Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday said that his Government will take steps to promote small entrepreneurs in the State.
Apart from ensuring loan facilities for the youths, policies will be framed to increase their employability. He also asked industries to focus on all round development of the State economy. He said that proper priorities should be given to all the stakeholders while pursing projects or there would be unbalanced growth.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the two-day International Santhali Conference-2013 organised at Michael John auditorium, Soren admitted that mistakes were committed by past Governments, during erstwhile Bihar and Jharkhand regime. Speaking in chaste Santhali, he said that people of the region have not developed in proportion to the mineral resources extracted from there region.
“Our natural resources are depleting due to rampant use of mines. However, we have failed to ensure progress of the local tribes and this has led to social unrest,” said Soren.
He also noted that the Government will make available easy loans for the youths to pursue their education.
"The present generation is waning away from their rich values and tradition, which is a matter of great concern. Unless we teach them the importance of Santhali language and literature they would not take interest," noted the Chief Minister.
Meanwhile during the conference availability of Santhali books in the market was another important issue that was raised during the session. The speakers were of the opinion that books on Ol chiki script should be easily available in the market
Addressing the gathering, DC Murmu said that though Santhali is known by only the Santhals, a tribe living in Jharkhand, there are parts of West Bengal and Orissa, as well as some parts of Bangladesh and Nepal where this language is spoken. Being an Austro-Asiatic language, it had no script of its own. It was usually written in either Devanagari or Bengali Script. Recently, an attempt was made to introduce alphabets to the language.
It may be noted that in a bid to promote art, culture, language and literature the Santali conference is organised by International Santhal Council (ISC). About 500 delegates from across the globe are participating.