Allocation of Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund and Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund for financing the SCSDF/STSDF schemes included in the Special Development Funds.

The respective Nodal Agency, while indicating allocation of Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund and Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund to the schemes shall follow the norms mentioned below:-

(a) for schemes exclusively benefitting Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe individuals or Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe households, 100% of scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for under Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund or Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund, as the case may be;

(b) for schemes benefitting Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe habitations, 100% of scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for under Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund and Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund. In case of other habitations the cost shall be allocated and accounted in proportion of the population of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes;

(c) for general schemes, included in the Special Development Fund, benefitting Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe individuals or Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe households, along with others, the scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for under Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund and Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund, as per the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe beneficiaries covered;

(d) in respect of non-divisible infrastructure works, a portion of the scheme cost as may be determined by the Government shall be deemed to have been attributed for Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund and Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund respectively.