Team News Riveting
Bhopal, April 22
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that Madhya Pradesh is the first state in the country to make forest dwellers the owners of forest areas.
Madhya Pradesh has done this era transformatic work, Shah said while addressing the conference of Forest Committees at Jamboree Maidan today. The Madhya Pradesh government is active in fulfilling the important announcements made for the development of tribal communities in Jabalpur in the last September. Fulfilling those announcements, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has started implementing them. Forests were owned by the government from the time of the British. Now in Madhya Pradesh, along with the precious teak wood, forest dwellers will be the owners of 20 per cent of the amount of other forest wealth. This is a big initiative implemented in favour of the tribal community. Madhya Pradesh has the highest tribal population of 21 per cent in the country. Madhya Pradesh government has done commendable work for their welfare.
The Union Home Minister added that the Chief Minister has worked hard to make Madhya Pradesh a developed state from a BIMARU state. Madhya Pradesh is now included in the developed states. Here important works like the irrigation system, adequate power supply have been done under the leadership. Madhya Pradesh’s initiative for tribal welfare is exemplary for the whole country. He said people of the forest dwelling areas should live with rights, this was their dream, which had been realised.
Today, an amount of crores of rupees has been paid to the tendu patta collectors along with distribution of funds for bamboo and other production. In Madhya Pradesh, 827 out of 925 forest villages will start getting facilities like revenue villages. Delimitation will be possible here, loan for housing will be available and all the rights of revenue will be provided to the forest dwellers. The representatives of the forest dwellers who came to the conference will go back today with a sense of self-respect. Works can be done on priority through forest committees in more than 15 thousand 600 gram sabhas in the state.
Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been successful in giving the identity of the government to the deprived and downtrodden sections of the society. It has also been resolved to give everyone his house by the end of this year. Shri Shah said that toilets have been constructed in the country. 13 crore Ujjwala gas connections have been given. Initiative is being taken to supply water from the tap to every household in Jal Jeevan Mission. This work will be completed by the year 2024. Under Ayushman Yojana, treatment facilities up to Rs 5 lakh is being provided. Free food grains were given during the Corona period. The benefit of vaccination was given to the citizens.
Shah said that along with the distribution of food grains under the “Mukhyamantri Ration Aapke Gram” scheme, food grants of Rs 1000 is also being given to the tribal people. Madhya Pradesh achieving a 19.7 percent growth rate in the year 2021-22 is a big achievement. There has been an increase in GDP by 200 per cent in the last 10 years in Madhya Pradesh, which has not happened in other states.
The capital expenditure in the state has increased from Rs 31 thousand crore to 40 thousand crore. The Government of India has also provided Rs 11,000 crore to Madhya Pradesh. The budget for the welfare of tribals has increased from Rs 4,000 crore to Rs
The Union Home Minister greeted and congratulated Chief Minister Chouhan and his team for the historical work of more measures for welfare of Madhya Pradesh and tribal class.
