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The fate of SC/ST funds is a secret even to the sarkar! -Venkatesh Nayak

-Deccan Herald

Despite such systems, generation after generation, these deprived communities pay the price for the progress of other segments of society

It’s happened again. Nearly Rs 8,000 crore, earmarked by law for the development of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities in Karnataka, have been diverted for general infrastructure development since 2018. In Delhi, citizens’ RTI interventions exposed the government’s decision to deploy such funds to build stadiums for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The Karnataka government’s controversial exploits stand revealed, thanks to Deccan Herald’s reporting.

Since 2013, a special law in Karnataka has required compulsory allocation of 17.15% and 6.95% of budgetary funds to address gaps in the socio-economic development of SC and ST communities, respectively. Under this law, an official can be dismissed from service, even sent to jail for six months, for violating this statutory guarantee.

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