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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;
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Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;
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It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;
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In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;
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It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:482px; width:821px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot; title=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot; title=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot; title=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;
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Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;
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It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;
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In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;
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It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:482px; width:821px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot; title=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot; title=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot; title=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
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                <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&agrave;-vis the overall population.<br /><br />Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&nbsp;<br /><br />It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.</div><p style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg" style="height:482px; width:821px" /></p><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access</em></div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.<br /><br />It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.<br /><br /><strong><em>Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs</em></strong><br /><br />Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (<em>dalits</em>) in proportion to their share in the total population of India <em>(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em> was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (<em>adivasis</em>), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country <em>(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.<br /><br />In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.<br /><br />Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.<br /><br />Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.<br /><br />According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access the document entitled <em>What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18</em> by CBGA.<br /><br />Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.<br /><br />It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please <a href="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf" title="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please<a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17"> click here</a> to access<br /><br />What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br /><br />Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Human Development Index: &#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html" title="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &ldquo;allocation&rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &ldquo;ignores&rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html" title="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html" title="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html">click here</a> to access<br /><br /><br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi</strong></div>               </font>
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;
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Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:482px; width:821px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;
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It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;
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In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;
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It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:482px; width:821px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot; title=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? 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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;
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Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;
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It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;
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In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;
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It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:482px; width:821px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot; title=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot; title=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot; title=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
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                <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&agrave;-vis the overall population.<br /><br />Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&nbsp;<br /><br />It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.</div><p style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg" style="height:482px; width:821px" /></p><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access</em></div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.<br /><br />It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.<br /><br /><strong><em>Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs</em></strong><br /><br />Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (<em>dalits</em>) in proportion to their share in the total population of India <em>(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em> was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (<em>adivasis</em>), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country <em>(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.<br /><br />In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.<br /><br />Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.<br /><br />Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.<br /><br />According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access the document entitled <em>What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18</em> by CBGA.<br /><br />Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.<br /><br />It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please <a href="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf" title="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please<a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17"> click here</a> to access<br /><br />What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br /><br />Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Human Development Index: &#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html" title="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &ldquo;allocation&rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &ldquo;ignores&rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html" title="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html" title="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html">click here</a> to access<br /><br /><br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi</strong></div>               </font>
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;
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Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;
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It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;
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In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;
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It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:482px; width:821px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot; title=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot; title=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot; title=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
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	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Unemployment has risen sharply among SCs &amp;amp; STs in last 6 years&#039;,
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;
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Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;
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It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;
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In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;
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According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;
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Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;
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It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;
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Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the overall population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:482px; width:821px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp;amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (&lt;em&gt;dalits&lt;/em&gt;) in proportion to their share in the total population of India &lt;em&gt;(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt; was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (&lt;em&gt;adivasis&lt;/em&gt;), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country &lt;em&gt;(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&amp;nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &amp;ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&amp;nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &amp;mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&amp;rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access the document entitled &lt;em&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18&lt;/em&gt; by CBGA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &amp;lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&amp;rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &amp;lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&amp;rsquo; (please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot; title=&quot;http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please&lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17&quot;&gt; click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Human Development Index: &amp;#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&amp;#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &amp;ldquo;allocation&amp;rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &amp;ldquo;ignores&amp;rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot; title=&quot;http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot; title=&quot;http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
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                <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&agrave;-vis the overall population.<br /><br />Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&nbsp;<br /><br />It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.</div><p style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg" style="height:482px; width:821px" /></p><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access</em></div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.<br /><br />It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.<br /><br /><strong><em>Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs</em></strong><br /><br />Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (<em>dalits</em>) in proportion to their share in the total population of India <em>(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em> was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (<em>adivasis</em>), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country <em>(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.<br /><br />In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.<br /><br />Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.<br /><br />Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.<br /><br />According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access the document entitled <em>What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18</em> by CBGA.<br /><br />Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.<br /><br />It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please <a href="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf" title="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please<a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17"> click here</a> to access<br /><br />What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br /><br />Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Human Development Index: &#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html" title="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &ldquo;allocation&rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &ldquo;ignores&rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html" title="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html" title="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html">click here</a> to access<br /><br /><br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi</strong></div>               </font>
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<div style="text-align:justify">Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&agrave;-vis the overall population.<br />
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Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&nbsp;<br />
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It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.</div>

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<div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access</em></div>

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The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.<br />
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It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.<br />
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<strong><em>Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs</em></strong><br />
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Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (<em>dalits</em>) in proportion to their share in the total population of India <em>(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em> was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (<em>adivasis</em>), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country <em>(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.<br />
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In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.<br />
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Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.<br />
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Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.<br />
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According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&rsquo; (please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access the document entitled <em>What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18</em> by CBGA.<br />
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Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&rsquo; (please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.<br />
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It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).<br />
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<strong><em>References:</em></strong><br />
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Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access<br />
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List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please <a href="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />
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Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />
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Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br />
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Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br />
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Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17">click here</a> to access<br />
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Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please<a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17"> click here</a> to access<br />
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What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />
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Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />
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Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />
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Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />
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Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf">click here</a> to access</div>

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<div style="text-align:justify">Human Development Index: &#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &ldquo;allocation&rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &ldquo;ignores&rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html">click here</a> to access<br />
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<strong>Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi</strong></div>
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Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&agrave;-vis...',
	'disp' => '<p>&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&agrave;-vis the overall population.<br /><br />Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&nbsp;<br /><br />It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.</div><p style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg" style="height:482px; width:821px" /></p><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access</em></div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.<br /><br />It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.<br /><br /><strong><em>Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs</em></strong><br /><br />Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (<em>dalits</em>) in proportion to their share in the total population of India <em>(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em> was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (<em>adivasis</em>), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country <em>(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.<br /><br />In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.<br /><br />Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.<br /><br />Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.<br /><br />According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access the document entitled <em>What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18</em> by CBGA.<br /><br />Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.<br /><br />It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please <a href="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf" title="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please<a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17"> click here</a> to access<br /><br />What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br /><br />Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Human Development Index: &#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html" title="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &ldquo;allocation&rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &ldquo;ignores&rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html" title="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html" title="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html">click here</a> to access<br /><br /><br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi</strong></div>',
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<div style="text-align:justify">Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&agrave;-vis the overall population.<br />
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Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&nbsp;<br />
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It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.</div>

<p style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg" style="height:482px; width:821px" /></p>

<div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access</em></div>

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The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.<br />
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It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.<br />
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<strong><em>Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs</em></strong><br />
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Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (<em>dalits</em>) in proportion to their share in the total population of India <em>(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em> was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (<em>adivasis</em>), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country <em>(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.<br />
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In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.<br />
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Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.<br />
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Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.<br />
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According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&rsquo; (please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access the document entitled <em>What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18</em> by CBGA.<br />
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Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&rsquo; (please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.<br />
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It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).<br />
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<strong><em>References:</em></strong><br />
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Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access<br />
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List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please <a href="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />
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Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />
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Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br />
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Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br />
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Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17">click here</a> to access<br />
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Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please<a href="tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17"> click here</a> to access<br />
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What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />
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Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />
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Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />
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Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />
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Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf">click here</a> to access</div>

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<div style="text-align:justify">Human Development Index: &#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &ldquo;allocation&rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &ldquo;ignores&rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html">click here</a> to access<br />
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<strong>Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi</strong></div>
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Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&agrave;-vis...'
$disp = '<p>&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-&agrave;-vis the overall population.<br /><br />Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.&nbsp;<br /><br />It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016.</div><p style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Chart%201%20Unemployment%20Rate.jpg" style="height:482px; width:821px" /></p><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access</em></div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach.<br /><br />It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed &amp; unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year.<br /><br /><strong><em>Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs</em></strong><br /><br />Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (<em>dalits</em>) in proportion to their share in the total population of India <em>(which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em> was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (<em>adivasis</em>), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country <em>(which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011)</em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on&nbsp;in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP.<br /><br />In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group &ndash; a Delhi-based CSO (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth.<br /><br />Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher.<br /><br />Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less&nbsp;than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher.<br /><br />According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) &mdash; a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes&rsquo; allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access the document entitled <em>What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18</em> by CBGA.<br /><br />Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A &lsquo;Tribal Sub Plan&rsquo;, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, &lsquo;Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes&rsquo; (please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear.<br /><br />It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.).<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Rajya%20Sabha%20starred%20question%20no%2034%20dated%206%20February%202017.pdf" title="Rajya Sabha starred question no 34 dated 6 February 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please <a href="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf" title="http://164.100.47.5/EDAILYQUESTIONS/sessionno/242/06.02.2017%20SE.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Union%20Budget%20Report%202017-18-1.pdf">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp;<br />Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Budget%20Speech%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010a%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Caste%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10a Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2010b%20Allocation%20for%20Welfare%20of%20Scheduled%20Tribes%202017-18.pdf" title="Statement 10b Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes 2017-18">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021%20Schemes%20under%20Scheduled%20Castes%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21 Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan 2016-17">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please<a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Statement%2021A%20Schemes%20under%20Tribal%20Sub-Plan%202016-17.pdf" title="Statement 21A Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan 2016-17"> click here</a> to access<br /><br />What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Analysis%20of%20Union%20Budget%202017-18.pdf">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%205th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202015-16_1.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%204th%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202013-14.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br /><br />Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%203rd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202012-13.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%202nd%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202011-12.pdf">click here</a> to access,<br />&nbsp;<br />Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Report%20on%201st%20Annual%20Employment%20Unemployment%20Survey%202009-10.pdf">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Human Development Index: &#39;Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups&#39; -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please <a href="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html" title="https://im4change.org/latest-news-updates/human-development-index-039gap-remains-between-scs-sts-and-other-social-groups039-manoj-cg-4681174.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Budget 2017-18 SC-ST &ldquo;allocation&rdquo; 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey &ldquo;ignores&rdquo; SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html" title="http://www.counterview.net/2017/02/budget-2017-18-sc-st-allocation-393.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please <a href="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html" title="http://twocircles.net/2017feb02/403981.html">click here</a> to access<br /><br /><br /><strong>Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi</strong></div>'
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Unemployment has risen sharply among SCs & STs in last 6 years

Amidst concerns over budgetary cuts in social sector spending, a recent statement from Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Planning reveals that unemployment rate has risen much sharper among the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-à-vis the overall population. Replying to a starred question by Shri PL Punia regarding Human Development Index (HDI) of SCs and STs, the Minister of State for Planning said on 6 February, 2017 in the Rajya Sabha that the unemployment rates among SCs, STs and total population has increased from 3.2 percent to 5.0 percent, 2.6 percent to 4.4 percent and 3.8 percent to 5.0 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016 (see Chart-1). Please click here to access the entire reply from Rao Inderjit Singh to the starred Question No. *34 on 6 February, 2017.  It means that the unemployment rate among the SCs, STs and overall population has risen by 56.3 percent, 69.2 percent, and 31.6 percent, respectively, between July, 2011 and August, 2016. Source: Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please click here to access The data on unemployment rate provided in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour on 6 February, 2017 is sourced from various Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys. The unemployment rate is based on the Usual Principal Status (UPS) approach. It should be noted that the unemployment rate is defined as the number of persons unemployed per 1,000 persons in the labour force (employed & unemployed). A person is classified as belonging to the labour force as per the UPS approach, if s/he had been either working or looking for work during the longer part of the 365 days preceding the survey. The UPS measure excludes from the labour force all those who are employed and/or unemployed for a total of less than six months. Thus persons, who work intermittently, either because of the pattern of work in the household farm or enterprise or due to economic compulsions and other reasons, would not be included in the labour force unless their days at work and unemployment totalled over half the reference year. Budgetary allocations for SCs and STs Under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP), which was introduced in 1979, Plan expenditure for Scheduled Castes (dalits) in proportion to their share in the total population of India (which is 16.6 percent as per the Census 2011) was stipulated. Similarly, the norm for Tribal Sub-Plan stipulates setting aside Plan allocations across sectors for Scheduled Tribes (adivasis), in proportion to their share in the total population of the country (which is 8.6 percent as per the Census 2011).            With the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure since the Union Budget 2017-18, the focus is now on Revenue and Capital expenditure, said the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his budget speech delivered on 1 February, 2017. However, experts believe that it has become difficult from now on in implementing the norms pertaining to SCSP and TSP. In an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18 by Delhi Solidarity Group – a Delhi-based CSO (please click here to access the document), it has been said that in the past Union Budgets, allocations for SCs / STs was mandated for programmes covered for Plan period only and expenditure of establishments after the expiry of Plan period were booked under Non-Plan heads. However, due to the abolition of Plan and Non-Plan classification of expenditure, it becomes difficult to predict whether population proportionate allocation for SCs / STs would be made in the Union Budgets henceforth. Since the proportion of SCs in the total population is 16.6 percent, an allocation of Rs. 3,56,358 crore should be ideally made as per the SCSP norm, which is 16.6 percent of the size of total budget expenditure i.e. Rs. 21,46,735 crore in 2017-18. However, in reality the allocation made under the SCSP is just Rs. 52,392.6 crore (B.E.) in 2017-18, which is Rs. 3,03,965.4 crore less than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 38,832.6 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget last year, the allocation for SCSP made this year is 34.9 percent higher. Similarly, the population proportionate allocation to STs should ideally be Rs. 1,84,619.2 crore as per the TSP norm. However, in reality the allocation made under the TSP is just Rs. 31,919.5 crore (B.E.), which is Rs. 1,52,699.7 crore less than the ideal allocation. As compared to the allocation of Rs. 24,005.4 crore (B.E.) made in the Plan budget in 2016-17, the allocation for TSP made this year is roughly 33 percent higher. According to an analysis of the Union Budget 2017-18, which has been done by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) — a New Delhi-based think tank, the reporting in SCSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) the structure of the Sub-Plan has been replaced by a statement giving ‘Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes’ (please click here to access); (ii) allocations for SCSP are now earmarked from the total schemes’ allocations, segregated as Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (iii) the statement now appears as Statement 10 A, instead of Statement 21, till last year. Please click here to access the document entitled What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18 by CBGA. Similarly, the reporting in TSP in Union Budget 2017-18 differs from the earlier statement as: (i) in the Union Budget 2017-18, TSP which was earlier Statement 21 A ‘Tribal Sub Plan’, has been re-named as Statement 10 B, ‘Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes’ (please click here to access) and the allocations are divided into Revenue and Capital expenditure; and (ii) In the absence of any reference to TSP, parameters for assessing allocations reported under Statement 10 B remain unclear. It needs to be added that the total Union Budget expenditure as a proportion of GDP has declined from 13.1 percent in 2016-17 (B.E.) to 12.7 percent in 2017-18 (B.E.). References: Rajya Sabha starred Question No. *34 to be answered on 6 February, 2017, Human Development Index of SCs and STs, please click here to access List of Questions for Oral Answers, Rajya Sabha, 6 February, 2017, please click here to access   Exposing Union Budget 2017-18: Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST, Fisher folks, Handloom Weavers, OBC - Riddles and Knots, released by Delhi Solidarity Group, 2 February, 2017, please click here to access   Union Budget Speech 2017-18 delivered by Arun Jaitley on 1 February, 2017, please click here to access  Statement 10A: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Caste, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please click here to access Statement 10B: Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Expenditure Profile 2017-2018, please click here to access Statement 21: Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please click here to access Statement 21A: Schemes under Tribal Sub-Plan, Expenditure Budget Vol. I, 2016-2017, please click here to access What Do the Numbers Tell? An Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), please click here to access  Report on 5th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2015-16, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please click here to access,   Report on 4th Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2013-14, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please click here to access, Report on 3rd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2012-13, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please click here to access,   Report on 2nd Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please click here to access,   Report on 1st Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey 2009-10, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh, please click here to access   Human Development Index: 'Gap remains between SCs, STs and other social groups' -Manoj CG, The Indian Express, 7 February, 2017, please click here to access  Budget 2017-18 SC-ST “allocation” 3.93%, against 25.5% population; Economic Survey “ignores” SCs, STs, Counter View, 03 February, 2017, please click here to access   Union Budget is a massive step backwards for Dalits, Adivasis: NCDHR, Two Circles, 03 February, 2017, please click here to access Image Courtesy: Himanshu Joshi