Centre has identified 468 villages in districts of Adilabad, Komaram-Bheem Asifabad, Nagarkurnool, Rangareddy and Vikarabad for all-round development of the identified vulnerable tribal communities under the PM Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM Janman) to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, TS BJP president and Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast Region, G. Kishan Reddy said.
Addressing a press conference at the party office on Sunday, Mr. Kishan Reddy said that the Kolam and Chenchu tribals will benefit from this scheme which has an outlay of about ₹24,000 crore and is targeted at 39 lakh tribals living in 22,000 villages in 18 States across the country.
Within TS, Adilabad district has the highest number of vulnerable tribal communities and these will be eligible for improvement of basic amenities like roads, power, telecom, houses, health cards, farmers’ credit cards, land ownership papers, ration cards, caste certificates and so on like their identified brethren in other States.
