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Discover the Commissions, Corporations, Institutes and Foundations that work collectively towards social justice, inclusion and empowerment across India.

Overview

The Department of Social Justice & Empowerment is entrusted with the empowerment of the disadvantaged and marginalized sections of the society. The target groups of the Ministry are:

Scheduled Castes
Other Backward Classes
Senior Citizens
Victims of Substance Abuse
Denotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribes
Beggars
Transgender
Manual Scavengers
Sewer & Septic Tank workers
Waste Pickers

The Ministry has been implementing various programmes/schemes for social, educational and economic development of the target groups. As a result there has been considerable improvement in the welfare of these groups. Due to discontinuance of caste census after 1931, disaggregated demographic data for OBCs is not available. The Mandal Commission had estimated OBC population at 52% of the total population. Similarly, authentic data for Victims of Substance Abuse is not available. At least 1% of the population is understood to be addicted.

Our History

Evolution of the Department Over Time

Formation of the Ministry of Welfare

1985–1986

In the year 1985-86, the erstwhile Ministry of Welfare was bifurcated into the Department of Women and Child Development and the Department of Welfare. Simultaneously, the Scheduled Castes Development Division, Tribal Development Division and the Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Division were moved from the Ministry of Home Affairs and also the Wakf Division from the Ministry of Law to form the then Ministry of Welfare.

Renamed as Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

May 1998

Subsequently, the name of the Ministry was changed to the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in May, 1998.

Formation of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

October 1999

Further, in October, 1999, the Tribal Development Division had moved out to form a separate Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

Formation of Separate Ministries for Minorities and Women & Child Development

January 2007

In January, 2007, the Minorities Division along with Wakf Unit have been moved out of the Ministry and formed as a separate Ministry and the Child Development Division has gone to the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

Government’s Commitment to the Disability Sector

1992 & 2008

Though the subject of “Disability” figures in the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, The Government of India has always been proactive in the disability sector. It is not only running seven National Institutes (NIs) dealing with various types on disabilities and seven Composite Regional Centers (CRCs), which provide rehabilitation services to PwDs and run courses for rehabilitation professional but also funds a large number of NGOs for similar services and also a National Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation (NHFDC) which provides loans at concession rates of interest to PwDs for self-employment.

Besides, the Union Government is a party to:

Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of People with Disabilities in the Asian and the Pacific Region – adopted at Beijing in December, 1992, and
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which came into effect in May, 2008.

Recognition of the Need for a Dedicated Disability Department

11th Five Year Plan Period

The subject has received attention in various States Governments in varying degrees. At the Central level also disability being one of the several responsibilities of the M/o SJ&E, and being looked after by just one bureau, has resulted in inadequate attention, as most of its time and energy is spent only on implementing Ministry’s own schemes, meeting their expenditure and physical targets, and organize annual time-bound activities like the National Awards for empowerment of PwDs.

In the above background, it was stated in the 11th Five Year Plan that “The ‘Disability Division’ of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment will be strengthened by converting it into a separate Department, so that it can liaise effectively with all the other concerned Ministries/Departments and fulfill its responsibilities towards the disabled.”

Looking to the specialise nature of the subject on “Disability”, the wide ranging work to be done in the light of the UNCRPT, and the inadequacy of existing implementation structure, the time has now come to upgrade the existing Disability Bureau in the M/o SJ&E.

Decision to Create a Separate Department of Disability Affairs

January 3, 2012

The decision to create a separate Department of Disability Affairs within the M/o SJ&E was taken up by the Government, in principle on 3rd January, 2012.

This was also announced by the President before both houses of Parliament on 12th March, 2012.

Creation of Two Departments under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

May 12, 2012

Now the two departments have been created under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment vide notification dated 12.5.2012, namely:

Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (Samajik Nyaya and Adhikarita Vibhag)
Department of Disability Affairs (Nishaktata Karya Vibhag) Since renamed as Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan).

Subjects Allocated

Allocation of Business Rules, 1961
“DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SAMAJIK NYAYA AUR ADHIKARITA VIBHAG)

Note: The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment shall be the nodal Department for the overall policy, planning and coordination of programmes for the development of the groups mentioned at (i) to (iv) above, and the welfare of the group at (v) above. However, overall management and monitoring etc. of the sectoral programmes in respect of these groups shall be the responsibility of the concerned Central Ministries, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. Each Central Ministry or Department shall discharge nodal responsibility concerning its sector.

The following subject which fall within List III – Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution:
Nomadic and Migratory Tribes.
To act as the nodal Department for matters pertaining to the following groups, namely:-
(i) Scheduled Castes;
(ii) Socially and Educationally Backward Classes;
(iii) Denotified Tribes;
(iv) Economically Backward Classes; and
(v) Senior Citizens;
Special schemes aimed at social, educational and economic empowerment of the groups mentioned at (i) to (iv) under entry 2 above, e.g. scholarships, hostels, residential schools, skill training, concession loans and subsidy for self-employment, etc.
Monitoring of Schedulecaste sub plan.
Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers in alternative occupations.
Programmes of care and support to senior citizens.
Prohibition.
Rehabilitation of victims of alcoholism and substance abuse, and their families.
Beggary.
International Conventions and Agreements on matters dealt within the Department.
Awareness generation, research, evaluation and training in regard to subjects allocated to the Department.
Charitable and Religious Endowments and promotion and development of Voluntary Effort pertaining to subjects allocated to the Department.
The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (22 of 1955).
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (33 of 1989), (in so far as it relates to the Scheduled Castes, excluding administration of criminal justice in regard to offences under the Act).
National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 (27 of 1993).
The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (56 of 2007).
National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
National Commission for Safai Karmacharis.
National Commission for Backward Classes.
National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation.
National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation.
National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation.
National Institute of Social Defence.
Dr. Ambedkar Foundation.
Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation
National Commission for Denotified and Semi-Namadic Tribes

Organisational Set-Up

The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is entrusted with the welfare, social Justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalized section of the society viz. Scheduled Caste, Backward Classes, Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, and Victims of Drug Abuse etc.

Basic objective of the policies, programmes, law and institution of the Indian welfare system is to bring the target groups into the mainstream of development by making them self-reliant.

The Ministry is headed by Dr. Virendra Kumar, Cabinet Minister and ably assisted by two Ministers-of-State namely Shri Ramdas Athawale and Shri B L Verma.

Dr. Virendra Kumar

Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

Shri Ramdas Athawale

Minister of State

Shri B. L. Verma

Minister of State

Basic objective of the policies, programmes, law and institution of the Indian welfare system is to bring the target groups into the mainstream of development by making them self-reliant.

The Ministry is headed by Dr. Virendra Kumar, Cabinet Minister and ably assisted by two Ministers-of-State namely Shri Ramdas Athawale and Shri B L Verma.

There are two departments viz. Department of Social Justice and Empowerment and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Shri Sudhansh Pant (IAS, RJ:1991) is the Secretary of Department of Social Justice & Empowerment. Ms. V. Vidyavathi (IAS, KN:1991) is the Secretary of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.

The Bureau Head wise Allocation of work in Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is as follows:-

Sl.No.	Name of the Officer	Work Allocated
1	Ms. Yogita Swaroop Sr. EA	Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 (MS Act 2013)
		All matters relating to the Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS)
		Examination and preparation of comments on Draft Cabinet Note/ CCEA/EFC/SFC/PIB/DIB Notes of other Ministries
		Economic Survey
		Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal and AKAM
		Matters related to SDG 2030
		Policy/regulatory framework to attract private sector funds/PPP
		National Action Plan for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMSTE)
		The National Safai Karamchari Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC)
		Economic Inclusion Division, Venture Capital Funds etc
		Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme
		VISVAS scheme for SC's and OBC's
		Beggary component of SMILE (Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood & Enterprise)
		Rehabilitation for Transgender Persons component of SMILE (Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood & Enterprise)
		Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
		LGBTQIA+, and Welfare of Transgender Persons
2	Ms. Debolina Thakur AS & FA	Budget & IFD
		Release of funds as per budgetary support, audit paras, PAC, EFC, and SFC of the department in conjunction with the concerned Joint Secretary and Standing Committee work related to Demands for Grants
		To be consulted in formulation of schemes, annual plans, vision document, PPP, EAP, NITI Aayog issues, enabling policy & regulatory framework to attract private sector funds
		Gender Budgeting
		Output-Outcome framework
3	Ms. Monali P. Dhakate JS	Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY)
		The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (56 of 2007)
		All other matters relating to Senior Citizens
		Pradhan Mantri Dakshata aur Kushalata Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana (PM-DAKSH)
		Media
		PCR-PoA
4	Shri Shailendra Kumar JS	Establishment, Cash Section
		General Administration, Vigilance
		Official Language, Corporate Cell, Narmada and all R&R matters
		SCD-VI Section (Matters related to NCSC, NCBC, NCSK & JBCI at Department level)
		Revision of lists for SCs (RL Cell)
		Facilitation/ RTI Cell, CR-RR Section
		Parliament, Legal Cell
		Matters related to Dr. Ambedkar Foundation (DAF)/DAIC-DANM/BJRNF
		PM-Anusuchit Jati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY)
		IT Division
		Coordination
5	Shri Parveen Kumar Thind JS	PM-Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India (PM-YASASVI)
		Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers Scheme (SHREYAS-OBC)
		Matters relating to the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC)
		Matters relating to Commission to examine sub-categorization of OBCs (CESOB)
		All matters relating to OBCs/EWS
		International Conventions and Agreements on matters dealt within the Department and G-20 matters
		Samras Cell
		Matters related to the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC)
		Matters relating to Development and Welfare Board for Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Communities (DWBDNCs)
		Project Monitoring Units (PMUs)
		Capacity Building
		Matters related to National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) at Department level
		The matters related to SEED (assigned to Shri V. Appa Rao, CEO) is routed through him
		Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers Scheme (SHREYAS-SCs)
		Pre & Post Matric Scholarship Schemes for SCs
		Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
		Scheme of Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Area (SRESHTA-SC)
		PM-SURAJ, Loan schemes of NSFDC and NBCFDC
6	Ms. Pratima Gupta DDG	Matters related to Pragati Portal
		Evaluation Studies of Scheme of the Department
		Monitoring matters and issues related to NITI Aayog
		Handbook/All Statistics related matters
		Preparation of Annual Report
		Sectoral Group of Secretaries (SGoS)/ Vision Document
		Public Grievances (CPGRAM), PM-CARES
		Overall Coordination of E-Samiksha
		Social Audit of Schemes
		I-MESA – Awareness generation, research, evaluation and training
		All other matters related to Statistics Division
		Development Action Plan for SCs (DAPSC) and related matters/schemes
		Matter relating to Prohibition, Rehabilitation of victims of alcoholism and substance abuse, and their families
		National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR)
		Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA)

Organisational Chart

Citizen Charter

Sector-Wise Detailed Information

State-wise number of Castes notified as Scheduled Castes (as on 23.09.2008)

Sr. No.	State/Union Territory	Number of Castes
1	Andhra Pradesh	60
2	Arunachal Pradesh	0
3	Assam	16
4	Bihar	23
5	Chhattisgarh	44
6	Goa	05
7	Gujarat	36
8	Haryana	37
9	Himachal Pradesh	57
10	Jammu and Kashmir	13
11	Jharkhand	22
12	Karnataka	101
13	Kerala	55
14	Madhya Pradesh	48
15	Maharashtra	59
16	Manipur	07
17	Meghalaya	16
18	Mizoram	16
19	Nagaland	0
20	Orissa	93
21	Punjab	39
22	Rajasthan	59
23	Sikkim	04
24	Tamil Nadu	76
25	Tripura	34
26	Uttar Pradesh	66
27	Uttaranchal	65
28	West Bengal	60
29	Andman & Nicobar Islands	0
30	Chandigarh	36
31	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	04
32	Daman & Diu	05
33	NCT of Delhi	36
34	Lakshdweep	0
35	Pondicherry	16
	Total	1208

State-wise, District-wise List of Blocks with >40% SC population

**State-wise, District-wise List of Blocks with >40% SC population**
S. No.	State	District	Block	%age of SC population
1	Andhra Pradesh	1. Adilabad	1. Kotapalle	41
1	Andhra Pradesh	2. Guntur	2. Amruthalur	42
2	Haryana	3. Yamunanagar	3. Mustafabad	40
3	Himachal Pradesh	4. Kullu	4. Nermand	45
		5. Sirmaur	5. Rajgarh	45
		5. Sirmaur	6. Sangrah	41
		6. Solan	7. Solan	41
4	Jammu & Kashmir	7. Jammu	8. Bishnah	47
5	Jharkhand	8. Chatra	9. Kunda	63
5	Jharkhand	8. Chatra	10. Lawalaung	56
6	Kerala	9. Kollam	11. Parakode (Minor)	57
7	Punjab	10. Amritsar	12. Jandiala Guru	43
		10. Amritsar	13. Verka	41
		11. Faridkot	14. Faridkot	40
		12. Gurdaspur	15. Narot Jaimal Singh	48
		12. Gurdaspur	16. Bamial	45
		13. Hoshiarpur	17. Hoshiarpur-I	48
			18. Hoshiarpur-II	48
			19. Mahilpur	44
			20. Bhunga	41
		14. Jalandhar	21. Jalandhar East	55
			22. Phillaur (P)	50
			23. Jalandhar West	48
			24. Noor Mehal	48
			25. Adampur	47
			26. Rurka Kalan	46
			27. Bhogpur	46
			28. Nakodar	43
			29. Shahkot	40
		15. Kapurthala	30. Phagwara	49
		16. Ludhiana	31. Khanna	43
		16. Ludhiana	32. Ludhiana-II	41
		17. Muktsar	33. Muktsar	44
			34. Lambi	43
			35. Malout	41
		18. Nawanshahr	36. Banga	51
			37. Nawanshahr	45
			38. Aur	44
		19. Patiala	39. Amloh (P)	51

State-wise, District-wise List of Blocks with >40% but less than 50% SC population

List of Blocks with >40% but less than 50% SC population
State	District	Blocks	% SC population
Andhra Pradesh	Adilabad	1. Kotapalle	41.18
Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	2. Amruthalur	42.22
Haryana	Yamunanagar	3. Mustafabad	40.42
Himachal Pradesh	Kullu	4. Nermand	44.85
	Sirmaur	5. Rajgarh	44.88
	Sirmaur	6. Sangrah	40.60
	Solan	7. Solan	41.19
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu	8. Bishnah	46.79
Punjab	Amritsar	9. Jandiala Guru	43.11
	Amritsar	10. Verka	41.19
	Faridkot	11. Faridkot	40.15
	Gurdaspur	12. Bamial	44.73
	Gurdaspur	13. Narot Jaimal Singh	48.20
	Hoshiarpur	14. Bhunga	40.67
		15. Hoshiarpur-I	48.37
		16. Hoshiarpur-II	47.75
		17. Mahilpur	43.81
	Jalandhar	18. Adampur	47.30
		19. Bhogpur	45.86
		20. Jalandhar West	47.63
		21. Nakodar	43.42
		22. Noor Mehal	47.50
		23. Rurka Kalan	45.92
		24. Shahkot	40.41
	Kapurthala	25. Phagwara	49.15
	Ludhiana	26. Khanna	42.58
	Ludhiana	27. Ludhiana-II	40.73
	Muktsar	28. Lambi	43.04
		29. Malout	41.00
		30. Muktsar	44.32
	Nawanshahr	31. Aur	44.42
	Nawanshahr	32. Nawanshahr	45.48
Rajasthan	Ganganagar	33. Anupgarh	42.41
		34. Karanpur	46.86
		35. Raisinghnagar	43.64
Tamil Nadu	Cuddalore	36. Keerapalayam	40.06
		37. Komaratchi	40.96
		38. Mangalur	41.20
		39. Nallur	43.74
	Kancheepuram	40. Lathur	42.96
	Kancheepuram	41. Maduranthakam	48.90
	Ramanathapuram	42. Bogalur	41.32
	The Nilgiris	43. Coonoor	41.39
	Thiruvarur	44. Koradacheri	41.81
		45. Kottur	44.38
		46. Thiruthuraipoondi	49.30
		47. Thiruvarur	41.83
		48. Valangaiman	43.45
	Thoothukkudi	49. Ottapidaram	40.81
Uttar Pradesh	Chandauli	50. Naugarh	44.95
	Faizabad	51. Dariyabad	46.79
	Hardoi	52. Ahrori	49.42
		53. Behadar	48.50
		54. Hariyawan	40.92
		55. Kachhauna	47.79
		56. Kothwan	48.73
		57. Sursa	47.44
		58. Tadiyawan	45.18
	Kaushambi	59. Chail	41.18
	Kaushambi	60. Kaushambi	42.32
	Lucknow	61. Gosaiganj	44.76
		62. Kakori	40.07
		63. Mal	45.98
		64. Mohanlalganj	45.49
	Mirzapur	65. Hallia	43.86
	Mirzapur	66. Lalganj	40.45
	Rae Bareli	67. Bachhrawan	43.02
	Sitapur	68. Gondlamau	42.52
		69. Kasmanda	40.48
		70. Machhrehta	44.45
		71. Misrikh	46.54
	Sonbhadra	72. Ghorawal	44.20
	Sonbhadra	73. Myorpur	41.54
	Unnao	74. Auras	45.34
	Unnao	75. Hasanganj	42.55
West Bengal	Bankura	76. Indus	41.77
		77. Patrasayer	44.70
		78. Sonamukhi	41.96
	Dakshin Dinajpur*	79. Kushmundi	44.41
	Jalpaiguri	80. Alipurduar - I	46.88
		81. Alipurduar - II	40.53
		82. Dhupguri	41.83
		83. Rajganj	48.54
	Koch Bihar	84. Cooch Behar - I	40.53
		85. Cooch Behar - II	45.93
		86. Dinhata - I	43.97
		87. Dinhata - II	44.99
		88. Tufanganj - I	45.73
	Maldah	89. Bamangola	49.87
	Maldah	90. Habibpur	46.29
	Nadia	91. Chakdah	44.34
		92. Hanskhali	49.21
		93. Krishnaganj	44.71
		94. Ranaghat - II	45.62
	North Twenty Four Parganas	95. Bongaon	47.06
		96. Gaighata	48.00
		97. Sandeskhali - II	44.65
	South Twenty Four Parganas	98. Baruipur	42.78
		99. Bishnupur - I	47.89
		100. Jaynagar - I	40.96
		101. Kultali	47.26
		102. Mandirbazar	43.41

List of Blocks with >50% SC population

State	District	Blocks	% SC population
Jharkhand	Chatra	1. Kunda	63.02
Jharkhand	Chatra	2. Lawalaung	55.97
Kerala	Kollam	3. Parakode (Minor)	56.94
Punjab	Jalandhar	4. Jalandhar East	54.71
	Jalandhar	5. Phillaur (P)	50.02
	Nawanshahr	6. Banga	50.72
	Patiala	7. Amloh (P)	51.30
Tamil Nadu	Kancheepuram	8. Chithamur	50.62
Tamil Nadu	Nagapattinam	9. Kilvelur	52.33
Uttar Pradesh	Chandauli	10. Forest Villages	56.58
	Mirzapur	11. Marihan	55.34
	Sonbhadra	12. Babhani	62.67
		13. Chopan	56.13
		14. Duddhi	54.80
		15. Forest Villages	79.21
		16. Nagwa	52.80
West Bengal	Darjiling	17. Kharibari	50.85
	Jalpaiguri	18. Jalpaiguri	60.65
	Jalpaiguri	19. Maynaguri	70.83
	Koch Bihar	20. Haldibari	61.86
		21. Mathabhanga - I	68.54
		22. Mathabhanga - II	65.39
		23. Mekliganj	71.43
		24. Sitai	67.33
		25. Sitalkuchi	54.85
		26. Tufanganj - II	50.63
	Medinipur	27. Khejuri - II	56.76
	North Twenty Four Parganas	28. Bagda	54.35
	North Twenty Four Parganas	29. Hingalganj	64.95
	South Twenty Four Parganas	30. Canning - I	50.66
		31. Gosaba	64.28
		32. Sonarpur	57.96
	Uttar Dinajpur	33. Kaliaganj	60.48

Districts having more than 40% SC population in India


State	District	Population (in lakhs)		%SC Population
State	District	Total	SC	%SC Population
West Bengal	Koch Bihar	24.8	12.4	50.1
Uttar Pradesh	Sonbhadra	14.6	6.1	41.9
Punjab	Nawanshahr	5.9	2.4	40.5

State/UT-wise SCs & PD Literacy Rate, 2001

State/UT	Literacy Rate 2001
State/UT	Total	SC	PD
1. Uttar Pradesh	56.3	46.3	44.5
2. Maharashtra	76.9	71.9	57.6
3. Bihar	47.0	28.5	37.2
4. West Bengal	68.6	59.0	52.7
5. Andhra Pradesh	60.5	53.5	44.2
6. Tamil Nadu	73.5	63.2	58.6
7. Madhya Pradesh	63.7	58.6	49.7
8. Rajasthan	60.1	52.2	45.3
9. Karnataka	66.6	52.9	50.3
10. Gujarat	69.1	70.5	54.0
11. Orissa	63.1	55.5	48.8
12. Kerala	90.9	82.7	67.0
13. Jharkhand	53.6	37.6	41.5
14. Assam	63.3	66.8	45.5
15. Punjab	69.7	56.2	49.5
16. Haryana	57.9	55.4	48.8
17. Chhattisgarh	64.7	64.0	47.9
18. Delhi	81.7	70.8	65.5
19. J&K	55.5	59.0	39.9
20. Uttarakhand	71.6	63.4	51.8
21. Himachal Pradesh	76.5	70.3	51.9
22. Tripura	73.2	74.7	52.5
23. Manipur	70.5	72.3	42.9
24. Meghalaya	62.5	56.3	37.9
25. Nagaland	66.6	NA	30.8
26. Goa	82.0	71.9	50
27. Aru .Pradesh	54.3	67.6	39.4
28. Puducherry	81.2	69.1	57.7
29. Mizoram	88.8	89.2	56.3
30. Chandigarh	81.9	67.7	62.5
31. Sikkim	68.8	63.0	40.0
32. A & N Islands	81.3	NA	57.1
33. D & Nagar Haveli	57.6	78.2	25.0
34. Daman & Diu	78.2	85.1	33.3
35. Lakshadweep	86.7	NA	45.0
Total	64.8	54.7	49.3

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), Among Total Population and SC Population

Age Group	Total			SC
Age Group	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
6-11 (Classes I-V)	112.6	105.8	109.4	126.1	110.0	118.4
11-14 (Classes VI-VII)	75.4	66.5	71.1	81.0	64.9	73.4
6-14 (Classes I-VIII)	98.5	91.0	94.9	109.3	93.6	101.8
14-16 (Classes IX-X)	57.7	46.2	52.2	54.8	40.3	48.1
16-18 (Classes XI-XII)	31.5	25.1	28.5	27.9	20.7	24.6
14-16 (Classes IX-XII)	44.7	35.8	40.4	41.7	30.8	36.6
6-18 (Classes I-XII)	80.6	73.1	77.0	87.8	74.5	81.5
18-24 (Higher Edn.)	13.6	9.3	11.6	10.1	6.4	8.3

Sex-wise Drop-out Rates, Among Total Population and SC Population

Classes	Total			SC
Classes	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
I-V	28.5	21.5	25.4	33.6	34.0	33.7
I-VIII	48.4	45.9	48.7	53.7	57.2	55.2
I-X	60.0	63.5	61.5	68.1	73.7	70.5

State-wise Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line by Social Groups, 2004-05

No. States	Rural				Urban				Rural & Urban
No. States	SC	OBC	Others	All	SC	OBC	Others	All	Combined
1. Andhra Pradesh	15.4	9.5	4.1	11.2	39.9	28.9	20.6	28.0	15.8
2. Assam	27.7	18.8	25.4	22.3	8.6	8.6	4.2	3.3	19.7
3. Bihar	64.0	37.8	26.6	42.1	67.2	41.4	18.3	34.6	41.4
4. Chhattisgarh	32.7	33.9	29.2	40.8	52.0	52.7	21.4	41.2	40.9
5. Delhi	0.0	0.0	10.6	6.9	35.8	18.3	6.4	15.2	14.7
6. Gujarat	21.8	19.1	4.8	19.1	16.0	22.9	7.0	13.0	16.8
7. Haryana	26.8	13.9	4.2	13.6	33.4	22.5	5.9	15.1	14.0
8. Himachal Pradesh	19.6	9.1	6.4	10.7	5.6	10.1	2.0	3.4	10.0
9. Jammu & Kasmir	5.2	10.0	3.3	4.6	13.7	4.8	7.8	7.9	5.4
10. Jharkhand	57.9	40.2	37.1	46.3	47.2	19.1	9.2	20.2	40.3
11. Karnataka	31.8	20.9	13.6	20.8	50.6	39.1	20.3	32.6	25.0
12. Kerala	21.6	13.7	6.6	13.2	32.5	24.3	7.8	20.2	15.0
13. Madhya Pradesh	42.8	29.6	13.4	36.9	67.3	55.5	20.8	42.1	38.3
14. Maharashtra	44.8	23.9	18.9	29.6	43.2	35.6	26.8	32.2	30.7
15. Orissa	50.2	36.9	23.4	46.8	72.6	50.2	28.9	44.3	46.4
16. Punjab	14.6	10.6	2.2	9.1	16.1	8.4	2.9	7.1	8.4
17. Rajasthan	28.7	13.1	8.2	18.7	52.1	35.6	20.7	32.9	22.1
18. Tamil Nadu	31.2	19.8	19.1	22.8	40.2	20.9	6.5	22.2	22.5
19. Uttar Pradesh	44.8	32.9	19.7	33.4	44.9	36.6	19.2	30.6	32.8
20. Uttarakhand	54.2	44.8	33.5	40.8	65.7	46.5	25.5	36.5	39.6
21. West Bengal	29.5	18.3	27.5	28.6	28.5	10.4	13.0	14.8	24.7
*All India	36.8	26.7	16.1	28.3	39.9	31.4	16.0	25.7	27.5

State-wise Senior Citizens (60+) Population, 2001.

Table-6
Population	State/UT	Population,2001 (in crore)
Population	State/UT	Total	Sr. Ctz	%
I. > 5 Crore	1. Uttar Pradesh	16.6	1.2	7.0
	2. Maharashtra	9.6	0.9	8.9
	3. Bihar	8.2	0.6	6.7
	4. West Bengal	8.0	0.6	7.1
	5. Andhra Pradesh	7.5	0.6	7.7
	6. Tamil Nadu	6.2	0.6	8.9
	7. Madhya Pradesh	6.0	0.4	7.2
	8. Rajasthan	5.6	0.4	6.8
	9. Karnataka	5.2	0.4	7.9
	10. Gujarat	5.0	0.4	7.0
II. 2-5 Crore	11. Orissa	3.6	0.3	8.3
	12. Kerala	3.1	0.3	10.6
	13. Jharkhand	2.6	0.2	6.2
	14. Assam	2.6	0.2	6.2
	15. Punjab	2.4	0.2	9.2
	16. Haryana	2.1	0.2	7.6
	17. Chhattisgarh	2.0	0.2	7.5
III. 0.5-2 Crore	18. Delhi	1.3	0.07	5.4
	19. Jammu & Kashmir	1.0	0.07	7.0
	20. Uttarakhand	0.8	0.07	8.8
	21. Himachal Pradesh	0.6	0.06	10.0
IV. 0.1-0.5 Crore	22. Tripura	0.3	0.02	6.7
	23. Manipur	0.2	0.02	10.0
	24. Meghalaya	0.2	0.01	5.0
	25. Nagaland	0.2	0.01	5.0
	26. Goa	0.1	0.01	10.0
	27. Arunachal Pradesh	0.1	0.005	5.0
	28. Puducherry	0.1	0.008	8.0
V. < 0.1 Crore	29. Mizoram	0.09	0.005	5.6
	30. Chandigarh	0.09	0.004	4.4
	31. Sikkim	0.05	0.002	4.0
	32. A&N Islands	0.04	0.001	2.5
	33. D& Nagar Haveli	0.02	0.001	4.0
	34. Daman & Diu	0.02	0.001	5.1
	35. Lakshadweep	0.006	*	6.1
	Total	102.7	7.7	7.5

State/UT-wise Number of Entries in the Central List of OBCs as on March, 2018.

Sl.No	State/UT	No. of Entries as in the Central List of OBCs 12.04.2018
1	Andhra Pradesh	104
2	Arunachal Pradesh^*	0
3	Assam	28
4	Bihar	132
5	Chhatisgarh	67
6	Goa	17
7	Gujarat	105
8	Haryana	73
9	Himachal Pradesh	52
10	J & K	23
11	Jharkhand	134
12	Karnataka^**	199
13	Kerala	83
14	Madhya Pradesh	68
15	Maharashtra	256
16	Manipur	4
17	Mizoram^*	0
18	Meghalaya^*	0
19	Nagaland^*	0
20	Orissa	197
21	Punjab	65
22	Rajasthan	69
23	Sikkim	8
24	Tamil Nadu	182
25	Telangana	86
26	Tripura	42
27	Uttar Pradesh	76
28	Uttrakhand	78
29	West Bengal	98
30	A & N Islands	5
31	Chandigarh	60
32	Daman & Diu	44
33	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	10
34	Delhi	56
35	Lakshadweep^*	0
36	Pudducherry	58
	Grand Total	2479

State/UT wise Population of Others(TG) as per Census 2011.

State/UT wise Population of Others(TG) as per Census 2011
#	State/UT	Transgender Population
-	India	4,87,803
1	Uttar Pradesh	1,37,465
2	Andhra Pradesh	43,769
3	Maharashtra	40,891
4	Bihar	40,827
5	West Bengal	30,349
6	Madhya Pradesh	29,597
7	Tamil Nadu	22,364
8	Orissa	20,332
9	Karnataka	20,266
10	Rajasthan	16,517
11	Jharkhand	13,463
12	Gujarat	11,544
13	Assam	11,374
14	Punjab	10,243
15	Haryana	8,422
16	Chhattisgarh	6,591
17	Uttarakhand	4,555
18	Delhi	4,213
19	Jammu and Kashmir	4,137
20	Kerala	3,902
21	Himachal Pradesh	2,051
22	Manipur	1,343
23	Tripura	833
24	Meghalaya	627
25	Arunachal Pradesh	495
26	Goa	398
27	Nagaland	398
28	Puducherry	252
29	Mizoram	166
30	Chandigarh	142
31	Sikkim	126
32	Daman and Diu	59
33	Andaman and Nicobar	47
34	Dadra and Nagar Have	43
35	Lakshadweep	2

Former Secretaries

Sr	Name	From	To
1	SHRI J. A. KALYANKRISHNAN	25.09.1985	30.11.1985
2	SHRI S. S. VARMA	02.12.1985	31.12.1989
3	SHRI J. M. QURESHI	01.01.1990	22.01.1990
4	SHRI P. S. KRISHNAN	03.01.1990	31.12.1990
5	SHRI J. M. QURESHI	01.01.1991	31.03.1991
6	SMT. USHA VOHRA	01.04.1991	24.05.1992
7	SHRI K. S. R. MURTHY	25.05.1992	31.05.1993
8	SHRI A. MOHANDAS MOSES	01.06.1993	27.01.1994
9	SHRI MATA PRASAD	28.01.1994	24.06.1995
10	SHRI K. B. SAXENA	22.08.1995	28.09.1996
11	SHRI K. K. BAKSI	28.09.1996	04.02.1998
12	SHRI D. K. MANAVALAN	04.02.1998	05.05.1999
13	SMT. ASHA DAS	05.05.1999	31.10.2001
14	SHRI C. GOPAL REDDY	05.11.2001	30.09.2003
15	SHRI B. S. BASWAN	01.07.2003	30.06.2004
16	SMT. SARITA PRASAD	30.06.2004	31.08.2006
17	DR VEENA CHHOTRAY	31.08.2006	31.03.2008
18	SHRI K. M. ACHARYA	01.04.2008	30.06.2012
19	SHRI ANIL GOSWAMI	02.07.2012	27.04.2013
20	SHRI SUDHIR BHARGAVA	09.05.2013	31.01.2015
21	MS ANITA AGNIHOTRI	02.02.2015	31.10.2016
22	SMT. G. LATHA KRISHNA RAO	31.10.2016	30.04.2018
23	SMT. NILAM SAWHNEY	21.05.2018	13.11.2019
24	SHRI R. SUBRAHMANYAM	13.12.2019	31.08.2022
25	SHRI ANJALI BHAWRA	01.09.2022	21.04.2023
26	SHRI SAURABH GARG	21.04.2023	11.06.2024
27	SHRI AMIT YADAV	11.06.2024	30.11.2025

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