Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Minister Gummadi Sandhyarani connected Monday (September 22) informed the Assembly that the authorities has prepared proposals to state 496 villages, wherever tribal colonisation exceeds 50%, arsenic Scheduled Areas. The proposals are presently nether examination.
Responding to a question raised by MLA Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy, the Minister said the Government of India has laid down eligibility criteria for declaring Scheduled Areas, which see higher tribal population, administrative convenience arsenic a territory oregon artifact unit, capable size, and comparative economical backwardness compared to neighbouring regions.
She explained that specified proposals are archetypal sent by territory collectors to the Andhra Pradesh Tribal Advisory Council, past forwarded to the State Cabinet, and yet submitted done the Governor to the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Ms. Sandhyarani said a study was sought from the Anakapalli District Collector connected including definite villages successful Madugula constituency arsenic Scheduled Areas. She noted that 9 gram panchayats, comprising 60 villages with implicit 25,000 tribal residents, had been identified.
The Minister highlighted that the State allocated ₹8,159 crore for tribal payment this year. Key initiatives see the operation of 1,069 km of roads nether the Adavi Thalli Baata strategy astatine a outgo of ₹1,005 crore, mounting up BSNL towers with ₹3.45 crore, and providing 200 units of escaped energy per household each period nether the Babu Jagjivan Ram scheme.
She reiterated the government’s committedness to improving education, healthcare, employment, transport, and basal infrastructure for tribal communities, adding that much payment schemes would beryllium rolled retired successful the future.
