Centrally Sponsored Scheme for implementation of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

Article 17 of the Constitution of India has abolished untouchability and forbidden its practice in any form. Enforcement of any disability arising out of untouchability is an offence under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955. Likewise, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was enacted to prevent atrocities, provide Special Courts, and ensure relief and rehabilitation of victims. These Acts are implemented by the concerned State Governments and Union Territory Administrations.

Central assistance is provided under a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the following purposes:

Strengthening Protection Cells and Special Police Stations
Setting up and functioning of Special Courts
Relief and rehabilitation of victims
Incentive for inter-caste marriages
Awareness generation

State/UT wise number of persons provided incentives for inter-caste marriages covered during 2021.22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for implementation of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

State or UT-wise number of persons provided incentives for inter-caste marriages

S.No.	State or UT	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
1	Andhra Pradesh	900	0	378	1022	0
2	Assam	NA	132	100	0	0
3	Bihar	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chhattisgarh	780	921	551	824	1061
5	Goa	16	17	0	10	37
6	Gujarat	719	1005	1170	1599	1775
7	Haryana	537	906	1441	794	2350
8	Himachal Pradesh	597	615	629	816	959
9	Jharkhand	0	0	0	0	0
10	Karnataka	4107	6079	3651	4054	2798
11	Kerala	1459	2650	1553	736	NA
12	Madhya Pradesh	1010	1015	407	1198	1646
13	Maharashtra	3999	2932	0	440	8566
14	Odisha	1847	2428	1791	3641	2039
15	Punjab	1000	0	0	1412	NA
16	Rajasthan	471	494	610	282	284
17	Sikkim	40	17	16	20	22
18	Tamil Nadu	1637	2217	1282	2392	2476
19	Telangana	782	1010	119	243	398
20	Tripura	NA	18	6	14	14
21	Uttar Pradesh	NA	0	0	0	0
22	Uttarakhand	0	0	0	0	0
23	West Bengal	205	1380	334	1153	1510
24	Chandigarh	21	25	65	50	50
25	D&NH & D. Diu	0	0	0	0	0
26	NCT of Delhi	0	0	0	0	0
27	Jammu & Kashmir	0	0	0	12	10
28	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0	0
29	Ladakh	0	0	0	0	0
30	Puducherry	110	201	122	371	55
Total		20237	24062	14225	21083	26050

Note: NA = Not Available

State or UT-wise number of persons provided relief under the Scheme

S.No.	State or UT	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
1	Andhra Pradesh	10995	6062	11442	3048	4554
2	Assam	2	0	2	2	4
3	Bihar	4761	9825	7243	14795	15443
4	Chhattisgarh	1115	1093	1529	1079	1338
5	Goa	0	1	0	0	0
6	Gujarat	2295	2174	1623	2195	2659
7	Haryana	693	1610	2014	1601	1514
8	Himachal Pradesh	410	329	341	410	540
9	Jharkhand	607	1000	556	300	274
10	Karnataka	2483	2582	3090	3740	5167
11	Kerala	1079	1177	1492	445	NA
12	Madhya Pradesh	9951	10081	6582	10834	19359
13	Maharashtra	2245	3339	2869	3339	5661
14	Odisha	2828	2768	3135	2647	2402
15	Punjab	0	23	119	158	NA
16	Rajasthan	12647	20574	15474	7308	10269
17	Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0
18	Tamil Nadu	2530	2939	3870	5586	5586
19	Telangana	5287	2284	2500	2332	3635
20	Tripura	NA	3	9	0	0
21	Uttar Pradesh	23592	20278	23828	19240	20074
22	Uttarakhand	119	103	116	154	229
23	West Bengal	107	556	319	347	430
24	Chandigarh	0	0	0	0	0
25	D&NH & D. Diu	0	0	0	0	1
26	NCT of Delhi	12	21	0	65	45
27	Jammu & Kashmir	0	0	0	7	0
28	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0	0
29	Ladakh	0	0	0	0	0
30	Puducherry	31	37	19	35	32
Total		83777	88859	88172	79667	99216

Central assistance released under the Scheme (Rs. in Crores)

S.No.	State/UT	2020‑21	2021‑22	2022‑23	2023‑24	2024‑25
1	Andhra Pradesh	34.30	9.20	11.83	14.67	0.00
2	Assam	0.15	0.10	0.00	0.54	0.00
3	Bihar	15.05	35.00	44.89	37.63	46.34
4	Chhattisgarh	21.59	19.84	10.11	13.37	16.88
5	Chandigarh	0.50	0.71	1.71	1.73	1.62
6	Delhi	0.25	0.07	0.40	0.18	0.60
7	D.N.H. & D.D.	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.08
8	Goa	0.03	0.03	0.00	0.25	0.56
9	Gujarat	33.14	19.79	4.25	29.81	30.12
10	Haryana	13.60	18.21	29.82	29.43	28.74
11	Himachal Pradesh	3.83	3.15	3.57	2.61	2.04
12	Jammu & Kashmir	0.00	0.93	0.00	0.00	0.55
13	Jharkhand	0.29	3.19	0.00	0.81	0.00
14	Karnataka	65.43	61.85	30.98	40.00	48.66
15	Kerala	10.99	17.64	2.41	11.32	2.36
16	Ladakh	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08
17	Lakshadweep	0.00	0.12	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	Madhya Pradesh	83.49	103.41	31.82	63.49	88.12
19	Maharashtra	58.13	7.73	12.83	37.28	24.52
20	Odisha	35.09	44.09	21.46	58.03	38.49
21	Puducherry	7.87	3.66	0.34	1.39	0.85
22	Punjab	0.19	7.81	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	Rajasthan	47.70	71.63	65.86	42.55	18.62
24	Sikkim	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.05	0.09
25	Tamil Nadu	38.52	35.45	17.88	36.59	32.18
26	Telangana	8.19	17.18	9.36	8.99	16.19
27	Tripura	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.11	0.20
28	Uttarakhand	0.95	0.78	0.00	1.01	1.18
29	Uttar Pradesh	113.03	126.72	91.54	97.95	89.49
30	West Bengal	0.37	0.87	0.24	3.69	4.64
31	Others	0.74	0.74	1.25	1.82	2.09
–	Total	593.42	610.11	392.70	535.30	495.29

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