Ashadeepa Scheme

The "Ashadeepa Scheme" was introduced by the Government of Karnataka in the 2017-18 budget to encourage private sector industries and companies to provide employment opportunities to persons belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories, ensuring social justice. The scheme is implemented through the "Karnataka State Workers Welfare and Social Security (Ashadeepa Scheme) Society (R)." Objectives: - To create employment opportunities to the candidates belonging to SC and ST categories in the private sector. - To improve the socio – economic conditions of SCs and STs. - To encourage the employment of SCs and STs, in private sectors establishments/factories etc., by reimbursing the contribution paid by the employers towards Salary, ESI and EPF paid by them, thereby providing financial assistance. - To reimburse the Stipendiary amount paid to the apprentice trainees by the employer. - To reimburse the salary paid to the candidate if the employer recruits the same candidate after apprentice training.