• Dr. RAVIKUMAR S

The Government of India under the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) laid more emphasis on faster and more inclusive growth strategy with its planned document. Inclusive growth is a process of broad based benefits and development of fruits should be reached poorer strata or bottom of the pyramid, specially focused on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, other Backward Classes, by providing basic amenities such as health, education, sanitation, and pure drinking water facilities. Both the Central and State Governments have been implemented various welfare and developmental programmes for the sake of welfare of Scheduled Caste, ever since Independence, despite the efforts made by both the Governments, even today the Scheduled Caste population failed to get Government facilities and excluded from the development process. It is evidence from the statistical data proved that, the Socio-Economic indicators of SCs in Karnataka has shown gradually increasing trend over the independence but as compared general population there is widening gap. Hence to minimize the gap between SCs and general population there is urgent need to effectively and efficiently implement of development programmes and active participation of Scheduled caste in the process of development for sustained and more inclusive growth of Scheduled Caste in Karnataka. The objectives of the present study are to assess the growth of Scheduled Caste population during the census period from 1981 to 2011 and to analyze the Socio-Economic Conditions of Scheduled Caste population in Karnataka. The intended study is based on the secondary data which have been gathered from various books, journals and periodicals, Economic Survey of Karnataka, Karnataka Development Report, websites, articles, and various census reports.

Inclusive growth, Scheduled Caste population, Development, Karnataka.

"INCLUSIVE GROWTH OF SCHEDULED CASTE POPULATION IN KARNATAKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.303-309, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006053.pdf

"INCLUSIVE GROWTH OF SCHEDULED CASTE POPULATION IN KARNATAKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp303-309, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006053.pdf