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Minister for Social Justice Vanni Arasu connected Monday said the government’s nonsubjective was to guarantee location pattas for each eligible SC/ST household wrong the adjacent 5 years. The Minister, connected Monday, chaired a gathering with the officials of his department.
He said the inaugural to assistance location e-pattas was among the government’s apical priorities and would beryllium implemented aft consultations with Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay. “It is unfortunate and tragic that adjacent decades aft India attained Independence, galore SC/ST families inactive bash not person location pattas. We are committed to ensuring that each deserving beneficiary receives one,” the Minister, a VCK typical successful the TVK-led conjugation government, told The Hindu connected Monday.
Mr. Arasu said helium was assured of achieving the extremity arsenic the Chief Minister had made it wide that Ministers should relation independently, eradicate corruption astatine each levels, and supply cleanable governance. He concisely took a interruption from gathering a dependable watercourse of visitors to his bureau to sermon his plans. People from crossed the State had travel seeking assistance not lone successful matters relating to the Social Justice Department but besides different departments.
“Sometimes, I person to personally attack the Minister acrophobic connected behalf of those who travel to maine seeking help,” helium said. The Minister said helium spent weekends travelling crossed the State to summation first-hand cognition of issues connected the ground.
Referring to the recommendations of the Justice Chandru Committee, constituted by the erstwhile DMK authorities to suggest measures to forestall caste- and creed-based conflicts among schoolhouse and assemblage students and beforehand societal harmony, helium said the authorities would instrumentality the report. “Whenever caste-based unit occurs, elder officials are transferred. However, lower-level officers, who are acquainted with section conditions, often proceed successful the aforesaid constabulary stations. We request to reappraisal the concern due to the fact that caste affiliations among immoderate constabulary unit whitethorn effect successful specified incidents being overlooked,” helium said.
Asked astir the Justice K.N. Basha Committee, constituted to urge authorities to forestall caste-based hatred crimes and alleged honour killings, Mr. Arasu said the contented was besides discussed astatine Monday’s meeting. “We are awaiting the committee’s recommendations,” helium said.
The Minister said improving the information of SC/ST hostels was different precedence of the government. “I person already visited a fewer hostels and eaten nutrient prepared successful their messes. We request to amended the facilities and surviving conditions,” helium said.
Mr. Arasu said peculiar attraction would besides beryllium paid to schools tally by the section to forestall pupil dropouts. “There is simply a connection to classify students into 3 categories — advanced, average, and struggling learners. Average and struggling students volition person further attraction and coaching,” helium said.
Another important issue, helium said, was entree to burial grounds for SC/ST communities. “In galore places, they are denied pathways to burial grounds. Land earmarked for burial grounds has besides been encroached upon. The section volition code these issues and enactment towards a solution,” helium added.
