The scheme provides opportunities to Scheduled Castes students to pursue higher education leading to M.Phil/Ph.D degrees in Sciences, Humanities and Social Science streams. The objective of the scheme is to provide fellowships in the form of financial assistance to SC students.
The scheme “Scheme for Subsidy on Interest for Establishment of 1 to 20 Milch Animal Farm for Scheduled Caste” was started by the Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare & Co-operation, Government of Gujarat.
The scheme “Post Matric Scholarship for SC Students” aims to support SC students financially for post-matriculation studies. Benefits include fee reimbursement and monthly allowances. Intended beneficiaries are SC students with a family income below ₹2,50,000/- annually.
To provide high-quality free coaching to economically disadvantaged Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and eligible beneficiaries of the PM CARES Children Scheme for competitive exams in public and private sector employment and admission into professional courses.
“Fee Waiver Scheme for SC/ST Students Pursuing Higher Education” provides free access to every SC/ST student, to the institutions of higher learning so that that no eligible SC/ST students are deprived of higher education for want of resources.
The scheme aims to promote self-employment among marginalized communities through sustainable sheep rearing practices. Through this scheme, a sheep-rearing unit consisting of 10 female sheep and 1 male sheep (aged between 10 to 14 months) is provided to eligible beneficiaries.
The scheme “Supply of Dhotis and Sarees to Scheduled Caste (SC) People” by the Adi Dravidar Welfare and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department, Union Territory of Puducherry is introduced to provide clothing items (lungi, shirt, saree, blouse, etc) to the Scheduled Caste (SC) people of Puducherry.
Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided to Students of the Scheduled Castes category who are preparing for examinations like IIM, NIFT, NLU, and CEPT.
The scheme aims to promote cow rearing by providing financial support for the purchase of a milch cow. Through this scheme, a subsidy of ₹36,000 is given to SECC beneficiaries from SC/ST communities.
The scheme “Grant of House Construction Subsidy to Scheduled Caste People” was introduced by the Adi Dravidar Welfare Dept, Govt of Puducherry. The poor Scheduled Caste people, and other Economically backward class people, who meet the eligibility criteria, are provided house construction subsidy.
The scheme provides financial assistance to Students of SC category who are preparing for all State Government and Central Government Recruitment Examinations of Class– 1, 2 & 3 conducted by UPSC/GPSC/State Commission/Bank/LIC/Subordinate Services Selection Board/District Panchayat Selection Board.
The “Ambedkar International Scholarship – SC” Scheme by the Rajasthan Social Justice and Empowerment Department provides financial assistance to meritorious SC students for pursuing Ph.D. studies in foreign universities in Humanities and Social Sciences.
The scheme “Award of Post-Matric Scholarship to Scheduled Caste Students” was introduced by the Adi Dravidar Welfare Dept, Government of Puducherry. The objective of the scheme is to benefit the students who are studying at the Post-matric level or Post-Secondary stage to complete their education.
The scheme was launched in year 1973. Under this scheme, law graduates belonging to the Scheduled Caste who intend to start independent legal practice will receive financial assistance for the purchase of business premises/shops.
“Empower ST/SC Communities using ICT Tools through IT Knowledge Centre (ITKC)” by the Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communication, Government of Goa aims to create a large pool of computer literate manpower and to make introducing e-governance solutions meaningful.
The scheme “Grant of Financial Assistance to Poor Scheduled Caste Pregnant & Lactating Women” was introduced by the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department, Government of Puducherry. The objective of the scheme is to provide assistance for the well-being of Pregnant and Lactating mothers and their children.
The ‘Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Ninaivu Inter-caste Marriage Assistance Scheme’ was launched by the Social Welfare & Women Empowerment Dept. Tamil Nadu. The aim is to abolish caste & community discrimination by encouraging inter-caste marriage by giving financial assistance to newly married couples.
The scheme provides financial incentives worth ₹5,000/- to the meritorious girls from Scheduled Castes who have secured 80% or above marks in the HSLC examination. To objective is to motivate and encourage SC students to pursue higher studies and bring them at par with the rest.
A scholarship scheme by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for Scheduled Caste students pursuing studies beyond class 12th admitted in a full-time course in one of the notified institutions. The total annual family income from all sources must be less than or equal to Rs. 8.00 lakh.
The scheme aims to support scheduled castes and scheduled tribes families below the poverty line through concessional loans and subsidies for self-employment in various sectors.