As the Karnataka government spent close to ₹2 lakh-crore for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes during the last one decade, it has been decided to conduct an evaluation on the actual use of funds by SCs and STs.
Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa said the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Karnataka Evaluation Authority and the department would conduct the evaluation jointly in the next six months.
The erstwhile Congress government (2013-18) led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah enacted the Karnataka Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan Act, 2013 to ensure that the grants were not scientifically distributed and did not reach the desired beneficiaries. Under the pioneering law, the State has to spend 24.1% of its total budget on SC/ST welfare.
