Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the General Budget 2017-18 in Parliament on Wednesday Feb 01,2017 said that the Government is giving special importance to the implementation of the Schemes for the welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Minorities.
The allocation for the welfare of Scheduled Castes has been stepped-up from Rs. 38,833 crores in BE 2016-17 to Rs. 52,393 crores in 2017-18, representing an increase of about 35%.
The allocation for Scheduled Tribes has been increased to Rs. 31,920 crores and for Minority Affairs to Rs.4,195 crores. The Government will introduce outcome-based monitoring of expenditure in these sectors by the NITI Aayog.Rs. 31,920 crores and for Minority Affairs to Rs.4,195 crores. The Government will introduce outcome-based monitoring of expenditure in these sectors by the NITI Aayog.
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