BHUBANESWAR: "The channel, which is coming from the Centre for tribals, is stopped midway sometimes. It is our duty to ensure the channel reaches them," said President Droupadi Murmu while attending the 12th convocation of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University at Odisha's Baripada on Saturday.
Murmu, India’s first tribal president, said tribal communities lag behind others in development parameters. "Some of the tribal groups are more backward than their other scheduled tribe (ST) communities. They are called as particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs). Though we have made progress in our life, they are still there like their ancient times," she added.
