According to Mr. Rajiv Sharma, Chief Advisor to government, who is in-charge of the whole process, the objective was to arrive at actual figure of spending by year-end on the SCs and STs in proportion to their population. The effort was to identify the welfare schemes in each department and determine the money that should be spent. So, how much money should be spent out of development expenditure on the basis of funds available for various schemes was being worked out. Mr. Sharma said that the objective was to spend money and extend benefits to the SCs and STs till the last person. The allotment must be made for the SCs and STs at 15.45% and 9.08% of overall schemes expenditure respectively.

Source: The Hindu April 09, 2017 18:56 UTC