Central
assistance is provided to the State Governments/Union Territory
Administrations, under this Ministry's Centrally Sponsored Scheme of
implementation of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the Scheduled
Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The
Central assistance, inter-alia, includes, a component of incentive for
inter-caste marriages, in which one spouse belongs to a Scheduled Caste. The
amount of Central assistance released to States/Union Territories, under the
aforesaid Scheme, which, inter-alia includes provision for incentive for
inter-caste marriages, during 2009-10, 2010-2011, 2011-12 and 2012-13 (upto
12.12.2012), is mentioned, asr:-
|
Year
|
Central
assistance released (Rs. in crore)
|
|
2009-10
|
68.6
|
|
2010-11
|
69.8
|
|
2011-12
|
72.0
|
|
2012-13
|
55.35 (as on
12.12.2012
|
The incentive amount is decided by the concerned
State Government/Union Territory Administration, and is generally between Rs.
10,000/- to Rs. 100,000/-.
No comments:
Post a Comment