3.3. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes

Facts about SCs / STs / OBCs

♤ Atrocities/crime against SCs went up by 5.5 per cent in 2016 (40,801) over 2015 (38,670).

♤ Only 3.96 % of rural Scheduled Caste households have a member in a government job (SECC 2011)

♤ Only 4.37 % of rural Scheduled Tribe households have a member in a government job (SECC 2011)

The Government classifies some of its citizens based on their social and economic condition as Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Class (OBC). These citizens are recognised as deserving of special treatment because of the traditional discrimination practiced against them.

3.3.1. Scheduled Castes 3.3.2. Scheduled Tribes Issues related with them:3.3.3. Other Backward Classes (OBCs)3.3.4. Schemes for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/ Other Backward Classes Centrally Sponsored Scheme for implementation of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (PCR) and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (PoA)Other Schemes/Benefits with Similar Objectives but Run Separately for SCs, STs and OBCs Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes 3.3.6. Specific Schemes for Scheduled Tribes Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Plan (SCA to TSP)Top Class Education for ST Students Vocational Training Centres in Tribal Areas Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Hostels for ST boys and ST Girls Establishment of Ashram Schools in Tribal Sub-Plan Areas Eklavya Model Residential School 3.3.7. Specific Schemes for Other Backward Classes Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Construction of Hostel for OBC Boys and Girls Saksham Shilp Sampada