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Scheduled Caste Sub Plan
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Under the
Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP), the focus was on technology dissemination,
capacity building of beneficiaries, input support and technology showcasing
through exposure visits for the socio-economic empowerment of farming community
in agriculture. Various interfaces and skill upgradation programmes related to
natural fibre were carried out to solve the problems faced by the farming
community and also to equip them with the latest post-harvest technologies of
natural fibre technologies. During the interfaces, the farmers were sensitized
on various issues they confront in their day to day work due to their
involvement in agricultural and allied activities, especially in the field of
vegetable cultivation. Some of their queries and problems were taken up during
the interfaces organized and were met through technological interventions.
As per Census 2011, Scheduled
Castes constitutes 16.6% of the total population. The people belonging to
Scheduled Caste communities are spread all over the country while majority of
them i.e. 76.4 % reside in rural areas. The socio-economic development and
protection of SCs from discrimination and exploitation has been a high priority
from the very start of the planning process (Government of India, 2019).
The consolidated guidelines on SCSP issued by the Ministry of Social Justice
and Empowerment (www.socialjustice.nic.in), Government of India highlights that
the Government of India has adopted a multi-pronged approach for the
socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes: social empowerment through
educational development; economic empowerment through income and employment
enhancing avenues and integrated development of SC majority villages;
protection through 2 effective implementation of protective legislations and
eradication of occupations such as manual scavenging; and holistic development
through earmarking of funds for the welfare of Scheduled Castes.
In order to support the States/UTs’ Scheduled Caste Sub Plan, the Department of
Social Justice & Empowerment is also implementing a Centrally Sponsored
Scheme of "Special Central Assistance (SCA) to Scheduled Castes Sub Plan
(SCSP)" since 1980 for the development of Scheduled Caste (SCs) who form
the major chunk of the country's population living below the poverty line.
Under the scheme grant is given to the State Governments/UTs Administrations as
an additive to their Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) for the benefits of the
Scheduled Caste persons.
Objectives of
the Scheme
- The main objective of the
scheme is to increase the income of the target population by way of
various income generating schemes, skill development and infrastructure
development.
- To reduce the poverty
among the target population and bring them above the poverty lines.
Components of
the Scheme
·
Income
Generating Schemes
·
Skill
Development Programmes
·
Infrastructure Development
·
Monitoring and Evaluation
ICAR-NINFET has
taken keen interest in implementation of Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP)
programme.
Activity profile
of programmes in ICAR-NINFET during 2019-24 at ICAR-NINFET, Kolkata.
- Long-term development
through education/ skill development of students of Scheduled Caste
- Training and capacity
development of SC community
- Ensuring access to
inputs
- Infrastructure
development
- Facilitating marketing
SCSP sponsored training programme
|
|
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
2022-23 |
|
Manufacture of Jute Handicrafts &
Ornaments |
- |
1 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
Manufacture of Jute Bags |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Manufacture of Advanced Jute Handicrafts |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
Imperative analysis of training organized
under SCSP
Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) is one of the
flagship schemes of Government of India. It is being executed at ICAR-NINFET,
Kolkata since 2018-19. Through this scheme various activities are performed at
different locations of the country, more particularly in the areas where jute
fibre is produced. Since 2018-19, Fourty four (44) skill development trainings
were organized under this scheme up to March, 2022. Post training facilities viz. raw material bank & incubation facility
are also available at the Institute level for the trainee participants. The
trainings have made impact on the participants in getting the required skill
& acumen in starting up their own enterprise.
Number of training programmes
The number of
trainings conducted is shown in Figure 1. It started with 01 training in
2018-19 & then increasing each year with highest number of trainings (29)
in 2019-20. It shows the trend of increasing popularity of this skill
development training among the un-employed mass.
Category of training programme
Venue of training programmes
Ninety seven percent (97%) of the trainees are female showing that
more and more females are interested in taking up entrepreneurship in jute
handicraft sector.
Age of trainee participants
After completion of each of the training
programmes, feedback data were collected from the trainees. Figure shows that
seventy seven percent (76%) of the trainees have rated the programmes as
excellent. Thus, the imparted training
was of high demand among the trainee participants and it will definitely help
to generate some revenue in their livelihood.
Figure 8 shows that
the maximum increase in income (up to 49%) was for the trainees within the
young age group of 18-30 years followed by 39% for 31-50 years group & 12%
for 51-60 years. This clearly indicates the potential of jute diversified
products as a tool for entrepreneurship development among the youth.
Fig. 8Age group of trainees
Increase
in income
The highest increase in percentage of income
(100-110%) was found amongst 2% trainees whereas 18 % trainees have the
increase in income in between 0-25% (Figure 9). Maximum percentage of trainees
(47%) has an increase of income between 26% - 50%.
Training programmes under SCSP Scheme:
Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) is one of the flagship schemes of
Government of India. It is being executed at ICAR-NINFET, Kolkata since
2018-19. Through this scheme various activities are performed at different
locations of the country, more particularly in the areas where jute fibre is
produced.
The activities under SCSP scheme in the year 2023 (January – December)
are as follows:
Awareness cum input
distribution programme:
|
Subject |
Venue |
No.
of Beneficiaries |
|
Improved
retting with NINFET-Sathi |
North 24 Parganas, Hooghly, Howrah, Maldah,
Nadia, Murshidabad districts of West Bengal |
8268 |
|
Input
distribution of retting accelerator – NINFETT SATHI |
North 24 Parganas, Hooghly, Howrah, Nadia,
Malda, Uttar
Dinajpur districts. |
19717 |
|
Skill
development training |
East
Medinipur, Hooghly, North 24 Parganas,
Purulia |
1040 |
|
Organisation
of
Exhibitions & Farmers’ Fair |
Kolkata |
600 |
|
Awareness
cum fibre testing Worksop |
Nadia district of West Bengal, Odissa |
710 |
|
Awareness
cum demonstration programme |
Different
districts of West Bengal |
2250 |
|
FLD
on Power Ribboner |
North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal |
300 |
|
Field
level demonstration on NINFET-Jaivik |
Nadia and North 24 Parganas district of West
Bengal |
250 |
Impact analysis of
completed trainings under SCSP
Compilation, editing & publishing of Book (2018-19 & 2019-20)
