BJP calls for built-in companies for Scheduled Caste in Odisha
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By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: National president of BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha Lal Singh Arya on Sunday urged the State authorities to arrange built-in scheduled caste improvement companies (ISCDA) on the road of ITDA in areas having increased focus of SCs.
Addressing the State govt committee assembly of BJP SC Morcha right here, Singh mentioned the welfare programmes of the federal government meant for scheduled caste persons are not reaching the meant beneficiaries as a consequence of absence of an built-in strategy. As per the 2011 census, round 17.1 per cent of the State’s populations belong to SC class.
There are 2,728 villages within the State the place the SC inhabitants is greater than 50 per cent, 4,528 villages with over 40 per cent and one district with 30 per cent. “The proposed ISCDA should cover areas having higher concentration of SC population for targeted intervention of development and welfare schemes for their economic upliftment,” Arya mentioned.
He urged the State authorities to make the Odisha ST and SC Development Finance Cooperative Corporation (OSFDC) practical to allow SCs and STs take up varied financial programmes. The assembly chaired by State SC Morcha president Bibhu Tarai was additionally addressed by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, nationwide vice chairman of the morcha Bhola Singh, State BJP president Samir Mohanty, MLA Mukesh Mahaling and others.
Quote: The proposed ISCDA ought to cowl areas having increased focus of SC inhabitants for focused intervention of improvement and welfare schemes for his or her financial upliftment Lal Singh Arya, BJP SC Morcha president
