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Abstract: The present study tries to assess the impact of NSFDC schemes targeted specifically for the benefit of Scheduled Caste (SC) beneficiaries. The social, economic and educational development especially of Scheduled Castes (SCs) has become a major challenge before the state. Besides, the higher growth rate of unemployment amongst the educated people has made the situation more alarming because on one side, being educated, they do not want to work in the farm sector and unorganized private sector and on the other hand they do not have sufficient capital to start income generating activities. Therefore, they are forced to remain socio-economic and educationally backward and unemployed. The impact assessment of NSFDC schemes for its efficiency and effectiveness, the social, financial & educational reach of SC beneficiaries, and their problems were not carried out & not known. An aim of making the SCs socio-economically empowered cannot be possible by only establishing SC development corporations. The success of schemes earmarked exclusively for the upliftment of socio-economic & educational conditions of SC beneficiaries is not possible without assessing the impact of schemes on the target population. It has to be assessed, need to be known and appropriate measures need to be taken for making the schemes more effective & beneficiaries centric.