servant and thereby causes such public servant
to use his lawful power to the injury or annoyance of a member of a Scheduled Caste
or a
Scheduled Tribe.
intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a member of a
Scheduled Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe in any place within public view.
abuses any
member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe by caste name in any place within
public view;
destroys, damages or defiles any object generally known to be held sacred or in
high esteem by
members of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes.
by words either written or spoken or by signs or by visible representation or
otherwise promotes or
attempts to promote feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will against members of the
Scheduled Castes or
the Scheduled Tribes.
by words either written
or spoken or by any other means disrespects any late person held in high
esteem by members of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes.
intentionally touches a woman belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe,
knowing that
she belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, when such act of touching is
of a sexual
nature and is without the recipient�s consent.
uses words, acts or gestures of a sexual nature towards a woman belonging to a
Scheduled Caste
or a Scheduled Tribe, knowing that she belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
Tribe.
corrupts or fouls the water of any spring, reservoir or any other source ordinarily
used by members
of the
Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes so as to render it less fit for the
purpose for which
it is ordinarily used.
denies a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe any customary right of
passage to a
place of public resort or obstructs such member so as to prevent him from using or
having access to
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a place of public resort to which other members of public or any other section
thereof have a right to
use or access to.
forces or causes a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to leave his
house, village or
other place of residence.
obstructs or prevents a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe in any
manner with
regard to:
using common property resources of an area, or burial or cremation ground equally

with
others or using any river, stream, spring, well, tank, cistern, water-tap or other
watering
place, or any bathing ghat, any public conveyance, any road, or passage;
mounting or riding bicycles or motor cycles or wearing footwear or new clothes in
public
places or taking out wedding procession, or mounting a horse or any other vehicle
during
wedding processions;
entering any place of worship which is open to the public or other persons
professing the
same religion or taking part in, or taking out, any religious, social or cultural
processions
including jatras;
entering any educational institution, hospital, dispensary, primary health centre,
shop or
place of public entertainment or any other public place; or using any utensils or
articles
meant for public use in any place open to the public;
practicing any profession or the carrying on of any occupation, trade or business
or
employment in any job which other members of the public, or any section thereof,
have a
right to use or have access to;
causes physical harm or mental agony of a member of a Scheduled Caste or a

Scheduled Tribe on
the allegation of practicing witchcraft or being a witch.
imposes or threatens a social or economic boycott of any person or a family or a
group belonging to
a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
commits any offence specified in the Schedule of the Scheduled Castes and the
Scheduled
Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, against a person or property,
knowing that
such person is a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or such property
belongs to
such member.
gives or fabricates false evidence intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be
likely that he will
thereby cause, any member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to be convicted
of an
offence which is capital by the law for the time being in force.
gives or fabricates false evidence intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be
likely that he will
thereby cause, any member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to be convicted
of an
offence which is not capital but punishable with imprisonment for a term of seven
years or upwards.
commits mischief by fire or any explosive substance intending to cause or knowing
it to be likely that
he will thereby cause damage to any property belonging to a member of a Scheduled
Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe.
commits mischief by fire or any explosive substance intending to cause or knowing
it to be likely that
he will thereby cause destruction of any building which is ordinarily used as a
place of worship or as
a place for human dwelling or as a place for custody of the property by a member of
a Scheduled
Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
commits any offence under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) punishable with
imprisonment for a
term of ten years or more against a person or property knowing that such person is
a member of a
Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or such property belongs to such member.
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commits any offence specified in the Schedule, against a person or property,

knowing that such
person is a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or such property
belongs to such
member.
What is the maximum punishment provided for commission of such offences under the
PoA Act?
Ans: For offences of atrocities specified under section 3(1), the punishment is
between six months to five years with
fine. For offences under
section 3(2)(i), the punishment is death. For offences under section 3(2)(ii), the
punishment is
not less than six months but may extend to seven years or upwards with fine. For
offences under section 3(2)(iii), the
punishment is between six months to seven years with fine. For offences under
section 3(2)(iv), the punishment is
imprisonment for life with
fine. For offences under section 3(2) (iv), (v), the punishment is imprisonment for
life with fine.
For offences under section 3(2) (va), the offences as specified in the schedule to
the Scheduled Castes and the
Scheduled Tribes (Offences of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, the punishment is as
prescribed under the IPC.
What relief is provided to a SC/ST person affected by atrocities?

Ans:
As per Annexure-I to the Schedule, the norms for relief amount are indicated as
under:
Sr. No.
Name of the offence
Minimum amount of relief
(1)
(2)
(3)
1.
Putting any inedible or obnoxious substance
[Section 3(1)(a) of the Act]
One lakh rupees to the victim. Payment to then victim
be made as follows:
(i) 10 per cent. at First Information Report (FIR) stage
for serial numbers (2) and (3) and 25 percent at FIR
stage for serial numbers (1), (4) and (5);
(ii) 50 per cent. when the charge sheet is sent to the
court;
(iii) 40 per cent. when the accused are convicted by the
lower court for serial numbers (2) and (3) and likewise
25 percent for serial numbers (1), (4) and (5).
2.
Dumping excreta, sewage, carcasses or any
other obnoxious substance [Section 3(1)(b) of
the Act]
3.
Dumping excreta, waste matter, carcasses with
intent to cause injury, insult or annoyance
[Section 3(1)(c) of the Act]
4.
Garlanding with footwear or parading naked or
semi-naked[Section 3(1)(d) of the Act]
5.
Forcibly commiting acts such as removing
clothes, forcible tonsuring of head, removing
moustaches, painting face or body [Section
3(1)(e) of the Act]
6.
Wrongful occupation or cultivation of land
[Section 3(1)(f) of the Act]
One lakh rupees to the victim. The land or premises or
water supply or irrigation facility shall be restored where
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necessary at Government cost by the concerned State

Government or Union territory Administration. Payment
to the victim be made as follows:
(i) 25 per cent. at First Information Report (FIR) stage;
court;
lower court.
7.
Wrongful dispossession of land or premises or
interfering with the rights, including forest
rights. [Section 3(1)(g) of the Act]
8.
Begar or other forms of forced or bonded
labour [Section 3(1)(h) of the Act]
One lakh rupees to the victim. Payment to be made as
follows:
(i) Payment of 25 per cent. First Information Report
(FIR) stage;
court;
lower court.
9.
Compelling to dispose or carry human or
animal carcasses, or to dig graves [Section
3(1)(i) of the Act]
10.
Making a member of the Scheduled Castes or
the Scheduled Tribes to do manual scavenging
or employing him for such purpose [Section
3(1)(j) of the Act]
11.
Performing, or promoting dedication of a
Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe woman
as a devadasi [Section 3(1)(k) of the Act]
12.
Prevention from voting, filing nomination
[Section 3(1)( l ) of the Act]
Eighty-five thousand rupees to the victim. Payment to
be made as follows:
court;
13.
Forcing, intimidating or obstructing a holder of
office of Panchayat or Municipality from
performing duties [Section 3(1)(m) of the Act]
14.
After poll violence and imposition of social and
economic boycott [Section 3(1)(n) of the Act]
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lower court.
15.
Committing any offence under this Act for
having voted or not having voted for a
particular candidate [Section 3(1)(o) of the Act]
16.
Instituting false, malicious or vexatious legal
proceedings [Section 3(1)(p) of the Act]
Eighty-five thousand rupees to the victim or
reimbursement of actual legal expenses and damages,
whichever is less. Payment to be made as follows:
court;
lower court.
17.
Giving false and frivolous information to a
public servant [Section 3(1)(q) of the Act]
One lakh rupees to the victim or reimbursement of
actual legal expenses and damages, whichever is less.
Payment to be made as follows:
court;
lower court.
18.
Intentional insult or intimidation to humiliate in
any place within public view [Section 3(1)(r) of
the Act]
One lakh rupees to the victim. Payment to be made as
follows:
court;
lower court.
19.
Abusing by caste name in any place within
public view [Section 3(1)(s) of the Act]
20.
Destroying, damaging or defiling any object
held sacred or in high esteem [ Section 3(1)(t}
of the Act]
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21.
Promoting feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will [
Section 3(1)(u) of the Act]
22.
Disrespecting by words or any other means of
any late person held in high esteem [ Section
3(1)(v) of the Act]
23.
Intentionally touching a Scheduled Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe woman without consent, using
acts or gestures, as an act of sexual nature, [
Section 3(1)(w) of the Act]
Two lakh rupees to the victim. Payment to be made as
follows:
court;
lower court.
(a) Eight lakh and twenty-five thousand rupees to the
victim with burns exceeding and 2 per cent and above
burns on face or in case of functional impairment of eye,
ear, nose and mouth and or burn injury on body
exceeding 30 per cent;
24.
Section 326B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860)--Voluntarily throwing or attempting to
throw acid. [Section 3(2)(va)3(2)(va)
read with
Schedule to the Act]
(b) four lakh and fifteen thousand rupees to the victim
with burns between 10 per cent. to 30 per cent. on the
body;
(c) eighty-five thousand rupees to the victim with burns
less than 10 per cent. on the body other than on face.
In addition, the State Government or Union territory
Administration shall take full responsibility for the
treatment of the victim of acid attack.
The payment in terms of items (a) to (c) are to be made
as follows:
(ii) 50 per cent. after receipt of medical report.
25.
Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860) -- Assault or criminal force to woman
with intent to outrage her modesty.
follows:
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[Section 3(2) (va) read with Schedule to the

Act]
court;
(iii) 25 per cent. on conclusion of trial by the lower court.
26.
Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860)--Sexual harassment and punishment for
sexual harassment.
[Section 32) (va) read with Schedule to the Act]
follows:
court;
27.
Section 354 B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860)-- Assault or use of criminal force to
woman with intent to disrobe [ Section 3(2)(va)3(2)(va)
read with Schedule to the Act]
follows:
court;
28.
Section 354 C of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860)-- Voyeurism. [Section 3(2)(va) read with3(2)(va)
follows:
(i) 10 per cent. at First Information Report (FIR) stage
court.
lower court.
29.
Section 354 D of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860) -- Stalking. [Section 3(2)(va) read with3(2)(va)
follows:
court;
lower court.
30.
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Section 376B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of

1860)-- Sexual intercourse by husband upon
follows:
his wife during separation. [Section 3(2)(va)3(2)(va)
(i) 50 per cent. after medical examination and
confirmatory medical report;
court;
lower court.
31.
Section 376C of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860) -- Sexual intercourse by a person in
authority. [Section 3(2)(va) read with Schedule3(2)(va)
to the Act]
Four lakh rupees to the victim. Payment to be made as
follows:
court;
32.
Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860)-- Word, gesture or act intended to insult
the modesty of a woman. [Section 3(2)(va)3(2)(va)
follows:
court;
lower court.
33.
Fouling or corrupting of water [ Section 3(1)(x)
of the Act]
Full cost of restoration of normal facility, including
cleaning when the water is fouled, to be borne by the
concerned State Government or Union territory
Administration. In addition, an amount of eight lakh
twenty-five thousand rupees shall be deposited with the
District Magistrate for creating community assets of the
nature to be decided by the District Authority in
consultation with the Local Body.
34. Denial of customary right of passage to a
place of public resort or obstruction from using
or accessing public resort
[ Section 3(1)(y) of the Act]
Four lakh twenty-five thousand rupees to the victim and
cost of restoration of right of passage by the concerned
State Government or Union territory Administration.
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court;
lower court.
35.
Forcing of causing to leave house, village,
residence desert place of residence [Section
3(1)(z) of the Act]
Restoration of the site or right to stay in house, village or
other place of residence by the concerned State
Government or Union territory Administration and relief
of one lakh rupees to the victim and reconstruction of
the house at Government cost, if destroyed. Payment to
be made as follows:
court;
lower court.
36.
Obstructing or preventing a member of a
Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe in any
manner with regard to�
A. using common property resources
of an area, or burial or cremation
ground equally with others or
using any river, stream, spring,
well, tank, cistern, water-tap or
other watering place, or any
bathing ghat, any public
conveyance, any road, or
passage [Section 3(1)(za)(A) of
the Act]
(B) mounting or riding bicycles or motor cycles
or wearing footwear or new clothes in public
places or taking out wedding procession, or
mounting a horse or any other vehicle during
wedding processions [Section 3(1)(za)(B) of
the Act]
(C) entering any place of worship which is
open to the public or other persons professing
the same religion or taking part in, or taking
(A): Restoration of the right using common property
resources of an area, or burial or cremation ground
equally with others or using any river, stream, spring,
well, tank, cistern, water-tap or other watering place, or
any bathing ghat, any public conveyance, any road, or
passage equally with others, by the concerned State
Government or Union Territory Administration and relief
of one lakh rupees to the victim. Payment to be made as
follows:
court;
lower court.
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out, any religious, social or cultural processionsincluding jatras [Section 3(1)

(za)(C) of the Act]
(D) entering any educational institution,
hospital, dispensary, primary health centre,
shop or place of public entertainment or anyother public place; or using any
utensils orarticles meant for public use in any place opento the public[Section
3(1)(za)(D) of the Act]
(E) practicing any profession or the carrying onof any occupation, trade or
business oremployment in any job which other members ofthe public, or any section
thereof, have a rightto use or have access to [Section 3(1)(za)(E) ofthe Act]
(B): Restoration of the right of mounting or ridingbicycles or motor cycles or
wearing footwear or newclothes in public places or taking out weddingprocession, or
mounting a horse or any other vehicleduring wedding processions, equally with
others by theconcerned State Government or Union territoryAdministration and relief
of one lakh rupees to thevictim. Payment to be made as follows:
(i) Payment of 25 per cent. at First Information Report(FIR) stage;
(ii) 50 per cent. when the charge sheet is sent to thecourt;
(iii) 25 per cent. when the accused are convicted by thelower court;
(C): Restoration of the right of entering any place ofworship which is open to the
public or other personsprofessing the same religion or taking part in, or takingout
any religious procession or jatras, as is open to thepublic or other persons
professing the same religion,
social or cultural processions including jatras, equallywith other persons, by the
concerned State Governmentor Union territory Administration and relief of one
lakhrupees to the victim. Payment to be made as follows:
(i) 25 per cent. at First Information Report (FIR) stage(ii) 50 per cent. when the
charge sheet is sent to thecourt.
(iii) 25 per cent. when the accused are convicted by thelower court.
(D): Restoration of the right of entering any educationalinstitution, hospital,
dispensary, primary health centre,
shop or place of public entertainment or any other publicplace; or using any
utensils or articles meant for publicuse in any place open to the public, equally
with otherpersons by the concerned State Government or Unionterritory
Administration and relief of one lakh rupees tothe victim. Payment to be made as
follows:
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court;
lower court.
(E): Restoration of the right of practicing any
profession or the carrying on of any occupation, trade or
business or employment in any job which other
members of the public, or any section thereof, have a
right to use or have access to, by the concerned State
Government/Union territory Administration and relief of
one lakh rupees to the victim. Payment to be made as
follows:
court;
lower court.
37.
Causing physical harm or mental agony on the
allegation of being a witch or practicing
witchcraft or being a witch [Section 3(1)(zb) of
the Act]
One lakh rupees to the victim and also commensurate
with the indignity, insult, injury and defamation suffered
by the victim. Payment to be made as follows:
court;
lower court.
38.
Imposing or threatening a social or economic
boycott. [Section 3(1)(zc) of the Act]
Restoration of provision of all economic and social
services equally with other persons, by the concerned
State Government or Union territory Administration and
relief of one lakh rupees to the victim. To be paid in full
when charge sheet is sent to the lower court.
39.
Giving or fabricating false evidence
[Section 3(2)(i) and (ii) of the Act]
Four lakh fifteen thousand rupees to the victim.
court;
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lower court.
40.
Committing offences under the Indian Penal
Code (45 of 1860) punishable with
imprisonment for a term of ten years or more
[Section 3(2) of the Act]
Four lakh rupees to the victim and or his dependents.
The amount would vary, if specifically otherwise
provided in this Schedule.
court;
lower court.
41.
Committing offences under the Indian Penal
Code (45 of 1860) specified in the Schedule to
the Act punishable with such punishment as
specified under the Indian Penal Code for such
offences[ Section 3(2) (va) read with the
Two lakh rupees to the victim and or his dependents.
The amount would vary if specifically otherwise provided
in this Schedule.
court;
lower court;
42.
Victimisation at the hands of a public servant[
Section 3(2) (vii) of the Act]
Two lakh rupees to the victim and or his dependents.
court;
lower court.
43.
Disability. Guidelines for evaluation of various
disabilities and procedure for certification as
contained in the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment Notification No. 16-18/97-NI,
dated the 1st June, 2001. A copy of the
notification is at Annexure-II.
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(a) 100 per cent. incapacitation

(b) where incapacitation is less than 100 per
cent. but more than 50 per cent.
(c) where incapacitation is less than 50 per
cent.
Eight lakh and twenty-five thousand rupees to the
victim. Payment to be made as follows:
court;
Four lakh and fifty thousand rupees to the victim.
court;
Two lakh and fifty thousand rupees to the victim.
court.
44.
Rape or Gang rape.
(i) Rape[Section 375 of the Indian Penal
Code(45 of 1860)]
Five lakh rupees to the victim. Payment to be made as
follows:
court;
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(ii) Gang rape [Section 376D of the Indian

Penal Code( 45 of 1860)]
court;
45.
Murder or Death.
(i) 50 per cent. after post mortem report;
court.
46.
Additional relief to victims of murder, death,
massacre, rape, gang rape, permanent
incapacitation and dacoity.
In addition to relief amounts paid under above items,
relief may be arranged within three months of date of
atrocity as follows:(
i) Basic Pension to the widow or other dependents of
deceased persons belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe amounting to five thousand rupees per
month, as applicable to a Government servant of the
concerned State Government or Union territory
Administration, with admissible dearness allowance
and employment to one member of the family of the
deceased, and provision of agricultural land, an house,
if necessary by outright purchase;
(ii) Full cost of the education up to graduation level and
maintenance of the children of the victims. Children may
be admitted to Ashram schools or residential schools,
fully funded by the Government;
(iii) Provision of utensils, rice, wheat, dals, pulses, etc.,
for a period of three months.
47.
Complete destruction or burnt houses.
Brick or stone masonary house to be constructed or
provided at Government cost where it has been burnt or
destroyed.�
For further details please contact Sub-Divisional Magistrate, District Magistrate,

Director of Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes Development of State Government and Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment, Department of
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Social Justice & Empowerment.
National Overseas Scholarships for SCs etc. Candidates
Ans: Students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic

Tribes, Landless Agricultural
Labourers and Traditional Artisans who are below 35 years of age, as on the first
day of the month of the advertisement
of the Scheme. Total family income from all sources of the employed candidate or
his/her parents/guardians, shall not
exceed Rs. 6,00,000 (Rs. six lakh per annum), excluding such allowances as are not
treated as part of total income for
the purpose of income. The Scheme provides financial assistance to the finally
selected candidates for pursuing Master
level courses and Ph.D abroad in an accredited foreign university/institution in
the following Discipline:
Engineering and Management

Pure Sciences and Applied Sciences
Agricultural Sciences and Medicine
International Commerce, Accounting Finance
Humanities, Social Science &Fine Arts
Other conditions for eligibility are
Minimum Qualification
For Ph.D.:- 55% marks or equivalent grade in relevant Masters' Degree. Preference
would
be given to experienced candidates, especially those who are on lien with their
existing
post and employer.
For Masters' Degree:-55% marks or equivalent grade in relevant Bachelors' Degree.
Preference would be given to experienced candidates, especially those who are on
lien
with their existing post and employer.
Maximum number of children in a family for the award
Not more than two children of the same parents/guardians will be eligible and to
this effect a self-
certification will be required from the candidate. An awardee cannot be considered
for the award on
a subsequent occasion as the award can be given only once. The second child of the
same
parents/guardians will be considered only if the slots are still available for the
year.
How many awards are available?
Ans: Hundred awards per year are available under the existing Scheme, with
following distribution:
Scheduled Castes - 90
Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes - 06
Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans - 04
Total - 100
When and where to apply?
Ans: Desirous candidates should apply to the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment in response to the detailed
advertisement when issued by the Ministry. This advertisement is usually published
in leading newspapers in
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Hindi/English and other regional languages and the Employment News. The
advertisement is also uploaded on the
ministry's website.
How to apply?
Ans: Candidates should apply in the application form prescribed and made available
by this Ministry subsequent to
release of advertisement in respect of selection of candidates for awards under the
scheme. This application form as
filled in by the applicant should be complete in all respects and also accompanied
with proofs of caste/category,
income, age, educational qualifications attained, experience acquired, admission
obtained/applied etc.
How much financial assistance is available?
Ans: Existing financial assistance
Value of maintenance allowance
The annual maintenance allowance of US Dollars 15,400/-has been prescribed for all
levels of
courses covered under the Scheme. The annual maintenance allowance for candidates
in United
Kingdom will be Great Britain Pound 9,900/- for all levels of courses covered under
the Scheme.
Earnings from research/teaching assistanceship
The awardees are permitted to supplement their prescribed allowances by undertaking
Research/Teaching Assistantship.
Contingency allowance
Contingency allowance
for books/essential apparatus/study tour/typing and binding of thesis etc. will
be US Dollars 1500/-per annum and for candidates in United Kingdom, it will be
Pound Sterling
1100/- per annum.
Poll Tax
Actual will be paid, wherever applicable.
Visa fees
Actual visa fees in Indian Rupees will be paid.
Equipment allowance and incidential journey expenses
The prescribed Incidental journey allowance is US $ 20/- (twenty) or its equivalent

in Indian Rupees
and the prescribed equipment allowance is US $ 20/- (twenty).
Fees and medical insurance premium
Actual as charged
Air Passage
Air passage from India to the nearest place to the educational institution and back
to India, by
economy class and shortest route in arrangements with the national carrier, will be
provided.
Local Travel
Second or Coach class railway fare from the port of disembarkation to the place of
study and back In
case of far flung places not connected by rail, bus fare(s) from the place of
residence to the nearest
railway station, actual charge of crossing by ferry, air fare to the nearest rail-
cum-air Station and/or II
class railway fare by the shortest route to the port of embarkation and back will
be permissible.
The mode of disbursement of above listed financial assistance will be decided by

Government of India and Indian
Missions abroad.
Duration of award with financial assistance
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The prescribed financial assistance is provided upto completion of the

course/research or the following period,
whichever is earlier:
Ph.D. - 4 years (four years)

Master Degree - 3 years (three years)
The extension of stay beyond prescribed period for levels of courses as mentioned
above, may be considered without
financial assistance of any kind except the air passage to return to India, if and
only if recommendation of the
competent concerned authority in the educational institution/university as well as
the Indian Mission abroad is received
certifying that such an overstay for a specified period, is absolutely essential
for facilitating the candidate to complete
the course. The final decision in this regard will, however, rest with the
Government of India alone.
Who gives the assistance?
Ans: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment provides financial assistance for
the admissible expenditure incurred
in India and the expenditure incurred abroad on the awardees and is met by the
concerned Indian Missions.
Consequent upon final selection of a candidate for award under the scheme, the
candidate is issued a provisional
award letter by this Ministry, which also includes a certificate giving therein the
details of financial entitlements under
the scheme.
Within how much period a candidate can avail the award?
Ans:A selected candidate is required to avail the award within one year of receipt
of intimation from this Ministry
regarding selection for the award/assurance. On expiry of this specified period of
time, the award automatically gets
cancelled.
How to seek admission abroad?
Ans: Selected candidates are required to themselves arrange for their admission in
foreign accredited educational
institutions/universities. In this regard the details may, however, be obtainable
at embassies, consulates, missions of
foreign countries in India.
What to do after getting admission?
Ans:After a candidate has obtained confirmed admission in a foreign educational

institution, the candidate is required
to intimate the same to this Ministry which in turn may get it verified through the
Indian Missions abroad. After receipt of
the confirmation of the admission, this Ministry will issue the 'confirmed award
letter' to the concerned candidate,
wherein the details of the course, educational institution etc. will be also
mentioned.
How to get visa?
Ans: Consequent upon confirmed admission of a candidate for a specific course in an

educational institution abroad,
the concerned candidate may contact the embassy, consulate, mission of the foreign
country in India. The candidates
should, however, apply for only such type of visa which requires them to return to
India after pursuing their course
abroad. The Government of India does not render any assistance to a candidate for
obtaining visa.
What are the formalities to be completed before proceeding for studies abroad?
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Ans:
The selected candidates are required to furnish all such legal documents and other
agreements before their
departure abroad, as decided by Government of India from time to time. The
candidates on reaching abroad are also
required to immediately contact the concerned Indian Mission abroad and execute
such necessary legal documents
and other agreements, as decided by the Mission. In case of employed candidates,
they are also required to executive
such bonds, agreements etc. as may be required by the employer.
Whom to contact for further clarifications?
Ans:
The concerned candidates while in India may in this regard contact Under Secretary
(SCD-I), Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi (India)
The candidates who have already reached abroad with award under the scheme may
approach the concerned Indian
Mission abroad in this regard.
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post Matric Scholarship to students belonging to

Scheduled Castes
Ans:All Scheduled Caste students pursuing recognised post matriculation courses in

India in recognised institutions
can get the scholarship provided their parents/guardian income is not more than Rs.
2.50 lakh per annum w.e.f.
academic session 2013-14.
Where to apply?
Ans: Eligible students are required to apply to the respective sanctioning and
disbursement authority in their respective
States/UTs i.e. where a candidate is permanently settled. Different States/UTs have
designated different authorities viz.,
Heads of the educational institutions/District Social Welfare Officers/Directorate
of Social Welfare/District Education
Officers etc. for this purpose.
When to apply?
Ans:A students has to apply for scholarship immediately after he/she has obtained
admission in the educational
institution.
How to apply?
Ans:A student should apply for scholarship in the proforma prescribed by the
concerned State Govt./UT Administration
for this purpose. The prescribed application forms, which vary from State to State,
are available with the concerned
Sanctioning and Disbursement Authorities/Educational Institutions. The complete
application form as duly forwarded by
the head of concerned educational institution should be sent to the concerned
sanctioning and disbursement authority
within the stipulated time. Students studying out of their State/UT, should send
their application to the Director of Social
Welfare (or State/UT level sanctioning and disbursement authority) of their State
to which they belong i.e. permanently
settled.
Ans:
The value of scholarship has been given in the website.
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Ans: In case of any difficulty, a student should contact concerned Sanctioning and
Disbursement Authority and/or any
of the following:
District Social Welfare Officer.
Director of Social Welfare of the concerned State.
For further details, please contact:
Director (SCD) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,

Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi (India)
Phone: 91-11-23387430
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Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre Matric Scholarship to the children of those

engaged in occupations's
involving cleaning and prone to health hazards.
Answer:
The children of Persons who are either presently engaged in manual scavenging or
were so engaged up to or
after 1.1.97 or the date on which the "The Employment of manual scavengers and
construction of Dry latrines
(Prohibition) Act 1993" came into force in their State/UT, whichever is earlier,
tanners, flayers and waste pickers.
Where to apply?
Answer: Eligible students are required to apply to the head of the educational
institution where one is enrolled.
All eligible students are coverable under the Scheme.
When to apply?
Answer:A students has to apply for scholarship immediately after he/she has
obtained admission in the educational
institution.
How to apply?
Answer:A student should apply for scholarship in the proforma prescribed by the
concerned State Govt./UT
Administration for this purpose. The prescribed application forms, which vary from
State to State, are available with the
concerned Sanctioning and Disbursement Authorities/Educational Institutions.

Ans:
The value of scholarship under the Scheme is as under:
Value of Scholarship and Adhoc grant
Hostellers
The students as hostellers will be covered from class III to X. The rates of
scholarships are as
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under:Class
III to X - Rs.700/- per month for 10 months
Day scholars
The students as day scholars will be covered from Class I to Class X. The rates of
scholarships are
as under:Class
I to X - Rs. 110/- per month for 10 months
Ad-hoc grant
An adhoc grant of Rs.

750/- per student per annum to all day scholars and Rs. 1000/- per student
per annum to hostellers would be admissible.
Additional provisions for students amongst target groups with disabilities
Reader Allowance of Rs.100 per month for blind students in classes IX and X.
Transport allowance of Rs.50 per month for the disabled students not residing in
the hostel
located within the premises of educational institution.
Special pay
of Rs.100 per month be admissible to any employee of the hostel willing to
extend help to a severely orthopaedically handicapped student residing in a hostel
managed by the educational institution or by the State Government/Union Territory
Administration who may need the assistance of a helper.
Escort allowance of Rs.50 per month for severely handicapped day scholars students
with
lower extremity disability.
Allowance of Rs.100 per month towards extra coaching to mentally retarded and
mentally
ill students in classes IX and X.
The provisions proposed in (b) to (d) above also apply to leprosy cured students.
Note 1: The students amongst target groups with disabilities covered under this
scheme can, however, also get such
additional benefits from other schemes, which are not covered in the above
provision.
Note 2: The disability as per the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities),
Protection of Rights and Full
Participation Act, 1955 is defined as blindness, low-vision, leprosy-cured, hearing
impairment, locomotor disability,
mental retardation and mental illness, which has to be certified by competent
medical authority of the State
Government/Union Territory Administration.
The scholarship amount will be payable from the date of joining to the date of
leaving the school, excluding the period
of vacation, which will be about 10 months in a year except in the cases where the
students enters or leaves early in
the midst of academic year.
Answer: In case of any difficulty, a student/parents should contact the head of the
educational institution/District Social
Welfare Officer/Director of Social Welfare of the concerned State.
Director (SCD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,

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What is the criteria for listing of a Community as Scheduled Caste?
Ans: Criteria for inclusion of any community in the list of Scheduled Castes is
'extreme social, educational and
economic backwardness arising out of the traditional practice of untouchability'.
How to get a Caste certificate?
Ans:A person belonging to Scheduled Castes has to apply to the designated

authority, i.e., Sub-Divisional
Officer/Tehsildar of the area where the applicant resides permanently. The
Designated Authority will issue the certificate
after verification of the claim of the applicant.
Is there any prescribed format for application?
Ans: It can be obtained from State Government/UT Administration. Some of the States
are allowing online applications
through their dedicated web Portals.
What is the status of Scheduled Caste with regard to religion?
Ans:As per orders issued under Article 341(1) of the Constitution, only persons
professing either the Hindu, the Sikh or
the Buddhist religion are deemed to be members of Scheduled Caste.
Whether a person of Scheduled Caste origin who has embraced Christian religion or
Islam will he be treated as
Scheduled Caste?
Ans: No
Can a non-Scheduled Caste person who marries a Scheduled Caste person will get the
benefits meant for the
Scheduled Caste?
Ans: No. The guiding principle is that no person who was not a Scheduled Castes by
birth will be deemed to be a
member of a Scheduled Caste merely because he or she had married a person belonging
to a Scheduled Caste.
Can a Scheduled Caste person who marries a non-Scheduled Castes person will
continue to get benefit of
Scheduled Castes?
Ans:Yes. A person who is a member of Scheduled Caste would continue to be a member

of Scheduled Caste even
after his/her mearriage with non Scheduled Caste person.
What shall be the status of the off-spring of a Intercaste Married couple one of
whom is a member of
Scheduled Caste?
Ans:
To decide the status of an off-spring of a couple where one of the spouses is a
member of Scheduled Caste, the
crucial test followed is to determine whether the child has been accepted by the
Scheduled Caste community as a
member of their community and has been brought up in that surrounding and in that
community or not. If the child has
been accepted by the Scheduled Caste Community and has been brought up in the
surrounding of Scheduled Caste
spouse then, the child would be treated as Scheduled Caste. However, each case is
to be examined on its merit.
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Is a member of Scheduled Caste listed in the list of one State eligible for
benefits as Scheduled Caste in
another State?
Ans:
The list of Scheduled Castes is State specific. As such a member of Scheduled Caste
is eligible for benefits in his
state of origin only. A member of Scheduled Caste Community, who migrates to other
State is not entitled to get
Scheduled Caste benefits, from the state of migration.
Example:-A Scheduled Caste person who migrates from State of Punjab to Rajasthan
will not get the benefits
extended to the Scheduled Castes of Rajasthan but he will continue to get benefits
of the State of his origin, i.e.,
Punjab. But he will be eligible for benefits available under Central Government and
its agencies even in the State of
Rajasthan.
Whether the courts have powers to include in or exclude from the list of Scheduled
Caste?
Ans: Supreem Court through a catena of judgment has held that Scheduled Caste Order
under Article 341(1) of the
Indian Constitution must be read as it is and it is not open to Courts or Tribunals
or any other agencies to amend or
modify the list of Scheduled Caste. That can only be done by an act of Parliament
in view of Clause (2) of Article 341.
Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS)
Who is a manual scavenger?
Ans: �Manual Scavenger� means a person engaged or employed, by an individual or a

local authority or an agency or
a contractor, for manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or otherwise handling
in any manner, human excreta in an
insanitary latrine or in an open drain or pit into which the human excreta from the
insanitary latrines is disposed of, or
on a railway track or in such other spaces or premises, before the excreta fully
decomposes�.
What is the procedure for inclusion in the list of identified manual scavengers?
Ans: Under Section 12 (1) of the MS Act, 2013.

�Any person working as manual scavenger in an urban area, may, either during the
survey undertaken by the
Municipality within whose jurisdiction he works, or at any time thereafter, apply
to the Chief Executive Officer of the
Municipality, or to any other officer authorized by him in this behalf, for being
identified as a manual scavenger�.
Under Section 15 (1) of the MS Act, 2013.
�Any person working as a manual scavenger, in a rural area, may, either during the
survey undertaken by the
Panchayat within whose jurisdiction he works, or at any time theater, apply to the
Chief Executive Officer of the
concerned Panchayat, or to any other officer authorized by him in this behalf, for
being identified as a manual
scavenger�.
What are benefits available for the rehabilitation of identified manual scavenger?
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Ans: �Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers� (SRMS)

provides the following benefits for
the rehabilitation of identified manual scavengers:
Onetime cash assistance of Rs.40000/Loans

for undertaking
self-employment projects up to Rs. 15.00 lacs on concessional rates of
interest.
Credit linked back-end capital subsidy up to Rs. 3,25,000/-.
Skill Development Training up to two years with stipend of Rs.3000/- per month.
How to avail the benefits under SRMS?
Ans: The Proposals for rehabilitation of manual scavengers under SRMS are sent by
the concerned State Government
to National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC), the
implementing agency for SRMS
with details of bank account, Aadhaar card details etc of the identified manual
scavengers.
What are the benefits available for the dependents of manual scavengers?
Ans: The dependents of identified manual scavengers are eligible for following
benefits:
Skill development training with stipend.

Loans with subsidy and at concessional rate of interest for undertaking self
employment projects.
Children of
manual scavengers are eligible for pre-metric scholarship under the scheme
�Pre-Matric
Scholarship to the children of those engaged in occupations involving cleaning and
prone to health
hazards�.
Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhattrawas Yojna (BJRCY)
Who are the Implementing Agencies under the scheme?
Ans:
The Implementing Agencies are:
i. State Governments
ii. UT Administrations
iii. Central Universities/Institutions
iv. State Universities/Institutions
v. NGOs/Deemed Universities
What is the eligibility of these Implementing Agencies?
Ans: The State Governments, UT Administrations, Central Universities/Institutions &

State Universities/Institutions are
eligible both for fresh construction of hostel buildings and for expansion of
existing hostel facilities. The NGOs and
Deemed Universities are eligible for Central Assistance only for
expansion of their existing hostel facilities.
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Whether NGOs/Deemed Universities are eligible for construction of fresh hostel

buildings?
Ans: No. They are eligible only for expansion of their existing hostel facilities.
Whether the maintenance of the hostels is the responsibility of the Govt. of India?
Ans: No. The Central Assistance under the scheme is provided only for construction
of hostels.
Who is responsible for maintenance of the hostels constructed under the scheme?
Ans: Maintenance of the hostel is the responsibility of the Implementing Agencies

concerned, viz. State
Governments/UT Administrations, NGOs, etc.
What should be the strength of hostels?

Ans: The capacity per hostel should not exceed 100 students.
Which type of accommodation is allowed under the scheme?

Ans: Each hostel room should accommodate 2-3 students. No single room accommodation
is allowed.

Ans:
Implementing Agency
Boys Hostel
Girls Hostel
State Government
50%*
100%
UT Administration
100%
100%
Central University/Institution
90%**
100%
State University/Institution
45% ***
100%
NGO/Deemed University
45%****
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90% (remaining 10% cost

to be borne
by NGO/Deemed University)
* Remaining 50% to be shared by State Government.

** Remaining 10% cost to be borne by University/Institution.
*** Remaining 55% cost to be borne by University/Institution and State Govt. in the
ratio of 10:45.
**** Remaining 55% cost to be borne by NGO/Deemed University and State Government
in the ratio of 10:45.
What happens in case State Govt/UT Administration does not contribute their share
to NGOs/Deemed
Universities?
Ans: In such cases, 45% share of State Government/UT Administration would be borne
by the NGOs/Deemed
Universities concerned.
To whom the grants-in-aid are released?

Ans: It is released to the Implementing Agencies directly.
How grants-in-aid are released to the Implementing Agencies?

Ans:
i) State Governments/UT Administrations and Central/State Universities:Released

after ensuring physical release of
requisite matching share.
ii) NGOs/Deemed Universities : Released in two equal installments. 1st installment
is released at the time of sanction
of hostel and 2nd (final) installment is released upon receipt of physical and
financial reports.
What are the requirements for releasing 2nd installment to NGOs/Deemed
Universities?
Ans:
i) Completion of construction work at least upto roof level; and

ii) Full utilization of 1st installment and applicable matching share.
What are the other benefits under the scheme?
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Ans: In addition to the Central Assistance, one time grant of Rs. 2500/-per student
is provided for a cot, a table and a
chair.
Whether NGOs/Deemed Universities submit the proposals to the Ministry directly?
Ans: No. NGOs/Deemed Universities are required to submit their proposals to

respective State Govt./UT
Administration, who would forward the same to the Ministry alongwith their
recommendations.
Whether recommendation of the State Government/UT Admn. is mandatory?

Ans: Yes.
What is the time-limit for construction of hostels?

Ans: The hostels should be completed within a period of 2 years from the date of
sanction of the project.
Is there any annual family income ceiling under the scheme?

Ans: No.
Whether any priority is given to students?
Ans: Priority in allotment of hostel accommodation is given to SC students whose

parents are either 'Safai
Karamcharis' or engaged in unclean occupations.
Ans: State-wise Notional Allocation of fund is made for Girls and Boys hostels
separately, based on the SC population
in the State/UT.
Please give details of fund allocated, released, number of hostels sanctioned and
beneficiaries during the last
4 years?
Ans:
(Rs. in crores)
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Central Assistance
No. of hostels
Year
Budget Allocation
No. of beneficiaries
released
sanctioned
2012-13
145.00
35.81
52
4556
2013-14
75.00
49.46
48
4100
2014-15
75.00
23.14
18
1601
2015-16
75.00
48.97
27
2227
When the scheme was last revised?
Ans: The revised scheme is effective w.e.f. 01.01.2008.
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre Matric Scholarship to for Scheduled Caste

Students studying in Classes
IX and X

Ans: The Scheduled Caste Students whose parental income doesnot exceed Rs. 2.00
lacs per annum. He/She must
be studying in a recognised School in Class IX or X.
Where to apply?
Ans: Eligible student are required to apply to the head of the educational
institution where one is enrolled. All eligible
students are covered under the Scheme.
When to apply?
Ans: A students has to apply for scholarship immediately after he/she has obtained
admission in the educational
institution.
How to apply?
Ans: A student should apply for scholarship in the proforma prescribed by the
concerned State Govt./UT Administration
for this purpose. The prescribed application forms, which vary from State to State,
are available with the concerned
Sanctioning and Disbursement Authorities/Educational Institutions.

Ans: The value of scholarship under the Scheme is as under:
Value of Scholarship and Adhoc grant:
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Hostellers:
The students as hostellers will be covered from class IX to X. The rates of
scholarships are as under:Class
IX to X - Rs.350/- per month for 10 months
Day scholars:
The students as day scholars will be covered from Class IX to Class X. The rates of
scholarships are as under:Class
IX to X - Rs. 150/- per month for 10 months
Ad-hoc grant:
An adhoc grant of Rs. 750/- per student per annum to all day scholars and Rs.
1000/- per student per annum to
hostellers would be admissible.
Additional provisions for students amongst target groups with disabilities:
a) Reader Allowance of Rs.160 per month for blind students in classes IX and X.
b) Transport allowance of Rs.160 per month for the disabled students not residing
in the hostel located within the
premises of educational institution.
c) Special pay of Rs.160 per month be admissible to any employee of the hostel
willing to extend help to a severely
orthopaedically handicapped student residing in a hostel managed by the educational
institution or by the State
Government/Union Territory Administration who may need the assistance of a helper.
d) Escort allowance of Rs.160 per month for severely handicapped day scholars
students with lower extremity
disability.
e) Allowance of Rs.240 per month towards extra coaching to mentally retarded and
mentally ill students in classes IX
and X.
f) The provisions proposed in (b) to (d) above also apply to leprosy cured
students.
Note 1: The students amongst target groups with disabilities covered under this
scheme can, however, also get such
additional benefits from other schemes, which are not covered in the above
provision.
Note 2: The disability as per the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities),
Protection of Rights and Full
Participation Act, 1955 is defined as blindness, low-vision, leprosy-cured, hearing
impairment, locomotor disability,
mental retardation and mental illness, which has to be certified by competent
medical authority of the State
Government/Union Territory Administration.
The scholarship amount will be payable from the date of joining to the date of
leaving the school, excluding the period
of vacation, which will be about 10 months in a year except in the cases where the
students enters or leaves early in
the midst of academic year.

Ans: In case of any difficulty, a student/parents should contact the head of the
educational institution/District Social
Welfare Officer/Director of Social Welfare of the concerned State.
Director (SCD-V), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
Free Coaching for SC and OBC Students
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What are the courses for which coaching is provided under the scheme?
Ans: Coaching is provided to students aspiring to appear in competitive
examinations:
conducted by UPSC, State Public Service Commissions, Staff Selection Commission,

Banks,
Railways, Insurance Companies;

for admission in Engineering/Medical/MBA/Law courses; and
for Finishing/job oriented courses for employment.
What is the ceiling of Annual Family Income

under the scheme?
Ans: Rs. 3.00 lakh.
Who are eligible to get benefit under the scheme?

Ans: Only SC and OBC students having total family income of Rs. 3.00 lakh per annum
are eligible.
What is the ratio of SC and OBC students to be coached?

Ans: The ratio of SC and OBC students to be coached under the Scheme is 70:30.
Whether the ratio of SC and OBC students can be relaxed?
Ans: Yes, the Ministry can relax the ratio in case of non-availability or
inadequate availability of candidates in a
particular category.
How many times benefits under the scheme can be availed?

Ans: A
particular student can avail the benefit under the scheme twice, but not more than
that.
Whether the candidates are entitled for coaching for both Preliminary and Main
exams?
Ans: Yes. Where the examination is conducted in two stages, candidates are entitled
for coaching for both the
examinations. However, coaching for the main examination will be available only to
those who have cleared the
preliminary examination.
What is the selection procedure of Institutions?
Ans: The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India invites the
proposals from the implementing
agencies. The proposals received are considered by the Selection Committee
constituted under the scheme and
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institutions are selected by it for providing coaching.
Whether Registered private institutions and NGOs can submit their proposals
directly to the Ministry?
Ans: No. They are required to submit the proposals through the State Govt./UT
Administration, who would forward the
same to the Ministry with their recommendations.
For which period coaching institutions are selected?
Ans: For 3 years. However, renewal of the empanelled institutions is to be

considered by the Selection Committee
every year.
What is the Funding Pattern?

Ans: The entire expenditure is funded by Govt. of India treating the scheme as a
Central Sector Scheme.
Whether 'State-wise allocation' of fund is made under the scheme?

Ans: No.
To whom the Grants-in aid is released?
Ans: The Grants-in-aid along with amount of stipend for the students is released
directly to the institutions/centres
concerned.
How the Grant-in-aid is released to the institutions?

Ans: It is released to the institutions concerned in two installments for a
respective year.
Whether funds are released for the entire period of 3 years, once the organizations
are empanelled?
Ans: Yes. However, funds are not released to those empanelled organizations after
one year, who fail to show
satisfactory performance. Also, the renewal of empanelled institutions is required
every year.
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What is the Fee structure?

Ans: The financial assistance is broadly as under:
Duration
Maximum ceiling of
S.No.
Name of course
(Minimum in
Coaching fee per
Months)
candidate
(in Rs.)
Civil Service (Preliminary)/State Civil Services1.

5
20,000(Preliminary)
2.
Civil Service (Mains)/State Civil Services (Mains)
4
20,000
Entrance examination for Engineering, Medical,
3.
4
20,000MBA and other professional courses
Other Group A&B examinations conducted by
UPSC, State Public Service Commission's4.

4
15,000(SPSCs), Group B Examinations conducted by
SSC and SPSCs
Officers Grade examinations for recruitment in

5.
4
15,000the Banks, LICs, GICs, PSUs
As decided by the
6.
Finishing job courses
3
Selection Committee.
By whom the selection of students is made for coaching?
Ans: Selection of students is made by the Institutes run by Central/State

Governments, UT Administrations,
Central/State Universities and Registered private institutions/NGOs.
What are the other benefits provided under the scheme?
Ans: In addition to financial assistance, stipend is paid to each student on

monthly basis.
What is the rate of stipend?
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Ans: The rate of stipend is Rs. 1500/- per student per month for local students and
Rs. 3000/- per student per month
for outstation students.
Please give details of fund allocation, release and beneficiaries during the last
four years.
Ans:
No.of benefi-
Fund released (Rs. in
Year
Budget Allocation
crore)
ciaries
2012-13
12.00
5.38
5765
2013-14
12.00
8.94
4400
2014-15
12.00
8.14
6176
2015-16
12.24
6.82
4300
Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of 'Top Class Education for SC Students
To whom the scholarship is provided under the scheme?

Ans: The scholarship is provided to SC students, pursuing studies beyond 12th
class.
In which institutions the scheme is operative?
Ans: The scheme operates in institutions notified by the Ministry of Social Justice
and Empowerment, Government of
India. (List may be seen on the website of the Department of Social Justice and
Empowerment:
http://socialjustice.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/Top%20Class%20Education%20for
%20SC%20Students.pdf).
What are the components of scholarship under the scheme?

Ans:
The scholarship is awarded to meet the requirements of:
Tuition fee
Non-refundable charges
Living expenses (boarding and lodging charges)
Books and stationery
A computer
What is the rate of tuition fee and other non-refundable charges?

Ans:
For Govt. institutions: Full or as per the actuals.

For Private Sector institutions: Rs. 2.00 lakh per annum per student subject to
actuals.
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For Private
Sector Flying Clubs (for Commercial Pilot License Training): Rs. 3.72 lakh per
annum
per student subject to actuals.
What are the rates of other components?

Ans:
Living expenses: Rs. 2220/- per month per student (admissible for 12 months).
Books and stationery : Rs. 3000/- per annum per student.
Computer : Rs. 45,000/- per student
(The above rates are subject to actuals).
Whether scholarship, once awarded, continues till the completion of the course?
Ans: Yes, it will continue till the completion of the course, subject to
satisfactory performance.
Whether the scholarship would be terminated?

Ans: Yes, if the student fails to pass the examination of each year or any terminal
examination prescribed.
Who are eligible for scholarship under the scheme?

Ans: Only SC students, who have secured admission in the notified institutions, are
eligible for scholarship.
To what extent the number of scholarships is given to the institutions in a year?

Ans: The number of scholarships to the students per year is given to the extent of
number of scholarships allocated to
the institutes concerned.
What happens when the number of admitted students exceeds the number of awards?
Ans: In that situation, the scholarship is restricted to the top ones in the inter-
se-merit list.
How the merit list will be generated?
Ans: Institute prepares the merit list of the students who have got admission in
the 1st year and belongs to the target
group (Scheduled Caste) and their annual family income is less than the prescribed
limit in the eligibility criteria. The
merit is based on the ranking in the entrance examination. The Institute verifies
only those application forms which
figures into the merit list and rest of the application forms shall be rejected
straight away. The institute will verify the
students applications & forward to the ministry a inter-se merit list of students
restricted to the number of slots alloted
to it.
What happens if an institute finds number of eligible candidates in the 1st year
less than the number of
scholarships allotted to it?
Ans: In such cases, the balance scholarship is offered to the students of 2nd, 3rd,
4th year, etc. on the basis of inter-
se-merit of previous year's result. (Priority is given to those students with
higher number of years left to complete the
course. For example: 2nd year student will get priority over the 3rd year student,
3rd year student over the 4th year
student and so on).
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What is the ceiling of total Annual Family Income?

Ans: Rs. 4.50 lakh.
What is the criterion for selection of students?

Ans:
The general selection criteria among the eligible candidates of any institution are
the merit.
What happens if there is more than one student with equal marks for the last
available slot in an institution?
Ans:
The preference is given to the student whose parental income is lowest.
How the institutions are notified under the scheme?

Ans:Any addition or deletion to the list of institutions is notified by the
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
based on the recommendations of the Steering Committee constituted under the
scheme.
How many institutions are notified under the scheme?

Ans: Presently, there are 175 notified institutions (earlier there was 212
Institutions), which include all IITs, NITs, IHMs,
NLUs, IIMs, etc..
How the fund is released?
Ans: Fund is released directly to the institution concerned in a single installment

or the beneficiary student (in case of
DBT).
What will be the effects on students if an institution is denotified/deleted?

Ans: The scholarship will continue to be available to the students already admitted
till the completion of
course. (However, no fresh seats will be allotted and funds released to such
denotified institutes).
What would be the procedure for applying to the Scholarship Scheme?

Ans:
Students who wish to avail the fresh scholarship (first year only) under the
"Central Sector Scheme of Top Class
Education Scheme for SC Students" for 2017-18 need to apply through National
Scholarship Portal (NSP) by
31.10.2017. The students will be selected for grant of Scholarship as per the slots
available to the institute under the
Scheme and their inter-se merit list (based on enterance examination). The online
applications for the shortlisted
candidates must be forwarded by the institutes to this Department by 31st October,
2017. After forwarding the cases
online through NSP, institute needs to prepare the Annexure-A and send the complete
proposal physically to this
Ministry before the prescribed date.
However, for the renewal scholarship batch-wise proposals as done in past years
signed and authenticated by the
prescribed authority of the Institutions, may be furnished (in papers) to this
Ministry in prescribed proforma (in
Annexure-B) with necessary entries against the columns.

Ans: No.
Please give the details of funds allocated, released and number of beneficiaries
during the last four years.
Ans:
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Fund released
Year
Budget allocation
Number of beneficiaries
(Rs. in crore)
2012-13
16.70
16.70
1306
2013-14
21.00
24.18
1574
2014-15
21.00
19.38
1569
2015-16
21.42
29.77
1907
2016-17
21.00
28.50
2033
2017-18
35.00
16.65
889
Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Upgradation of Merit of SC Students'
Who are eligible to get the benefits under the scheme?

Ans: SC students studying in Class IX to XII are eligible for the benefits.
What is the nature of coaching provided under the scheme?

Ans:
Remedial coaching: to remove deficiencies in school subjects.

Special coaching: to prepare students for competitive examinations for entry into
professional
courses like Engineering and Medical.
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Ans: The scheme provides 100% Central Assistance to States/UTs.
By whom the schools and students are selected?

Ans: Admission and selection is the discretion of State Governments. The coaching
institutions and beneficiaries are
selected by the State Governments.
Which schools are selected under the scheme?

Ans:
The schools selected should have the facility necessary for all round development
of the child, hostel facilities and
good academic results in the past few years.
What is the maximum coverage under the scheme?

Ans: Maximum 2050 fresh students would be covered under the scheme annually.
When does the coaching start?

Ans:
The coaching start at class IX level and continues till a student completes class
XII.
Whether a student can be enrolled after class IX?

Ans: Yes. A student can be enrolled in class X/XI, if he/she has shown excellent
performance in the previous
examination with any reason for missing entry at class IX level.
How many States/UTs are covered under the scheme?

Ans: Presently, 19 States/UTs have been covered.
Why all the States/UTs have not been covered?
Ans: All States/UTs were covered prior to revision of the scheme. However, the
Ministry found some of them not
sending their proposals at all. These States/UTs were excluded from the scheme.
How the teachers are selected?

Ans:
For Remedial Coaching: Preference is given to the faculty of the school selected.
In case of nonavailability
of suitable teachers, the services of teachers from neighbouring schools are
sought.
For Special Coaching: Apart from school teachers, faculties of professional,
institutions are invited.
What is the ratio of allocating the awards?
Ans:Allocated awards are used by the States for boys and girls in the ratio 50:50.
The unutilized awards by girls are used by boys. Similarly, awards unutilized by
boys are used by girls.
Whether any preference is given to disabled students?

Whether any additional grant is provided to students
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Ans:
Target is fixed to include at least 3% disabled SC students wherever possible.
with disabilities?
Ans: Yes. Beside the amount of scholarship, the following additional grants are
provided to them:
Reader Allowance: Rs. 200/- per month (for Blind students).

Transport Allowance: Rs. 100/- per month for disabled students, not residing in the
hostel located at
the premises of the institution.
Special Pay to 'Helper':
Rs. 200/-per month (to help severely orthpaedically handicapped hostel
students).
Escort Allowance: Rs. 100/- per month (for day scholar students with lower
extremity disability).
Extra coaching Allowance: Rs. 200/- per month (to mentally retarded and mentally
ill students).
What is the package grant given to students under the scheme?

Ans: A package grant of Rs.25,000/- per student per year is given, with the
following break-up:
Boarding & lodging charges: Rs.9,000/- (@ Rs. 900/- per month (for 10 months).
Pocket Money: Rs. 3,000/- (@ Rs. 300/- (for 10 months).
Books & Stationery: Rs. 3,000/Honorarium
to Principal/Experts: Rs.10,000/- per year per student.
Is there any provision for revision of package?

Ans:
There is a provision to revise the package once in every two years. What happens if
a State does not send
proposal under the scheme?

Ans: In such cases the funds earmarked for that State lapse.

Ans: No. The implementing States/UTs have been allotted number of fresh slots.
Please give details of fund allocated, released and number of beneficiaries during
the last four years.
Ans:
Fund released (Rs. in
Year
Budget allocated
Number of beneficiaries
crore)
2012-13
5.00
1.97
1527
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2013-14
5.00
4.37
1968
2014-15
5.00
2.86
1554
2015-16
5.00
2.74
1283
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NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR SCHEDULED CAST STUDENTS
Who can apply for the fellowship award?

Ans: Any student belonging scheduled caste category who has been admitted to
M.Phil/PhD degree in a recognized
University.
Who is the implementing agency?

Ans: University Grants Commission (UGC) is the implementing agency. UGC notifies
the scheme, makes selection and
releases the fellowship through designated banks.
What is the scope of the scheme?

Ans:
The scheme caters to maximum of 2000 fellowships i.e. Junior Fellowships per year
to Scheduled Caste
students.
What is the duration of the fellowship?

Ans:
The maximum duration in 2 years for M.Phil and 5 years for Ph.D courses.
What are the rates for fellowship?

Ans:
The rates have been last revised w.e.f. 01.12.2014 and are about Rs. 25000 per
month for Junior Fellowship and
Rs. 28000 per month for Senior Fellowship. Details are given in the Ministry's
website.
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)
What are the Objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)?
Ans: PMAGY aims to ensure integrated development of the selected villages having
more than 50% SC population,
into �model villages� so that, inter alia,
(i) they have all requisite physical and social infrastructure for their socio-
economic development, and satisfy the
norms mentioned in para 2.1 of the Scheme to the maximum possible extent;
(ii) disparity between SC and non-SC population of the village in terms of common
socio-economic indicators (e.g.
literacy rate, completion rate of elementary education, IMR/MMR, ownership of
productive assets, etc.) is eliminated,
and the indicators are raised to at least the level of the national average; and
(iii) untouchability, discrimination, segregation, and atrocities against SCs are
eliminated, as are other social evils like
discrimination against girls/women, alcoholism and substance (drugs) abuse, etc.,
and all sections of society are able
to live with dignity and equality, and in harmony with others.
What are the main components of the PMAGY Scheme?
Ans: The Scheme has the following two main components
1. Territorial Area-related Component

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1.1 The first component of the scheme is territorial in nature, is centred on

individual villages, and has the following
two sub-components:
(i) Convergent implementation of existing schemes of Central and State Governments
in the selected villages, and
(ii) Gap-filling funds from PMAGY in which Central Government�s contribution will
be at the average rate of Rs. 20.00
lakh per village (with State Government making a suitable, preferably matching,
contribution) for meeting specifically
identified developmental requirements of the selected villages which cannot be met
under the existing schemes of the
Central and State Governments.
1.2 Functional area-related component is inter alia meant to facilitate
implementation of the Scheme by way of
strengthening of administrative machinery for its planning and implementation,
capability building of key personnel,
developing a proper management information system etc.
For this component, State Government will be eligible for central assistance upto
5% of the outlay for territorial area-
related components, of which 1% has been already released for Technical Resource
Support and baseline survey, to
the State Govts.
Functionaries?
Ans:
The Scheme will be implemented by State Governments. For over-all guidance and
monitoring of the Scheme,
an Advisory Committee will have to be established at the State level under the co-
Chairmanship of Ministers in charge
of Rural Development and Social Justice. In addition, a State-level Steering-cum-
Monitoring Committee (SSMC) under
the Chairmanship of the

Chief Secretary will need to be set up to lead and monitor its implementation. The
Member-
Secretary of
the SSMC will act as the State Programme Director, PMAGY. Similarly, the State
Government would also
need to designate a Programme Director for the Scheme at the District and Block
levels. The Programme Directors will
act as the Chief Executive for the PMAGY at their respective levels. What are the
identification of Villages?
For successful implementation of the Scheme (i) Base Line Survey and (ii) Village
Development Plan. Key functionaries
at different levels will need to be provided necessary orientation and training.
Training for the State-level functionaries
and the State level Technical Resource Support (TRS) Institution will be organized
shortly by the Central Government.
After that, TRS Institutions at the State and District levels will be expected to
do it for lower levels.
Ans: State Government was expected to identify requisite number of villages with
>50% SC population, to be covered
in the pilot phase, as far
as possible from one district only, in the interest of focused attention. However,
if the State felt
strongly, it would, for sufficient reasons, select the villages from two, or a
maximum of three, contiguous districts.
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What is required to be done in case any practice of Untouchability is noticed?

What is required to be done in case any atrocities is committed on any person

National Overseas Scholarships for SCs etc Candidates

Who can apply for the award?

Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post Matric Scholarship to students belonging to

Who can apply for the award?

Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre Matric Scholarship to the children of those

Who can apply for the award?

Scheduled Castes Lists

What is the criteria for listing of a Community as Scheduled Caste?

Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS)

Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhattrawas Yojna (BJRCY)

Who are the Implementing Agencies under the scheme?

during the last 3 years.?

Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Pre Matric Scholarship to for Scheduled Caste

Who can apply for the award?

Free Coaching for SC and OBC Students

For which period coaching institutions are selected?

Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of 'Top Class Education for SC Students

To whom the scholarship is provided under the scheme?

Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Upgradation of Merit of SC Students'

Who are eligible to get the benefits under the scheme?

Which schools are selected under the scheme?

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR SCHEDULED CAST STUDENTS

Who can apply for the fellowship award?

Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)

What is required to be done in case any practice of Untouchability is noticed?

What are the provisions of the relevant act?

Section 3-Preventing on the ground of untouchability

Section 4 - Enforcing on the ground of untouchability, any disability with regard

access to any shop, public restaurant, hotel or place of public entertainment; or

Section 5 -Refusingr on the ground of 'untouchability'

admission to any person to any hospital, dispensary, educational institution or any

Acting, on the gound of untouchability leading to prevention of any person from

What is required to be done in case any atrocities is committed on any person

performs, or promotes dedicating a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe woman to a

not to vote or to vote

forces or intimidates or obstructs a member

using common property resources of an area, or burial or cremation ground equally

causes physical harm or mental agony of a member of a Scheduled Caste or a

commits any offence specified in the Schedule, against a person or property,

What relief is provided to a SC/ST person affected by atrocities?

necessary at Government cost by the concerned State

(iii) 25 per cent. when the accused are convicted by the

[Section 3(2) (va) read with Schedule to the

Section 376B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of

(ii) 50 per cent. when the charge sheet is sent to the

out, any religious, social or cultural processionsincluding jatras [Section 3(1)

(ii) 50 per cent. when the charge sheet is sent to the

(iii) 25 per cent. when the accused are convicted by the

(a) 100 per cent. incapacitation

(ii) Gang rape [Section 376D of the Indian

For further details please contact Sub-Divisional Magistrate, District Magistrate,

Social Justice & Empowerment.

National Overseas Scholarships for SCs etc. Candidates

Who can apply for the award?

Ans: Students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic