Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,.-

1[(a) "allocable Budget" means the total expenditure in the Consolidated Fund of the State excluding exempted expenditure]1

2[(aa)]2 "Department" means a Government Department entrusted with the implementation of the 3[allocable budget]3 schemes for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes;

1[(ab) "exempted expenditure" means the expenditure exempted from the applicability of this Act and includes expenditure on salary, salary Grant in aid, pension, administrative expenditure, principal repayment and interest payment on account of the State Government's own borrowings and off-budget borrowings by the State Government Undertakings and any other expenditure of administrative nature notified by the Government;]1

1. (b) "Gaps in development" means differences in development indicators of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes when compared to the state averages, as may be prescribed particularly relating to human and economic development;
2. (c) "General Schemes" means schemes included in the 2[allocable budget]2 of the Departments which benefit all social groups including the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes;
3. (d) "Government" means, the Government of Karnataka;
4. (e) "Nodal Agency for SCSA/TSA" means the Nodal Agency constituted under section 5;
5. (f) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under the Act;
6. (g) "State Council" means the State Council for Development of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes constituted under section 3;
7. (h) "Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes" shall have the meaning assigned respectively under clauses(24) and (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution of India;
   • (i) "Scheduled Castes 3[sub-allocation]3 (SCSA)" means the 3[allocable budget]3 approved by the State Council for inclusion in the 3[allocable budget]3 of the Department to bridge the gap in development of the Scheduled Castes including the Scheduled Castes component of general schemes;
8. (j) "Scheduled Castes 3[sub-allocation]3 or Tribal 3[sub-allocation]3 Fund" means a portion of the total 3[allocable budget]3 of the State, in a financial year, as earmarked under the section 13;
9. (k) "Scheduled Castes 3[sub-allocation]3/Tribal 3[sub-allocation]3 Schemes" means the Scheduled Castes 3[sub-allocation]3/Tribal 3[sub-allocation]3 schemes included in the Scheduled Castes 3[sub-allocation]3/Tribal 3[sub-allocation]3 of the Department;
10. (l) "Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribe habitation" means any habitation where population of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes or combined population of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes is not less than 3[such percentage as may be prescribed]3 of the total population of the habitation;
11. (m) "3[sub-allocation]3" means Scheduled Castes 3[sub-allocation]3 (SCSA) or Tribal 3[sub-allocation]3 (TSA) or both; 4[ (n) XXXX]4
12. (o) "Tribal 3[sub-allocation]3 (TSA)" means the 3[allocable budget]3 approved, by the State Council for inclusion in the 3[allocable budget]3 of the Department, to bridge the gap in development of the Scheduled Tribes including the Scheduled Tribes component of general schemes; 2. Clause (a) renumbered as clause (aa) by Act 38 of 2017 w.e.f. 17.07.2017 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT

¹ Inserted by Act 38 of 2017 w.e.f.17.07.2017.

³ Substituted by Act 38 of 2017 w.e.f. 17.07.2017.

⁴ Omitted by Act 38 of 2017 w.e.f. 17.07.2017. CHAPTER - II