State govt to undertake audit of SC and ST welfare schemes

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BENGALURU: After the Congress guarantee schemes, the state government is all set to audit welfare schemes for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.

The government has undertaken an audit of the guarantee scheme to check whether ineligible people are availing the benefits. Now, it has planned to audit SC-ST community welfare schemes also. A decision to this effect was taken at the SCSP-TSP council meeting held on Thursday.

The audit has been planned to check if the schemes have reached beneficiaries, whether they are reaching eligible beneficiaries, if one person is getting benefit from 2-3 schemes, etc, and to take corrective action. The government plans to collect complete details along with photos of beneficiaries, details of the welfare schemes, if others are taking benefit of the schemes in the name of SC or ST beneficiaries, among others.

If lapses are found in the audit, such persons may be dropped from the list of beneficiaries. The move has given rise to speculation whether the SC-ST schemes be revised like guarantee schemes.

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