Karmaveer Dadasaheb Gaikwad Empowerment and Self-Respect Scheme

State Sponsored Scheme

• This scheme has been implemented since the year 2004.

Government Resolutions

• G.R. No. Vighayo-2004/Pr.No.125 dated June 02, 2004
• G.R. No. Vighayo-2005/Pr.No.17/Vighayo-2 dated January 14, 2005
• G.R. No. Vighayo-2004/555/Pr.No.125/Vighayo-2 dated February 04, 2005
• G.R. No. Vighayo-2004/555/Pr.No.125/Vighayo-2 dated February 25, 2005
• G.R. No. Land-2006/Pr.No.132/Vighayo-2 dated May 29, 2006
• G.R. No. Land-2006/Pr.No.132/Vighayo-2 dated May 29, 2006
• G.R. No. Vighayo-2006/555/Pr.No.199/Vighayo-2 dated July 29, 2007
• G.R. No. Land-2012/Pr.No.03/Ajak-1 dated March 13, 2012
• G.R. No. Land-2015/Pr.No.64/Ajak dated August 14, 2018
• G.R. No. Vighayo-2004/555/Pr.No.125/Vighayo-2 dated October 29, 2005

Objective of the Scheme

• To provide land to landless agricultural laborers from Scheduled Castes and Neo-Buddhist communities below the poverty line.

Key Conditions of the Scheme

• This scheme is 100% government-funded.
• The maximum limit is Rs. 5 lakh per acre for dry land and Rs. 8 lakh per acre for irrigated land.
• Age limit is 18 to 60 years.
• Under the scheme, 4 acres of dry land or 2 acres of irrigated land.

Priority Groups

• Landless Scheduled Castes and Neo-Buddhist communities below the poverty line (for deserted women).
• Landless Scheduled Castes and Neo-Buddhist communities below the poverty line (for widowed women).
• Victims of injustice under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Nature of Benefits

• Under this scheme, 4 acres of dry land or 2 acres of irrigated land are allotted to each beneficiary by the government.
• As per revised Government Resolution Dt.14/8/2018 the said scheme has been launched on 100% grant basis

Beneficiary:

Scheduled Castes and Neo-Buddhist communities

Benefits:

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