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The state government has provided educational facilities to the Scheduled Castes and Neo-Buddhists; the level of education among them is increasing. The current policy of liberalization has reduced the availability of jobs. Therefore, the proportion of educated unemployed found among the general population is higher among the Scheduled Castes and the neo-Buddhists. The Scheduled Castes and the neo-Buddhist families who have land to do so have been provided with a means of income. However, landless agricultural families below the poverty line have no other means of subsistence and have to resort to employment guarantee schemes or hire private individuals. As a result, their livelihood is adversely affected. To increase their sources of income and change their living standards, they need to reduce their dependence on wages and provide them with a permanent source of income. For this, the Karmaveer Dadasaheb Gaikwad Empowerment and Swamibhan scheme has been started in 2004 to provide land to the Scheduled Castes and Neo-Buddhist landless agricultural laborers below the poverty line through the Department of Social Justice and Special Assistance. This scheme is an ambitious scheme prepared by the government for the Scheduled Castes and Neo-Buddhist landless agricultural laborers. This paper reviews the Karmaveer Dadasaheb Gaikwad Empowerment and Swabhiman scheme implemented in the Aurangabad district.