Various decisions for tribal welfare in the state were taken at a meeting of Tribal Advisory Council held at official residence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday evening.
Chief Minister himself chaired the meeting which was attended by Tribal Welfare Minister and vice chairman of the council Dr Premsai Singh, another vice chairman Rampukar Singh, office bearers of council and senior officials of concerned departments.
Official sources informed that the meeting decided that from now onwards the fee of tribal students studying in private professional institutions would be paid from District Mineral Fund (DMF).
In another important decision, the meeting decided to prepare a list of educated from backward tribes in state so that they could be provided employment with priority basis.
It was also decided to construct on priority basis hostels in Tribal’s Ashrams that till now did not have such hostels. A budgetary provision for the same would be made in the next state budget.