Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Reviews Tea Tribe Welfare Schemes

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that for the socio-economic acceleration of Tea Tribes Community, implementation of welfare schemes has to be expedited. He also stressed on percolation of information regarding government schemes to the grass root level so that the tea tribe community across all segments enjoy the benefits of the schemes.

According to a press release, chairing a meeting to review the implementation of the schemes of Tea Tribes Welfare Department at the conference room of the Chief Minister in Janata Bhawan here on Friday, Chief Minister Sonowal said that along with expeditious implementation of the welfare schemes, awareness generation among the grass root level members of the tea tribe community holds the key for the success of the government schemes.

For self-employment generating scheme for educated unemployed youths, Sonowal said that educated unemployed youth with qualification of HSSLC in the age group of 25 to 45 years should be given four wheeler vehicles for gainful employment. For the educational development of the students belonging to tea tribe community, Chief Minister Sonowal asked the Director Tea Tribes Welfare Department to disburse scholarships, financial grants and special coaching for their Higher Studies. He also asked the director to organise ‘SeujGrantha Mela’ to inculcate the habits of reading among tea tribes and it may be noted that for the first time a book fair was organised in Bokakhat from 6 to 8 January, 2019.

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