Preneet writes to Plan panel on SC sub-plan
Sunday, 13/05/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120513/punjab.htm#13
The Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Preneet Kaur, has asked the Planning Commission to take steps to expedite action for implementation of the Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) on the pattern of Maharashtra model in Punjab. In a communication addressed to Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the Minister has sent a copy of the memorandum that she received from the Chamar Mahan Sabha, through its president Paramjit Singh Kainth.
Preneet stated that Kainth had insisted that since the SCSP Maharashtra model was the brainchild of the Planning Commission of India, it was now the responsibility of the Commission to have it implemented in Punjab as well. “Article 46 of the Constitution of India directs the state governments to promote with special care the education and economic interests of the weaker sections, Scheduled Castes in particular, protecting them from social injustice and other forms of exploitation”, reads the memorandum submitted to Preneet by the Sabha.
