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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Thursday said that nary Scheduled Caste oregon Scheduled Tribe assemblage subordinate should beryllium near down successful the State’s advancement towards a knowledge-based econony.
He was inaugurating the State-level ‘Social Solidarity Festival’ astatine the Durga Higher Secondary School of auditorium successful Kanhangad.
The Chief Minister said the festival’s purpose is to bring marginalised communities into the mainstream. This year’s theme, ‘Let’s Jump into Knowledge and Employment’ reflects Mahatma Gandhi’s vision.
Highlighting authorities initiatives, Mr. Vijayan highlighted assorted payment initiatives, including the Unnati Scholarship, nether which implicit 1,000 socially and economically backward students person already secured admissions successful overseas universities. He besides cited the Palakkad Medical College Hospital nether the Scheduled Caste Development Department, wherever 413 SC and 15 ST students person graduated arsenic doctors since 2014.
The authorities is besides implementing TRACE (Training for Career Excellence), which has trained implicit 5,000 students with stipends and successful nonrecreational fields. Other measures see the survey country strategy covering implicit 40,000 homes, instauration of astute survey rooms for ST students, the Tribal Plus Employment Scheme, and Vidya Vahini transport facilities for children successful distant areas.
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Comparing allocations, the Chief Minister criticised the Centre for providing lone 6.3% of its fund for Scheduled Tribes, portion the authorities twelvemonth marks 12.7% of its yearly program expenditure for SC-ST welfare. These figures uncover the quality successful approach, helium said, adding that atrocities against marginalized sections proceed to emergence nationally.
The authorities has besides extended E-Grant Scholarships to 13 lakh students, including 4.5 lakh SC and 80,000 ST students, irrespective of income. Under the LIFE Mission project, 28% of the 4.5 lakh houses built person gone to SC oregon ST families, portion 32,680 homes person been upgraded nether the SAFE project.
As portion of the two-week ‘Social Solidarity’ campaign, programmes connected education, health, housing, employment, wood rights, anti-drug awareness, and catastrophe absorption consciousness volition beryllium held crossed constituencies and section bodies.
Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Classes O.R. Kelu presided implicit the function. Forest and Wildlife Minister A.K. Saseendran was the main guest.
