The scheduled castes and scheduled Tribes are disadvantaged both socially and economically although they have been well protected and secured by constitutional provisions and enactment and state governments have implemented several poverty alleviation programmes during different plan periods. Realising the shortcomings of the poverty alleviation programmes the central government has adopted certain special schemes separate for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. One such programme is special central assistance to special component plan, which is exclusively meant for the scheduled castes. This assistance is provided by the central government to the state governments in the form of subsidies which is routed through OSFDC to the ultimate beneficiaries. This study is exclusively confined to scheduled caster. The study has several important angles; first, it analyses the operation of the programme, secondly it examines the achievements under the programme, thirdly, it analyses the problems associated with the implementation of the programme and finally the policy measure to overcome the hurdles. This pioneering work is a well documented effort to cater the needs of academicians, researchers, bankers, welfare activists including NGOs, policy makers and statesmen.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.N. Misra
Professor Surendra Nath Misra (b. 1944) received M.A. degree from Allahabad University and taught Economics in the Department of Analytical and Applied Economics, Berhampur University for more than two decades prior to his joining as a Professor of Economics, Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Bhubaneswar. Under his guidance 10 Ph.D. Scholars and 10 M.Phil Scholars have been awarded degrees. He has successfully completed 14 projects sponsored by U.G.C., ICSSR, Planning Commission, Ministry off Food Processing Industries, NALCO, World Bank, Panchayati Raj Department and OSCFDC, Govt. of Orissa. Dr. Misra has written more than 60 articles, which have been published in different journals in the areas of Institutional, Finance, rural Development, child Nutrition, Education and Poverty. His publications at the all-India level include; Growth of Commercial Banking in Orissa, Commercial Banking and Agricultural Development, Dynamics of Rural-Urban Migration, Multi Agency System and Rural Development, Co-operative Management and Rural Banking, Agro-Industries and Economic Development – A vision for the 21st century Professor Misra is the life member of several professional bodies like; Indian Economic Association, Indian Institute of Public Administration and Orissa Economics Association for the period 2001-2004. He has the distinction of being the Chairman of the technical session, on “Poverty and Sustainable Development†in 86th Annual Conference of Indian Economic Association held in Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 2003.
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