How many awards are available?
Twenty one awards per year are available under the existing Scheme, with following distribution: (i) Scheduled Castes – 17 (ii) Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes – 1 (iii) Scheduled Caste converts to other religion – 2 (iv) Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans – 1 Total 21