 "<b>Story in numbers:</b> Have money, won't spend")
In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, then Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while addressing a gathering of Dalits and backward classes in Kerala, had described himself as a victim of untouchability. "The next 10 years are going to be yours," he had said. And, the crowd broke into loud cheers.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government ostensibly kept his promise. The 2014-15 Union Budget had a 25-per cent increase in allocation to two funds - the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) and the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP)- meant for Dalits and Adivasis. However, more than one-third (Rs 32,979 crore) of the funds allocated by central ministries remained unused in 2014-15.
This is an increase of 250 per cent in the money unused, compared to the previous year. Modi's first year in office as prime minister saw the "highest" amount unspent and also the highest percentage of amount unspent in the past three years (the only period for which central government has figures)
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government ostensibly kept his promise. The 2014-15 Union Budget had a 25-per cent increase in allocation to two funds - the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) and the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP)- meant for Dalits and Adivasis. However, more than one-third (Rs 32,979 crore) of the funds allocated by central ministries remained unused in 2014-15.
This is an increase of 250 per cent in the money unused, compared to the previous year. Modi's first year in office as prime minister saw the "highest" amount unspent and also the highest percentage of amount unspent in the past three years (the only period for which central government has figures)