Chandigarh: Moving which will record part of the state’s annual budget for the welfare of the caste scheduled for proportion with their population in Punjab, Minister of Man Amarinder Singh on Thursday surrendered to place a new bill before the cabinet so it could be introduced to the next assembly session.
At 31.94%, Punjab has the highest percentage of SC population in this country.
‘The welfare of the state of the state and the development of caste scheduled (planning, transition and utilization of financial resources) Bill, 2021’ will allow the government to place the institutional mechanism to formulate and monitor the implementation of the scheduled sub-casta (SCSP), and things that are Connect with it.
Legislation, when authorized in assembly, will provide the state government platform to ensure the overall development of scheduled caste through effective implementation of various welfare schemes under SCSP.
Some other states such as Telangana have passed the law, to accelerate the development of specific communities by focusing on economic development, education, and social resources, security and social empowerment.
Repeating the strong commitment of the government towards the socio-economic development and population education of SC in the state, Captain Amarinder said this bill would provide a big boost to his government’s efforts to ensure the welfare of this segment.
A official spokesman said the SCSP Directorate would be a nodal agent for that purpose.
Competent authorities to approve the estimate of the country’s annual budget will also approve SCSP approval simultaneously, before sending it to the legislative assembly.
There will be a single mechanism for the flow of funds under SCSP and the Ministry of Finance will remain the controller authority for this purpose.
SCSP’s progress will be reviewed and monitored at the state level, and blocks, according to procedures and by the committee as specified.
Each department must ensure transparency and accountability at all levels in the implementation of SCSP.
The efficacy of the law will be ensured by a systematic and complete procedure of all aspects with respect to the formulation and implementation of SCSP in the state.
In addition, the department that implements SCSP will be responsible for implementing it in the spirit of actually for the benefit of stakeholders, the population of the Castes scheduled in the state, the official spokesman said.
The new law will ensure transparency and accountability at all levels in the SCSP implementation.
There will also be provision of incentives for commendable performance and penalties for intentional neglect of any rule under the law by government officials, he added.