Centre to spend Rs 15,000 crore during 3 years for improving basic facilities in remote tribal villages

New Delhi, June 14

Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said that the government is taking several steps for the welfare of the tribal people in the country. He said the focus has been laid on improving the socio-economic conditions of the particularly vulnerable tribal groups, providing quality education and affordable health facilities to the tribal in the last nine years.

Briefing media in New Delhi on Tuesday, Mr. Munda said, 15,000 crore rupees will be spent under the Pradhan Mantri Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups Development Mission in three years. He said this will improve basic facilities in the far-flung villages by focussing on clean drinking water, sanitation, improved access to education, health, road and telecom connectivity, and sustainable livelihood opportunities. He said, there are one lakh 12 thousand tribal-dominated villages in the country and the government has set a target to develop 36,000 villages as a model village. He said considerable progress has been made on this front. The Minister said an announcement has been made to appoint more than 38,000 teachers to provide quality education to the tribal population.