SC, ST Sub-Plan, also known as Indiramma Kalalu, refers to the financial commitment of the

Government of Andhra Pradesh Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as, GOAP, or, Andhra Government, is the Subnational administrative division, subnational government for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an elected government with 175 Member of the Legislative ...

, in India, for the welfare of

scheduled castes and scheduled tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

. An implementing law was passed in the

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members which are elected by adult universal suffrage under the first-pa ...

in May 2013. The groups were to have independent panels for auditing expenditure. The plan is meant to prevent the Government from diverting funds meant for SCs and STs to other programs, which was the historical practice.

The Plan

Out of the total budget, 40 per cent of allocated funds are meant for improving infrastructure.

Opposition

Ravela Kishore Babu Ravela Kishore Babu is an Indian politician. He was MLA from Prathipadu in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He was once a member of the Telugu Desam Party, and in June 2019 resigned from Jana Sena Party in order to joi ...

alleged that the legislation is little more than a farm-waiver scheme and has been urging lawmakers to further analyse the plan for potential ramifications.

References

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