Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday said that State Government is committed to socio-economic and educational development of people living in tribal areas.
Implementation of Govt schemes is leading to accelerated development of education, health and other sectors, he said.
Singh was addressing the National Convention of All India Halba-Halbi Adivasi Samaj held in Tehsil Headquarters of Bhairamgarh in Bijapur district.
On the eve, the Chief Minister also released the annual magazine of the community.
Singh also announced sanction of discretionary funds worth Rs 25 lakh for construction of community building in Bijapur district headquarters.
He said in his address that Halba-Halbi community is a progressive community. 95% youngsters of this community successfully complete education till higher secondary school, which shows the awareness of this community.
Singh said: “ State Government has recently taken a big decision in the larger interest of lacs of people belonging to scheduled tribes and scheduled castes. As per this decision, Government has identified and recognised 85 phonetic values of 22 caste names of scheduled tribe and five caste names of scheduled caste, so as to solve the problem arising in issuance of caste certificates due to pronunciation ambiguities in different dialects.”
Now students of these communities can easily get their caste certificates, he said.
The Chief Minister said “It is a historical decision. By the grace of Ma Danteshwari and Bhairam Baba, we have laid foundation of development in the districts like Bijapur and Dantewada.”
We have the target to provide electricity connection to seven lakh households of state in next six months, with completion of which we will be able to achieve the goal of 100 per cent electrification of villages and households, he said.
Under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, 35 lakh families are being provided lPG connections. Under Health Insurance Scheme, all the families are being provided the facility to avail medical treatment of upto Rs 50K in a year, Singh said.
Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda also addressed the convention.