PM Modi targets the Congress over the plight of tribals in the country

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday centered the Congress-led regimes within the u . S . A . For ignoring the welfare of tribals, including efforts are underway to ensure development of regions which remained backward during the "previous" regimes.

Tribals were now not given their dues by means of the sooner governments and had been disadvantaged of fundamental facilities, Modi said, addressing the Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas celebrations right here.

The Central government is celebrating November 15, the delivery anniversary of revered tribal icon Birsa Munda as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas.

Like Ambedkar Jayanti, Gandhi Jayanti and different comparable days, the jayanti (birth anniversary) of Bhagwan Birsa Munda might be celebrated each year on November 15, Modi stated.

Development is now taking place in a hundred aspirational districts which remained backward during the earlier (Congress) regimes, Modi said.

Modi launched a couple of tasks for the welfare of the janjatiya community, which include the Ration Aapke Gram' scheme in Madhya Pradesh.

The scheme is geared toward turning in the monthly quota of PDS Ration to beneficiaries from janjatiya network of their personal villages every month, in order that they do not have to tour to the Fair Price Shop to acquire their ration.

Modi additionally handed over genetic counselling cards to beneficiaries, marking the launch of the Madhya Pradesh Sickle Cell (Hemoglobinopathy) Mission.

The Mission has been evolved to screen and manipulate sufferers affected by sickle cellular anaemia, thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies and to increase public awareness about these diseases, whose effect is seen to be extra profound on the janjatiya network of Madhya Pradesh.

The PM laid the foundation stone of 50 Eklavya Model Residential Schools across various states and UTs including Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tripura and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.

He said the plan was to have 750 such faculties all over the united states of america.