Coaching Schemes For Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)/Minorities

Abstract

From Introduction: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have been identified as the most depressed and oppressed groups of Indian society constituting about 15 and 7.5 percent, respectively, of the total Indian population. In order to safeguard their interests in independent democratic India, specific provisions have been made to improve the status of these people socially and educationally so that they can take their rightful place in the mainstream of the society. Despite all constitutional safeguards and measures initiated by the UGC, the position of reservation for SC/ST is far below the expected level in the universities even after more than 50 years of Independence. The Commission has been contributing towards social equity and socio-economic mobility of the under-privileged sections of the society through various special schemes.