A 31-member parliamentary committee will be on a day’s visit to Chhattisgarh to study the efforts made by the government for the welfare of Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribes.
The committee members will visit the state on January 16 under the chairmanship of Dr (Prof) Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, an official communiqué said.
They will meet the Chief Secretary and discuss the socio-economic condition of the two groups and the welfare measures taken up for them.
The committee will also discuss issues with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Central Reserve Police Force as well as Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Employees and Officers Associations of Coal India Ltd and South Eastern Coalfields Ltd.
The members will visit the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe dominated villages near Raipur.