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It is a universally agreed fact that individuals from the Scheduled Castes are the most mistreated and hopeless segments of Indian society. The government of Telangana State thought that these problems can be addressed by empowering them by providing various income and employment generation opportunities. The introduction of the Dalit Bandhu Scheme is a step forward in this direction. Telangana Dalit Bandhu Scheme is a flagship and unique scheme in India to empower the Dalit community people. In view of this flagship program, an attempt is made to elicit the impact of the scheme on the beneficiaries from the perspective of intended aims and objectives to understand the concept of Dalit entrepreneur, examine the economic status of beneficiaries, Ascertain project taken up under this scheme and know the impact of Dalit Bandhu Scheme. This paper is based on the secondary and primary data. Primary data were collected from all the beneficiaries who got financial aid under the scheme. Based on the findings of the study it is concluded that the Dalit Bandhu scheme is very much helpful in uplifting the Dalit Community people economically and empowering them to become entrepreneurs and employment creators. This scheme also helped to take up new initiatives for providing employment other than the agriculture sector. It is suggested that female applicants need to be encouraged for the empowerment of women.