Guwahati: The leading Adivasi Organization Assam met the Affairs Minister Arjun Munda, who made a two-day visit to the country, on Sunday with a request for tribal status scheduled for tea tribes and increasing daily wages of tea park workers.
Delegates led by all Associating Associations of Student Assam (AASA) Vice President Melkhas Toppo and Adivasi National Convention (ANC) Munda Beer Meet Arjun Munda and then said the minister had told them that the prime minister had convinced him that they were committed to the cause of the tribe and is working on detail for the initial settlement of the problem of st.
“We told the United Minister of the fate of the adivacy community and their deteriorating economic and social conditions due to small wages, lack of education, health and employment facilities, no land and continuous political exploitation after 75 years of independence,” said Birsing.
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Furthermore, they told him about the devastating pandemic effect on their livelihoods and survival.” The tea industry faces a big challenge under Covid and because of tea imports.
The price of tea has slumped to the lowest level at auction.
It is time for the government to discuss this issue, “said Birsing.
On Monday, Trissam, the brand outlet under the Scheme and Pradhan Mantri Mantri Van Dhan Yojana (PMVVY) website was officially inaugurated at the Indian Entrepreneurship Institute (Iie) by the Minister.
The PMVDY scheme aims To empower marginalized tribal communities to make them independent.
With the scheme of the inhabitants of the tribal forest can obtain their livelihood by selling forest products.
The PMVDY scheme has been carried out by Assam Plain Tribes Development Corporation with the welfare of simple tribes and classrooms backwards Nodal.
This scheme is currently in the second phase of implementation, where around 30,000 tribal recipients are engaged in the production of value-added products, trained under various entrepreneurial development schemes and produce their livelihoods.
Their products are channeled to the retail market by Empanelel marketing agents .
The tribe’s body meets Arjun Munda for St, the demands of wage increases
