law: Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
  21. Duty of Government to ensure effective implementation
  
  of the Act
  (1) Subject to such rules as the Central Government may make in
  
  this behalf, the State Government shall take such measures as may be necessary
  
  for the effective implementation of this Act.
  (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of
  
  the foregoing provisions, such measures may include,-
  (i) the provision for adequate facilities,
  
  including legal aid, to the persons subjected to enable them to avail
  
  themselves of justice;
  (ii) the provision for traveling and
  
  maintenance expenses to witnesses, including the victims of atrocities, during
  
  investigation and trial of offence under this Act;
  (iii) the provision for the economic and
  
  social rehabilitation of the victims of the atrocities;
  (iv) the appointment of officers for
  
  initiating or exercising supervision over prosecutions for the contravention of
  
  the provisions of this Act;
  (v) the setting up of committees at such
  
  appropriate levels as the State Government may think fit to assist that
  
  Government in formulation or implementation of such measures;
  (vi) provision for a periodic survey of the
  
  working of the provisions of this Act with a view to suggesting measures for
  
  the better implementation of the provisions of this Act;
  (vii) the identification of the areas where
  
  the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes are likely to be
  
  subjected to atrocities and adoption of such measures so as to ensure safety
  
  for such members.
  (3) The Central Government shall take such steps as may be necessary
  
  to co-ordinate the measures taken by the State Governments under sub-section
  
  (1).
  (4) The Central Government shall, every year, place on the table
  
  of each House of Parliament a report on the measures taken by itself and by the
  
  State Governments in pursuance of the provisions of this section.