MGNREGA, food subsidy cut will hit Schedule Tribes worst, says tribal group

Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch say that tribal communities account for 20% of MGNREGA workers, who will bear the brunt of the 25% cut in MGNREGA allocation for the financial year 2023. (Source: The Hindu)

A tribal rights advocacy group has rued that budgetary cuts on food subsidy and MNREGA will hurt tribal communities the worst.

"Tribal communities have the highest numbers of those malnourished, particularly children and women. Cuts in food subsidies will be disastrous and lead to direct intensification of hunger," said Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM) in a press statement.