Deputy Commissioner Dr. Tarachand said that under the Dharti Aaba Janjati Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan, a special campaign is to be run in all the tribal dominated villages of Lohardaga district from 15 to 30 June to give the benefits of the schemes run by various departments to the people here. Out of 66 panchayats of the district, 63 panchayats are tribal dominated. Under this campaign, more than 63 thousand tribal dominated villages are to be covered in the aspiring districts of the country. Deputy Commissioner Dr. Tarachand said these things today while addressing the press of the district on Sunday. He told that under the campaign, 25 schemes will be focused on with the coordinated efforts of a total of 17 ministries. In which; to eliminate important deficiencies in infrastructure, health, education, livelihood etc. and to ensure holistic and sustainable development of tribal areas and groups.
The Deputy Commissioner said that under the campaign, a total of 205 villages have been identified panchayat wise in Lohardaga district. Under this scheme, villages with fifty percent or more Scheduled Tribe population have been taken. Its goal is to improve the standard of living of tribal communities and to provide them the benefits of government schemes. Under this campaign, various camps will be organized block-wise in these villages during this period. In these camps, people will be benefited with the benefits of new Aadhar Card and Aadhar Card Update, e-KYC, Ayushman Bharat (PMJAY) Card, PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, Ration Card, Caste Certificate, Residential Certificate, Nutrition Campaign, TB Free India Mudra Yojana, Van Dhan Yojana, PM Kisan, Kisan Credit Card MNREGA etc. Its main objective is to connect the tribal community with all the development schemes and make them aware of it, as well as to cover the beneficiaries under this campaign by giving priority to the development related schemes. Work for tribal welfare will continue even after this campaign. The Deputy Commissioner sent two awareness chariots to all the blocks from the Collectorate premises for the promotion of Dharti Aaba Tribal Village Utkarsh Abhiyan. Additional Collector Jitendra Munda, ITDA Project Director Sushma Neelam Soreng, Sub-Divisional Officer Amit Kumar, District Panchayat Raj Officer Anjana Das, District Welfare Officer Saraswati Kachhap and Welfare Department employees were present in the program.