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A numberspeak about Dalits, Tribals and their welfare

Dalit and tribal appeasement has been under the accusals against every ruling party across years, yet when it comes to figures the matter is of great concern. As India marches towards another financial year with better GDP forecasts, the numbers concerned with Dalits and Tribals does not seem to be adding up with the debates and talks from the state and public alike.  Even the budgetary allocations are not spent. Let us look at the spent versus unspent figures from the previous budgets.  tribal and schedule caste unspent Create line charts In numbers, this unspent amount is eight times larger than India's agricultural budget, enough to fund India's rural road construction projects for the next 15 years, it is also larger than the gross domestic produce of Nepal. If India were to distribute this 2.8 lakh crore among all of India's 250 million STs and SCs, each of them would get Rs. 11,289. This disparity exists in a place where Dalits and tribals f...

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