Educational Schemes for the Other Backward Classes like Pre and Post Matric Scholarships will be reviewed . For the Scheduled Caste Development, the focus will be on educational schemes for the Scheduled Castes like - Pre and Post Matric scholarships, hostels for Scheduled Castes boys and Girls, schemes for composite Economic Development of the Scheduled Castes and implementation of protection and Civil Right Act 1955 and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Provision of Atrocities Act, 1989). Apart from this, issues concerned with the Prevention of drug abuse and alcoholism in the society and welfare of the elderly persons will be the subject of discussion.
Suggestions will also be invited on the proposed new Scheme for rehabilitation of manual scavengers.
Source:Press Release-http://pib.nic.in
/release/release.asp?relid=20671
Source: Medindia
SRM