Training Programme on Budget Advocacy for the Post-Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Castes

This training module is a resource and a guide for facilitators to deliver a training programs on budget advocacy. The focus of this training is advocacy of the Post-Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Caste students (PMS-SC), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS). The training program introduces basic budget concepts, processes and institutions, and locates PMS-SC within this framework. It covers the planning, budgeting and implementation processes for the PMS-SC scheme; budget tracking and analysis for the same; and analysis of the Schedule Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP). Finally, it focuses on how this knowledge base can be used for advocacy. Download PDF.