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The atrocities, discrimination and oppression of the Schedule Caste of Orissa are not a new phenomenon. Hence, for the capacity building of the SC and to enable them to come out of the poverty trap, apart from livelihood sustaining measures, in an era of globalisation, strengthening of public health care facilities for SC needs foremost attention. The hypothesis question addressed is if the society and government join hands to educate schedule castes and make them self �dependent then the present challenges of �Roti,Kapada and Makaan� can be overcome by good education ,good health ,regular income and improved quality of life. The Universe of study was 9 villages selected by random sampling from a list of the predominantly schedule caste populated villages in the vicinity of Bhubaneswar. This study was designed to examine the socio-economic status of the sample villages with the objective of developing a deeper understanding of the key social uses and dynamics in the project area. A pilot study was conducted in the districts before going to the field with interview schedules. The aim of the exercise was to let the communities know that they are an integral part of the journey of development. Focus Group Discussions were also held in these dwelling places to gather information orally as they are an excellent way to investigate illiterate population that might be excluded from regular survey analysis. From the Primary data collection process, both qualitative and quantitative data was collected after it was cross checked for authentication. The major findings of the study are quite revealing. The human development indicators shows that since post independence positive improvements were quite visible but there are many milestones yet to be achieved. The study concludes empowerment of the schedule caste, through various developing programmes particularly in line with the Four E�s education employment, employability and entrepreneurship.