Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that those who gobble up the money of the poor will not be spared. There is a zero tolerance policy towards the corrupt in the schemes being implemented for the welfare of the poor.
Chouhan was addressing a session on Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes Welfare in the chintan meeting of Pachmarhi. Chief Minister Chouhan said that a cadre of superintendents of hostels operated for the students of Scheduled Tribes would be formed. The minister in charge will be involved in the process of appointment of hostel superintendents. Along with this, the superintendents posted in the same hostel for more than 3 years will be changed.
The Chief Minister said that the minister in-charge must necessarily visit the hostels during his district visits to see the arrangement of hostels for scheduled tribe and caste students. In the contemplation meeting, a suggestion was made to increase the number of seats in the hostels run for the students of Scheduled Tribes in the districts including the capital. Along with this, suggestions were received to ensure the management of hostels through public participation.
Suggestions were received regarding introduction of CBSE curriculum in residential schools, making English education compulsory and making special arrangements for coaching. Along with this, suggestions were also made to set up libraries and guidance centers in schools to provide guidance to the students for competitive examinations at the district level.
A suggestion was also received to organise a 7-day camp every month at the block level for the protection of tribal culture. For the convenience of the tribal brothers, the idea of operating ATMs in Scheduled Tribe dominated areas was also mooted.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14, a programme focused on Scheduled Caste Welfare would be organised in Bhopal. This year Kabir Mahakumbh will also be organised in Sagar and Ujjain and Valmiki Mahakumbh in Indore. It was told in the meeting that 114 students belonging to Scheduled Castes category of the state are studying abroad. About 50 crores are being spent on them. The list of these students should be displayed in the hostels. The students studying in hostels will get inspiration from them. The idea of starting residential schools in 30 scheduled caste dominated districts of the state was also put in the meeting.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that the encroachments on Manglik Bhawans built in Scheduled Caste dominated areas should be removed immediately. It should be ensured that activities are conducted in the Manglik Bhawans for the purpose for which they were built. The idea of providing housing to the homeless families of Scheduled Castes on priority basis was also put forward. Suggestions were also put in the session by Minister Shri Tulsiram Silawat, Minister Shri Kunwar Vijay Shah, Shri Jagdish Deora, Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary and Sushri Meena Singh.