what effort have been made by the government to improve the condition of the schedule caste and scheduled Tribes
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Economic assistance was given to 118.82 lakh Scheduled Caste families and 52.76 lakh Scheduled Tribe families under various programmes including IRDP. Margin money loan was disbursed to 22.56 lakh Scheduled Caste families through 21 State Scheduled Caste Development Corporations.
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Explanation:
• Governments across India have their own list of Scheduled Caste (Dalits),
Scheduled Tribes (STs) and othet backward castes.
• Students applying to educational institutions and those applying for posts in
government jobs are expected to furnish proof of their caste amd tribal
status, in the form of caste and tribal certificate.
• If a particular dalit caste or a certain tribe is on the government list, then a
candidate from that caste can avail the benefit of reservation.
• Government also offers special scholorships for such students.
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(prevention of atrocities) Act, 1989
This Act was framed in response to demands made by dalits and others that the
government must take seriously the ill treatment and humiliation dalits and tribal
groups face on an everyday basis. Some of the provisions of the Act are as follows:
1. Firstly, it list modes of humiliation that are both physically horrific and morally
reprehensible and seeks to punish those who:
i. Force a member of SC or ST community to drink or eat any inedible or
obnoxious substance.
ii. Forcibly removes clothes from the person of a member of a SC or ST or parades
him/ her naked or with painted face or body or commits any similar act which is
derogatory to human dignity.