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MP: SC Finance Corporation Not Giving Loans — Sending Community Youth into Tizzy
The ongoing financial year (2023-24) is nearing its end, and welfare schemes meant for SCs have so far achieved 50% of its target.
Ankit Pachauri
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government’s schemes for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) are apparently limited to papers only. The ongoing financial year (2023-24) is nearing its end, and such welfare schemes have so far achieved only up to 50 percent of its target.
The Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation had to provide business loans to youth belonging to the SC community, but only 50 percent of its total allocation has till now been spent in this fiscal — which will end on March 31.
The corporation is offering four schemes wherein there is a provision of business loan amounting from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 crore. But even after applying, eligible candidates did not get the sum. Their application forms were allegedly rejected on flimsy grounds.
In addition, in some schemes, the department did not meet even 10 percent of its application target. If the targeted number of applications are not received by March 31, the sanctioned budget amount will lapse.
Under the Sant Ravidas Self-Employment Scheme, a loan amount ranging between Rs 1 lakh to Rs 50 lakh has to be given to candidates for industrial projects such as agro processing, food processing, cold storage, milk processing, etc.
For service units and retail business projects like beauty parlor, vehicle repairing, footwear repairing, grocery business and textile business, a loan of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 25 lakh can be taken.
It is mandatory for applicants to have passed grade eight and minimum age of 18 to 45 years. Also, the annual income of the applicant’s family should not exceed Rs 12 lakh. The corporation provides interest subsidy at the rate of 5 percent per annum for the financial assistance.
The scheme was slated to reach 2,000 beneficiaries in the current financial year. Against its target, the corporation received 6,027 applications, of which 1,354 were approved. But of the total approved applications, 1,119 people have so far received the fund.
The second such scheme is the Ambedkar Economic Welfare Scheme wherein loans are also given under for expansion of businesses.
To avail its benefits, it is mandatory for the applicant to be between 18 to 55 years of age. In addition, the applicant should not be an income tax payer.
An iInterest subsidy at the rate of 7 percent per annum is given as financial assistance on the loan sanctioned by the corporation under this scheme.
The corporation had set a target of sanctioning loans to 5,000 people. It has so far received only 3,697 applications. Of the total 1,342 approvals, only 1,155 people have been disbursed the fund.
Under the Chief Minister Scheduled Caste Special Project Funding Scheme, financial assistance is provided in the special project proposals received through various departments.
An amount of Rs 2 crores is given as a grant to the entire cost of the scheme. The target number in this scheme was kept at 10, against which the department received 29 applications. While 21 applications were approved, none of the beneficiaries have got a single penny.
Under the Savitribai Phule Self-Help Group Scheme, women self-help groups have been included. It has a provision of a loan amount up to Rs 2 crore.
MP: SC Finance Corporation Not Giving Loans — Sending Community Youth into Tizzy
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The Mooknayak spoke to Sawan Sonkar, president of the Scheduled Caste Finance Development Corporation, seeking to know the reason behind the schemes falling short of reaching its targeted number of beneficiaries.
“I am not aware of the progress of the schemes, I will be able to tell something only after I have statistics,” he said.
Our investigation revealed the target has not so far been achieved due to delay in budget allocation and lack of proper publicity of the schemes. Even in the financial year 2022-23, the target was not achieved because of the same reasons. In addition, the schemes could not be disseminated even to rural areas.
According to sources, in the current financial year, even pamphlets could not be printed to make people aware of the schemes. The Public Relations Department of the state government did not choose to use hoarding or other means of communication for advertisements.
R Bichhole, national president of the National Scheduled Caste Tribe Youth Association (NAZI), accused the government of being negligent in implementing the schemes.
“This is not the first time this has happened. The government has always been negligent in ensuring that SCs are benefited from such welfare schemes. They can neither provide jobs to the deprived class nor make arrangements for their employment. Their claims and promises are limited to speeches only,” he told The Mooknayak.
The Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation Limited operates under the Scheduled Caste Welfare Department.
The corporation launches schemes to economically strengthen the people belonging to the SC community with an aim to provide them business opportunities.
It gives loans to SC category people for various projects. The loan is obtained from the nearest bank of the applicants. The corporation gives rebates on interest of total lendings.
Story Translated by Tarique Anwar
Courtesy : The Mooknayak
Threats Loom Over Dalit Weddings in Uttar Pradesh, Police Ensure Security
Dalit Wedding Threats Spark Police Intervention in Badaun
Satya Prakash Bharti
Lucknow- In Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh, a chilling threat looms over the upcoming weddings of two Dalit women: the prospect of laying dead bodies if a bandwagon and carriage are included in their marriage processions. The widowed mother of one of the brides has bravely pointed fingers at influential figures within the village, penning a desperate plea for assistance to the local authorities. Responding promptly, the police have issued warning to the accused and have vowed to ensure security during the ceremonies.
The incident has rocked Chandesi village, situated within the Sahaswan police station area of Badaun district. Scheduled for March 3 and March 6, 2024, respectively, the weddings have become embroiled in controversy due to past attacks on similar celebrations within the Dalit community.
Engaging with both affected families, it emerges that the fathers of the Dalit brides have tragically passed away. Mahesh, uncle of the soon-to-be bride Khushboo, recounts the harrowing ordeal- “My niece’s marriage is scheduled for March 3. However, certain influential individuals in the village have vehemently opposed the inclusion of a bandwagon in the procession, resorting to threats if we refuse to comply.” Khushboo’s aunt echoes similar sentiments, lamenting the village’s entrenched discriminatory practices and seeking recourse from law enforcement.
Similarly, Premvati, a widow within the village, is preparing for her daughter Kavita’s nuptials. With four sons and three daughters in the family, Premvati’s household braces for the upcoming wedding, scheduled for March 6. Veeresh Kumar, one of Premvati’s sons, voices their distress: “Our sister’s wedding is nearing, however, influential figures in the village have barred us from including a bandwagon and carriage in the procession, threatening grave repercussions should we proceed. We have filed complaints with the SSP, the local police, and the SDM.”
Addressing the escalating tensions, The Mooknayak spoke with Area Officer Sahaswan Karamveer Singh and Police Station Incharge Sahaswan Saurabh Singh. The cops said, both parties, including village elders, were convened at the police station for dialogue and resolution. Assurances were made to conduct the marriage processions with all rituals and mutual consent, with police security arrangements in place to avert any untoward incidents.
Three minor friends missing together for 10 days, police still empty handed
A surprising case has come to light from Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh. Where three minor friends are mysteriously missing for 10 days. All three are from Dalit families and are said to be students of classes 06, 07 and 09.
Let us tell you that the news is from a village in Khukhundu police station area of Deoria district. All three study in a school near the village. All three were missing from home since the evening of 10th February. The family members searched for them extensively but could not trace them. Then they informed the police. Police took action in the matter and investigated the matter. I got involved but even after 10 days, the police of Khukhundu police station are empty handed.
After all, where these three minor friends went missing, whether they were swallowed by the earth or the sky, remains a mystery. Instead of finding them, the same police has been shooting arrows in the air for 10 days, only scanning the location of the mobile phones, till date they have not been able to find any clue. At the same time, the condition of the family members is crying and they are worried whether any untoward incident has happened to our daughters, they are repeatedly requesting the police to find our daughters as soon as possible. Give.
Courtesy: Hindi News.
Dalit youth beaten up in Dewas, accused rubbed his nose, video went viral
An incident of assault with a Dalit youth from Ujjain has come to light in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh. The accused made the young man hold his feet and rub his nose. The video of this incident has gone viral on social media. BNP police station of Dewas has arrested three people including the main accused Shubham Rajput and the search for other accused is going on.
Main accused arrested
BNP police station of Dewas has registered a case against seven accused under various sections in this matter. Also, three people including the main accused Shubham Rajput involved in the incident have been arrested and the search for other accused is going on.
The accused had taken the victim to the party
BNP police station in-charge Amit Solanki said that Ram Singh, a resident of Chandesara village of Ujjain, had come to Dewas with his friend Shubham Rajput on February 8. Shubham had told the victim youth that it was his friend’s birthday party and then Shubham took the victim youth to the party at the dhaba located on the bypass, Shubham’s friends were present.
Nose rubbed by the victim youth
According to the victim youth Ram Singh, he had an old dispute with Shubham regarding money. Some rupees were outstanding due to land brokerage, due to which there was an argument and then a dispute with Shubham. After this, Shubham’s friends brutally beat the victim youth. Made the victim touch his feet, rub his nose and also made a video of it.
Search for other accused intensified
When the victim youth came to know that the accused also made a video of the incident. He reached Dewas and lodged the report. Police registered a case against seven accused including Shubham. Police said that teams have left to nab the accused and others will be arrested soon.
Courtesy: Hindi News
Children go to school on shoulders, marriage breaks up on hearing the name, neither road nor bridge in Mahadalit village
Why doesn’t marriage happen?
Ward number 5 of Baruatta village is a colony of Mahadalits. About 50 families live in this colony. The biggest problem of this village is that there is no road to reach the houses of Dalits. During the rainy season, life of the people here becomes difficult. People here survive in knee-deep water for 6 months of the year. There are so many problems in the village that children born here become accustomed to conflicts from the day they are born. After all, which father would want to marry his daughter among these people who are living their life with so many problems.
Children are carried to school on their shoulders
There is a government school in the middle of the village. During the rainy season, the village gets filled with so much water that the children have to be carried on their shoulders to school. Villager Shantanu Pandey says that he is ready to give the land required to build a road in this village. But no representative of the area ever takes any initiative and what we say has never had any impact. Despite asking the MP several times, no hearing has taken place regarding this road.
Delivery has to be done in the village itself
Due to the roads being filled with water during the rainy season, women in this village have to give birth in the village itself. The people of this village are very backward even in this era. Even today they are not getting the benefits of any government scheme. The Dalits of this village are deprived of even their basic facilities. No matter how big an economy we become, this is also a picture of our country. Baruatta is a village in Bihar. There will be many such places in the country, which are deprived of their basic rights and facilities even today in this era of digitalization and many pomp and show.
Courtesy: News18
Panic in Dalit colony due to fear of police, most of the men left the ward
When the team of media persons reached, widow Chandra, Sakshi (14 years), Harak (65), Sanjana (19) and Mahima (18 years) told that the police had beaten them brutally. The doors of the house have also been broken. The police did not listen to them. The semi-mad Vijendra was also beaten with sticks by the police. When the team moved ahead, another woman Sunita alleged that her husband Chandresan drives a rickshaw. When no man was found at the door, the glass of the parked vehicle was shattered.
Courtesy : Hindi News.
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: 5 Dalit children beaten with sticks, with hands tied behind their back, for drinking water from a well
Distressing visuals have surfaced from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh wherein minor boys could be seen being physically abused by a man. The said video, which was uploaded on the ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) account of HateDetector, shows a man holding a stick and hitting 5 crying children on their legs. The 5 boys can be seen with their hands tied behind their backs with a rope and crying out loud as the man relentlessly hits them with the stick.
It has been alleged that the 5 boys belong to the Dalit community and are being hit with sticks for drinking water from a well. A crowd can also be seen in the video, standing quietly as the man goes on to abusing the 5 children. At one point in the video, a boy from the group of five can be seen running towards the crowd of people standing and watching the brutality unfold, only to be pushed towards the man beating them with the stick, who goes on to beat the child.
Courtesy : Sabrang Ind
The cemetery was attacked in Telangana’s Secunderabad and saw gravestones and the Christian religious symbol, the cross being desecrated and broken
As per a news report by NewsMeter, a cemetery called the St John’s cemetery was attacked and desecrated in Secunderabad on February 21st. The graves of the Christian community were attacked and visuals from the incident show the gravestones being broken and the cross falling broken on the ground. Siasat News reported that the community leaders have called upon the state government to take preventive measures and ensure the attackers are dealt with by the police. DCP North zone Rohini Priyadarshini stated to Siasat News, “We have received a report that only one grave in the cemetery was damaged. However, we have not received any complaint so far. We are in the process of verifying details of the incident. Further action will follow.” The St John’s cemetery in Secunderabad is reportedly the region’s oldest cemetery.
The attack took place after tensions between the local Dalit Christians and members of dominant castes appeared to have escalated. The Christians were stating that the road being constructed was encroaching on the church grounds. The construction of the road was being overseen by a Congress politician, who according to reports, used casteist slurs against the people before the mob arrived, as per a report by The News Minute.
Following the heinous attack on the church, the Mokila police registered an FIR after a complaint was lodged by K Balaiah, who is head of the church and was also injured in the attack. The FIR is filed against some 29 people and as of now six people, including the primary accused figures, Talari Maisaiah and Goudicharla Narsimha, have been arrested. Some of the others are reportedly absconding.
The NewsMinute reported that the FIR details that Talari Maisah, who is a former Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) member associated with the Congress Party, and Goudiicherla Narsimha, the husband of a former village sarpanch affiliated with the BRS, allegedly approached V Ravinder, the official in charge of road widening operations and had demanded for the construction of the road to extend into church compound. Meanwhile, V Ravinder who is the deputy engineer of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has also filed a complaint against Bajrang Dal members for attacking the church, according to Siasat News.
Furthermore, Goudicherla Narsimha filed a counter complaint against five Dalit Christians who have consequently been arrested on charges of disrupting the construction, and attacking him and others.
On February 17 Dalit Students’ Union from the University of Hyderabad took out a protest against the church attack on the Dalit Christians.
Dalits constitute about 17 percent of Telangana’s population, according to The Quint, yet caste atrocities against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe populations continue to persist. In the first half of 2023, the central government noted 49 cases of atrocities, including 27 murders, of Dalits and Tribals.
Courtesy : Sabrang India
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