The state council of ministers, in an unscheduled meeting headed by Tripura
chief minister Biplab Deb on Tuesday, approved a proposal of Rs 8389.71
crore under various projects for the development of tribals and sought
funds from the Centre.
The tribal-based Indigenous Peoples' Front of Tripura (IPFT) had forged an alliance with BJP in the last assembly election held in February, 2018 and accordingly, in September. 2018, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) constituted a committee headed by its special secretary (internal security) Rina Mitra and senior officials of different ministries and the state government.
The tribal-based Indigenous Peoples' Front of Tripura (IPFT) had forged an alliance with BJP in the last assembly election held in February, 2018 and accordingly, in September. 2018, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) constituted a committee headed by its special secretary (internal security) Rina Mitra and senior officials of different ministries and the state government.
The committee was assigned to recommend an action plan and strategies to
address development problems. It had detailed discussions on the same
with different stakeholders and also accepted a large number of
memorandums from different political parties, intellectuals and social
organisations in this regard.
Tribal welfare minister Mevar Kr Jamatia said the committee had taken
note of the salient points of the charter of demands raised by the
stakeholders and organisations and subsequently sent it to the state
government for its views and action plan to address these issues for
holistic development of tribal communities.
"Upon receipt of the communique from MHA, the same set has been
distributed among different departments of the state, seeking their
suggestions to address the problems of the indigenous people of the
state. As many as 26 departments have laid out a detailed plan of action
for implementing the development projects for the communities, which
was presented before the cabinet," Jamatia said.
He further pointed out that to address a few issues raised before the
committee, like filling up reserved posts for Scheduled Tribe and
Scheduled Caste candidates in different government departments in a
time-bound manner and to solve the land issues of tribals, the state
government has decided to initiate a special recruitment drive.
"The state government is taking steps for holistic amendments to the
Tripura Land Record and Land Reform Act, 1960, and a four-member expert
committee has been constituted for suggesting suitable amendments,
considering the grievances of tribal people and directed to submit the
report within three months so that the government can move ahead with
the necessary amendments in the assembly," Jamatia said.
He added that to implement such projects, the state needs huge funds,
which is not available in the state budget. "Funds cannot be mobilised
from the state's own resources as the project activity is not something
extraordinary. Had these issues been addressed by the government from
time to time since the beginning, today these demands would not come,"
he said.
Sorce: TOI
