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| Ganai for effective implementation of Tribal development schemes | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 8: Advisor to Governor Khurshid Ahmed Ganai today directed the Tribal Affairs department to chalk out comprehensive strategies for effective implementation of welfare programmes and schemes meant for socio-economic emancipation of Tribal community in the state.
The Advisor impressed upon the officers for promotion of need based integrated livelihood initiatives and skill up-gradation of tribals to enable them get respectable jobs in various sectors like diversified crops, horticulture, dairy development besides others with proper market linkages and financing.
The Advisor said this while chairing a review meeting of Tribal Affairs department.
To maximize the enrolment of tribal children, the Advisor stressed for construction schools and hostel buildings especially for girls and holding innovative IEC activities to sensitize the people in the tribal areas.
The Advisor directed for renovation and up-gradation of basic facilities being provided to the boarders in various hostels of the state besides special attention with regards to quality of education being made available for the students at these hostels.
The Advisor asked the concerned to work tirelessly to provide better basic amenities to tribal people adding that several reformative measures should be initiated in this regard for effective implementation of welfare schemes launched by the government for the community.
The Advisor asked Director Tribal Affairs to personally pay field visits for speedy execution of tribal development projects.
Reviewing the status of construction work of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS), the meeting was informed that works on EMRS at Anantnag & Kulgam have been completed. For the year 2018-19, 03 new EMRS at Gurez, Kotranka and Leh have been sanctioned by central government at the cost of Rs. 1600.00 Lakhs.
The meeting also discussed Post and Pre-Matric Scholarships for the students of tribal community including Gaddis and Sippis.
The Advisor further asked the Tribal Department to submit a proposal for enhancing the parents annual income slab for the scholarships to all the scheduled tribes. |
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