Excelsior Correspondent
New Delhi, Nov 23: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh announced here today an exclusive “Rural Livelihood” scheme for Northeast. The unique scheme under the title “North East Rural Livelihood Project” is being supported by the World Bank and will primarily benefit the tribals and the lower socio – economic groups, including women, in the region.
To begin with, four states, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, will be taken up for helping the tribal and even the non-tribal lower groups living in remote areas. The project is aimed at assisting over 10,000 Self Help Groups (SHG) and benefitting approximately 3 lakh poor households.
In addition, Dr Jitendra Singh also disclosed that the North Eastern Regional Agricultural Making Corporation (NERAMC), a PSU under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, is also performing the function of assisting the farmers and agriculturists to obtain remunerative price for their produce.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, while the development and empowerment of North Eastern region is high on the priority of the Modi Government, the special focus is on women, particularly tribal women, women – headed households and single woman households. The more vulnerable tribal groups like Reang in Tripura and, Lepsha and Bhutias in Sikkim alre also going to benefit from it, he said.
Meanwhile, a delegation of the “Forum of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Legislators and Parliamentarians” led by its National President, Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal today met Dr Jitendra Singh and presented a memorandum focusing on the issues of empowerment of tribal communities in Northeast. They also invited him for the two – day conclave being organized by them with exclusive sessions on the tribal population from the Northeast.
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