India Allocates Rs 4,500 crore For Social Justice and Empowerment

India Allocates Rs 4,500 crore For Social Justice and Empowerment

New Delhi(ABC Live): Union Budget 2010-11 has allocated Rs Rs 4,500 crore to Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry marking a substantial increase of 80 per cent over last year.

New Delhi(ABC Live): Union Budget 2010-11 has  allocated Rs Rs 4,500 crore to Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry marking a substantial increase of 80 per cent over last year.

Announcing the hike in the ministry's outlay while presenting the budget in Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said this would help the social sector to focus more on the welfare of the SCs, STs and OBCs, as well as the physically challenged.

The Finance Minister said the increased budgetary allocation would help the ministry in enhancing scholarship amount for students belonging to the backward classes.

"The allocation will allow the ministry to expand the various schemes it is running for the welfare of physically challenged and also for those belonging to SCs, STs and OBCs," Mukherjee said.