SCs counted in each religion as a share of all SCs counted, %, India, Census 2011, in the order paragraph 3 of the 1950 Order names them.
Hindu94.2%
Sikh3.0%
Buddhist2.9%
Any other religionNot counted: the 1950 Order allows no SC of another religion
Source: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, Census of India 2011, Table SC-14, “Scheduled Caste population by religious community”, 31 State and UT files. Analysis by The Dalit Project, as on 9 Oct 2026.
Which States divide the reservation for Scheduled Castes among groups of castes, how, from when, and with what shares, before and since India’s Supreme Court upheld it in August 2024?
Share of posts in public services and seats in educational institutions reserved for each group of Scheduled Castes in Andhra Pradesh, %, from 17 Apr 2025, in the order the Act gives them. Together they make up the 15% reserved for Scheduled Castes.
Group I (12 castes)1.0%
Group II (18 castes)6.5%
Group III (29 castes)7.5%
Source: Government of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes (Sub-classification) Act, 2025 (Act No. 22 of 2025), Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Part IV-B Extraordinary, No. 22, 24 October 2025, as hosted by PRS Legislative Research. Analysis by The Dalit Project, as on 10 Oct 2026.
SC backlog reserved vacancies left unfilled, posts, in the same eight Ministries and Departments (Posts, Defence Production, Financial Services, Atomic Energy, Defence, Railways, Revenue and Housing and Urban Affairs), on 1 January of each year, 2017 to 2021.
4,4352017
2018No figure for all eight
2019No figure for all eight
14,3662020
11,6942021
Source: Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), annexures to Lok Sabha Starred Question 130, 19 December 2018 and Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 5206, 24 July 2019 (as on 1 Jan 2017), Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 461, 1 December 2021 and Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 2778, 15 December 2021 (as on 1 Jan 2020) and Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 4378, 30 March 2022 and Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 638, 20 July 2022 (as on 1 Jan 2021). Analysis by The Dalit Project, as on 9 Oct 2026.
How are Scheduled Castes represented in each group of Central Government posts, against the 15% reserved for them in direct recruitment by open competition?
SC employees as a share of all employees in each group of Central Government posts, %, as on 1 January 2024, against the 15% reservation (dashed) and the SC share of the population in Census 2011, 16.6% (dotted). Groups below 15% are in the accent colour.
Group A14.2%
Group B16.2%
Group C (excluding Safai Karamchari)16.8%
Group C (Safai Karamchari)36.8%
All groups16.8%
Source: Department of Personnel and Training, Annual Report 2024-25, Chapter 4, Para 4.8, data as on 1 January 2024; reservation from para 4.3. Population share: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract. Analysis by The Dalit Project, as on 9 Oct 2026.
Workers outside agriculture whose enterprise is government, local bodies and public sector enterprises, as a share of all workers outside agriculture, %, all India, 2017-18 to 2023-24 (July to June).
12.6%2017-18
12.6%2018-19
12.6%2019-20
2020-21Report not held
11.4%2021-22
10.3%2022-23
10.6%2023-24
Source: National Statistics Office, PLFS Annual Reports 2017-18 to 2023-24: 2017-18 Table (39), 2018-19 Table (39), 2019-20 Table (39), 2021-22 Table (39), 2022-23 Table (22), 2023-24 Table (35). Analysis by The Dalit Project, as on 11 Oct 2026.
Statement 10A Grand Total, all ministries and departments, ₹ crore, by financial year: the light bar is the Budget Estimate, the dark bar inside it the Actuals and the tick the Revised Estimate. The share spent is Actuals as a share of the Budget Estimate.
Budget EstimateActualsRevised Estimate
Statement 10A Grand Total, all ministries and departments, ₹ crore, by financial year: the light bar is the Budget Estimate, the dark bar inside it the Actuals and the tick the Revised Estimate. The share spent is Actuals as a share of the Budget Estimate.
Financial year
Budget Estimate (₹ crore)
Revised Estimate (₹ crore)
Actuals (₹ crore)
Actuals as share of Budget Estimate
2014-15
–
–
30,035
Actuals only
2015-16
30,851
34,675
30,604
99.2%
2016-17
38,833
40,920
34,334
88.4%
2017-18
52,393
52,719
49,492
94.5%
2018-19
56,619
62,474
54,343
96.0%
2019-20
81,341
72,936
65,197
80.2%
2020-21
83,257
82,708
71,811
86.3%
2021-22
126,259
139,956
121,614
96.3%
2022-23
142,342
152,604
133,008
93.4%
2023-24
159,148
146,861
133,658
84.0%
2024-25
165,500
138,363
123,372
74.5%
2025-26
168,478
161,205
–
Actuals not yet published
2026-27
196,400
–
–
Budget Estimate only
Source: Union Budget, Expenditure Profile (Expenditure Budget Vol. I for 2016-17), Statement 10A (Allocation for Welfare of Schedule Caste) and, for 2016-17, Statement 21 (Schemes under Scheduled Castes Sub Plan), 2016-17 to 2026-27. Figures in ₹ crore as the statements give them. Analysis by The Dalit Project, as on 9 Oct 2026.
How many Scheduled Caste students does the Post-Matric Scholarship reach, State by State, and how much of the money States ask for does the Centre release?
Students paid under the Post-Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Caste students, all India, financial years 2020-21 to 2024-25.
5,016,0822020-21
3,025,1362021-22
4,647,1352022-23
4,738,5782023-24
4,804,2082024-25
Source: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 260, 22 July 2025, Annexure-I. Analysis by The Dalit Project, as on 10 Oct 2026.