India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

State/UT wise Allocation and Expenditure FY 2025-26 for SCs and STs

Rs. In Lakhs

Sr. No.

State/UT

SCs

STs

Allocation

Expenditure

Allocation Centre

Expenditure

1

Andhra Pradesh

5042.10

1085.26

1025.69

207.97

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.00

0.00

701.22

0.00

3

Assam

2393.47

516.76

3031.30

612.51

4

Bihar

16029.27

1688.11

838.02

62.74

5

Chhattisgarh

1837.29

226.66

3283.33

469.50

6

Goa

5.55

2.68

32.15

0.00

7

Gujarat

2153.07

744.39

4671.41

1754.05

8

Haryana

2936.00

143.22

0.00

0.00

9

Himachal Pradesh

1628.50

717.76

236.85

76.46

10

Jammu & Kashmir

1938.26

484.57

3900.00

975.00

11

Jharkhand

2466.24

0.00

3809.93

217.14

12

Karnataka

3914.67

583.56

1116.28

222.43

13

Kerala

407.13

160.59

60.67

6.33

14

Madhya Pradesh

4097.36

142.12

4400.42

242.04

15

Maharashtra

10352.24

2915.64

7679.78

3013.24

16

Manipur

43.30

0.00

459.67

0.00

17

Meghalaya

83.63

0.00

9473.20

4.81

18

Mizoram

1.51

0.32

919.76

341.93

19

Nagaland

0.00

0.00

2358.90

1075.59

20

Odisha

3484.06

1369.65

3118.31

1187.42

21

Puducherry

161.74

3.28

0.00

0.00

22

Punjab

2446.67

444.94

0.00

0.00

23

Rajasthan

3621.07

1169.15

2050.56

705.32

24

Sikkim

76.25

4.19

398.72

26.77

25

Tamil Nadu

8318.68

5494.24

364.01

162.00

26

Telangana

2471.46

0.00

1088.78

0.00

27

Tripura

1421.84

204.06

2287.24

312.62

28

Uttar Pradesh

37515.60

1525.46

707.79

18.86

29

Uttarakhand

833.82

184.19

92.21

26.27

30

West Bengal

19808.24

10157.16

3482.81

2097.32

Total

135489.00

29967.97

61589.00

13818.32

5,67,873 villages have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus (Aspiring-75,892, Rising-3,958, Model-4,88,023) under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)] upto 04.12.2025, as per the data reported by the States/UTs on online Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of SBM(G). The key criteria and process being used to declare all the villages in the country as Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase-II are as under:

An ODF Plus village is defined as a village which sustains its Open Defecation Free (ODF) Status, ensures solid and liquid waste management and is visually clean. There are 3 progressive stages of ODF Plus villages:

A village that has met all the ODF Plus criteria will self-declare themselves ODF Plus at a Gram Sabha meeting. The district must ensure mandatory third-party verification of a village, within 90 days of ODF Plus declaration for the first time. The mandatory third-party verification will be undertaken for ODF Plus (Model) villages only. However, supervisory verification may be done for the ODF Plus villages across all the three categories (Aspiring/Rising/Model) by the officers responsible in chain of command at Block/District/State levels.

Under SBM(G), this Department provides an incentive of Rs. 12000/- for the construction of one unit of Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs) to all BPL households and identified APL households, including SC/ST households. As per SBM(G) Phase II guidelines, among APL households, first preference is given to SC/ST households for providing IHHL incentive under SBM(G). Further, Community assets such as Community Sanitary Complexes (CSCs) are also constructed under SBM(G) which cater to the sanitation needs of all communities. However, for the construction of CSCs, as per SBM(G) Phase II guidelines, priority shall be given to the locations with predominant SC/ST habitations, among others. State/UT-wise allocation and expenditure for SCs and STs under SBM(G) for 2025-26 is given at Annexure.

The information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI SHRI V. SOMANNA in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.