CCSAP Report - Ministry of Home Affairs

which is commendable. Coastal Andhra is not far behind with 56%, while
Rayalaseema is able to raise its own resources to the extent only of 33% which is
rather low. The condition of Rayalaseema reflects low capacity to raise resources
locally which could be due to the relatively poorer conditions of the households in
this region.
2.6.05 Participation of Deprived in PRIs: Representation of women,
SCs and STs in local governance is a good indicator to measure social justice.
%
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Figure 2.14: Representation of Women, SCs and STs in
Panchyats across region of A.P.
34.1
33.8
33.2
Source: Primary data collected by CCSAP. Note: West Godavari data not-available
79
The data received
from the districts
was carefully
consolidated. Due
to scanty reporting
of information on
PRI participation
of minorities, it
was not possible
to assess
representation of
minorities at the
grassroots level governance structures (Figure 2.14). One finds fairly high
participation of women as PRIs members and there is uniformity across regions.
Similarly the share of SCs is considerably higher than the respective population
shares in each region and again there is uniformity in levels of SCs participation
across regions. In case of STs, their participation is just about 13% in Telangana,
8 % in coastal Andhra and a low of only 3% in Rayalaseema. These levels do
reflect low shares in the respective populations.
19.4
19.7
Women SCs STs
Telangana Rayalaseema Coastal Andhra
2.6.06 Expenditures on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
18.3
A rare data set on the SSA expenditures, since inception until 2007-08, was
accessed from the Human Resources Ministry, GOI. Total allocations for the state
13.3
3.1
8.0