Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Minister K. Radhakrishnan interacting with Kayama, a resident of Nittamani tribal settlement, after handing over the keys of a newly constructed house to him. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Minister K. Radhakrishnan has said that the government is constantly making efforts to bring the marginalized sections, especially the tribals, into the mainstream of the society.
Speaking after handing over the keys of 47 newly constructed houses for landless tribals at Paliana and Nittamani in Wayanad on Tuesday, Mr Radhakrishnan said the term ‘tribal settlement’ should be changed. Hence, the housing projects in Paliana and Nittamani were named ‘Unnati Gramam’ and ‘Bhumika’ respectively.
The minister said that the decentralization policy implemented in 1997 can bring drastic changes in the standard of living of Dalits. Their participation in development projects should be ensured, he said, adding that the services of accredited engineers in civic bodies would be utilized for housing projects for tribals.
Shri Radhakrishnan said that all out efforts should be made to ensure enrollment of all tribal children in schools in the next academic year. He said that the Akshay Bada Abhiyan for Document Digitization (ABCD) camp for tribals would be extended to all the districts. The project envisages providing ration cards, Aadhaar cards, voter ID cards, birth certificates, health insurance documents and bank accounts to all tribals and keeping the documents in a digital locker.
Ya Kelu, the MLA presided over the function.