PONDICHERRY: N. Rangasamy, Chief Minister, called upon officials concerned with the implementation of welfare schemes for Scheduled Castes to achieve the goals set in the Special Component Plan for the downtrodden.

Mr. Rangasamy, who is the chairman of the State Level Committee for Welfare of the Scheduled Castes, was addressing its second meeting here on Wednesday.

The Chief Minister who returned from Delhi after attending the 51st National Development Council meeting on Tuesday, his Cabinet colleagues A. Elumalai (Local Administration Minister) and M. Chandirakasu (Welfare Minister), legislators from reserved constituencies, Secretary to the Government A.K. Chathurvedi, officials and heads of departments implementing the welfare schemes for the downtrodden participated in the deliberations.

The meeting reviewed utilisation of funds sanctioned under the Special Component Plan for SC welfare programmes and also identified the areas where improvement was yet to be shown, an official source told newsmen at the end of the meeting.

Sixteen per cent of the total budgetary allocations has been earmarked under the plan for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes in Pondicherry.

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