Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry to get 80 % more funds
New Delhi:The Centre on Friday allotted Rs 4500 crore to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
which marks a significant increase of 80 percent in comparison to last year. Union
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in his Budget speech that this would help
the social sector to emphasize more on the benefit of the SCs, STs, OBCs as well
as the physically challenged people. "The allocation will allow the Ministry to
expand the various schemes it is running for the welfare of physically challenged
and also for those belonging to SCs, STs and OBCs," said Mukherjee. The
increased
budgetary allocation would help the Ministry in enhancing scholarship amount for
students from the backward classes, he added.
