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United News of India
30-05-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Two-day Southeast Zone states regional workshop on PM Janman being held in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, May 30 (UNI) A two-day Southeast Zone States Regional Workshop on PM Janman, Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA), organised by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), began here on Friday. Telangana Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Seethakka inaugurated the workshop which was attended by senior officials from MoTA and the Tribal Welfare Departments of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Telangana states. In her inaugural address, Seethakka said that the state government is diligently implementing the Scheduled Tribe Sub Plan Development Fund (ST SDF) scheme and is constructing over 22,000 permanent brick houses specifically for the state's tribal people. She also mentioned that recently, the state government launched the prestigious 'Indira Solar Giri Water Development' scheme, which provides solar-powered pumps to tribal farmers who have received podu land titles, enabling them to irrigate their lands and improving water management facilities. Since tribal people live in the forest, the Minister appealed to the central government to amend the Forest Department laws so that programmes aimed at their development are not hindered. Speaking on the occasion, Telangana State Chief Secretary Ramakrishna Rao stated that Telangana is setting an example for the entire country through the PM Janman and Dharti Abhijan National Village Excellence schemes, and that the state is steadily progressing in this direction. He stated that the benefits of every scheme implemented by the central and state governments reach every tribal person living in the forests. MoTA Additional Secretary Manish Thakur, who reviewed the implementation status of schemes in the states, offered several suggestions on how to implement these schemes more effectively. He praised the schemes being implemented in Telangana. UNI KNR RN
The Hindu
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Stage being set for launch of Indira Solar Giri Water Development scheme
The State government is setting the stage for the launch of Indira Solar Giri Water Development scheme. The scheme, another major initiative of the Congress government, envisages to bring lands allotted to tribal communities under the RoFR Act [The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006)] into cultivation and empower the tribal communities economically. The scheme aims at benefitting tribal farmers who had been waiting for free power supply to cultivate their Podu cultivation, where forest land is cleared by cutting and burning vegetation to create fields. The process has, however, been hit by obstacles as administrative delays relating to clearances from the departments concerned, Forest department in particular. It was in this background, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka convened a meeting of senior officials to resolve the impasse in giving permissions to ensure uninterrupted power supply to these farms. Mr. Bhatti Vikramarka has asserted that the Congress government had allocated substantial funds for the scheme, which no other State in the country had made. The Indira Solar Giri Water Development Scheme is expected to cater to irrigation needs of six lakh acres benefitting over 2.1 lakh tribal farmers over the next five years. The scheme will be launched by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at Mannanur in Achampet Assembly constituency on May 18 and it has been proposed that the entire Cabinet would be present at the event. The Deputy Chief Minister said the officials from the ITDA, electricity and horticulture departments would play a key role in the implementation of the project and wanted them to plan for effective rollout of the project. Selected tribal villages that received land titles would be surveyed for water availability and this would be followed by borewell drilling, installation of solar pumpsets, plantations, and drip irrigation systems to ensure farmers do not face difficulties. Mr. Bhatti Vikramarka suggested that cultivation of crops like avocado, bamboo, pomegranate, dragon fruit, and fig which would be remunerative. Officials concerned should accordingly conduct awareness programmes for tribal farmers in this direction. Officials concerned should visit other States where such experiments were met with success. The Deputy Chief Minister directed the officials concerned to identify crops that could generate yields and income in short term as plantations like palm oil and bamboo would take at least three years to generate income to farmers. He wanted the officials to explore options like Himachal Pradesh where organic vegetables were exported to the national capital for emulation in the ITDA areas.
