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Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan

A centrally funded scheme for the welfare of the scheduled caste farming community, run at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur and at its regional centres and stations.

About the scheme

A centrally funded scheme, released to all states on a regular basis

Scheduled caste sub plan is a centrally funded project for the welfare of scheduled caste farming community under which the funds are released for all states / territories on the regular basis.

  • 20%+

    Scheduled caste share of population in the districts covered

  • Quarterly

    Targets fixed at institute level at the start of the financial year

The main objectives of this project are to uplift the livelihood and living standard of scheduled caste community through investment for their economic development in order to make the project more viable. The project is based on the programs/activities of local community needs, hence there is flexibility in the utilization of funds.

What the scheme sets out to do

1

Livelihood

To uplift the livelihood and living standard of the scheduled caste community.

2

Economic development

Investment for their economic development, in order to make the project more viable.

3

Local need

Programmes and activities based on local community needs, with flexibility in the utilization of funds.

The year 2025-26

Targets and achievements

Scheduled caste sub plan funded by ICAR / Govt. of India is a regular and main scheme under which the scheduled caste community farmers in various districts of states/country having more than 20 percent population of scheduled caste and surviving below poverty line are benefitted and supported by number of programs / activities to strengthen the economic level of their families. Under this project the targets of all the activities/programs are annually fixed quarter wise at the start of financial year at Institute level and further implemented as per scheduled task in the Institute and its Regional stations. During the year 2025-26, the achievements under different targets at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur and its Regional Centres and Stations are summarized below.

Achievements against targets, 2025-26

S.N. Activity / target Achievement Beneficiaries / locations
1 Farmers Training 22 2476 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur and at its regional stations
2 · Input distribution
a Distribution of quality seeds of pulses 564 Q 5640 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur and at its regional stations
b Knapsack sprayers 686 686 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur and at its regional stations
c Storage bins 495 495 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur and at its regional stations
d Agriculture tool kits 600 600 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur and at its regional stations
e IIPR Mini Dal Mill 01 01 SHG of Kanpur Dehat
f Micro-nutrient mixture 05 500 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur
g Bio-fertilizer — Rhizobium liquid formulation, 100 ml pack 1200 1200 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur
h Insecticide / herbicide 38 Litres 380 at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur

Row 2 of the institute’s table, Input distribution, is a heading with no figures of its own; it introduces rows a to h and is shown as a heading here. Note that the achievement column and the beneficiary column count different things — 564 quintals of seed reached 5,640 farmers, 38 litres of insecticide reached 380, and so on — so the two columns are not expected to match.

Training and distribution

The programme in the field

Farmers and farm women seated under a shamiana at a Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan training programme
Farmers queuing with jute seed bags along a corridor during an input distribution
Farmers standing beside a long row of metal storage bins being distributed
Farmers beside stacked cartons of plant protection inputs before distribution
Jute bags of quality pulse seed laid out for distribution to beneficiary farmers
Farmers receiving agriculture tool kits at a distribution programme

The institute publishes these 6 photographs without captions, so none are given here; each carries a description of what is in the frame for screen readers.