Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has asked the Scheduled Tribes (ST) public representatives to suggest schemes, programmes and measures to be taken for welfare of the the STs.
At a meeting with Scheduled Tribe MLAs and MPs here, the CM said that the government has accepted their long pending demand for the transformation of their habitations into gram panchayats. A Special Development Fund is also brought in and residential educational institutions have been set up to impart better education.
The Chief Minister agreed that tribals were facing problems with regard to the forest and revenue lands apart from in the implementation of 1/70 Act. He wanted them to have meeting among themselves on Saturday morning and meet him with concrete proposals in the afternoon. so that they can be given a shape by the government.
