Terming Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s tour of tribal dominated regions of Bastar and Surguja a success, state Congress has welcomed the decision of the state government to review forest rights cases.
In a statement, state general secretary and chairman communication wing of the Pradesh Congress Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said the decision to review the forest rights cases testifies that the Congress government wants to give land title to its rightful owners.
Trivedi further said that the Congress government in the state revived the tribal development authorities by appointing tribal chairmen and office bearers to run them. It ascertains that the decisions of the tribal welfare must be taken by tribal themselves, he added.
He also hailed the decision of the Congress government to provide appropriate price to minor forest produce of tribals and also the decision to increase minimum support price of Tendu leaves to Rs 4000 per sack from Rs 2500. Along with collection of forest produce, it has also been ensured that value addition and processing are done at the local-level, he said.