Allocation for SCs And STs increased

Presenting the General Budget 2018-19 in Parliament here today, the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitely  said that the total earmarked allocation for SCs in 279 programmes has been increased from ₹ 34,334 crore in 2016-17 to ₹ 52,719 crore in RE 2017-18.  Likewise, for STs, earmarked allocation has been increased from ₹ 21,811 crore in 2016-17 to ₹ 32,508 crore in RE 2017-18 in 305 programmes.  The Finance Minister said that earmarked allocation  has been further increased to ₹ 56,619 crore for SCs and ₹ 39,135 crore for STs in BE 2018-19.