Members of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe collecting ‘tendupatta’ will be benefited by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Scheme, said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president and MP Nanda Kumar Singh Chouhan.
Chouhan and State general secretary Arvind Menon honored members of hard working, ‘tendupatta’ collecting Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste community by raising their collection amount from Rs950 to Rs1250 and in case of any accidental death the amount is raised from Rs2500 to Rs two lakh.
In this way Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan put smiles of lakhs of Tendupatta collectors under more than five thousand forest committee.
Chouhan also told that due the announcement by the chief minister not only they are monetarily benefitted but the crop destruction by wild animals will also be taken care. The responsibility will be shared by the forest department.
He thanked the Chief Minister and the Forest minister Gaurishankar Shejwar. He also said that the largest forest area of the nation lies in the State. This provides a lot of opportunity for job based on forest. He further added that the ‘tedupatta’ collection is seasonal, but the government intends to provide job round the year.
Meanwhile, there is huge excitement about BJP organised ‘Kisan Mahakumbh’ and here on Sunday district level meetings were organised. The Kisan Mahakumbh will be on February 18 at Sherpur in Sehore. Meeting was held to decide upon the invitation to be distributed statewide. In Indore senior leader Vikram Verma, State president of Kisan Morcha Balilal Gurjar were present.
In Sagar BJP’s senior leader Bhupendra Singh, Party’s State general secretary Vinod Gotiya, legislator Shailendra Jain and district president Raja Dubey were present.
In Rewa State Vice President Ajay Pratap Singh and District President Vidya Prakash Shrivastava were present.