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New Delhi , March 12 (Scoop News)- Ishfaq-ur-Rehman Poswal, BJP leader and national executive member ST Morcha on Thursday urged Governor NN Vohra to allocate funds for Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) in forthcoming budget meeting as per the population of tribal people in the state.
In a letter to Vohra, Poswal regretted that due to dearth of funds the directorate of tribal affairs formed by Vohra for betterment of tribal people some years before, was unable to do anything and resultantly tribal people were facing immense hardships.
“I urge you to allocate funds in budget meeting on March 15, to the directorate of tribal affairs under the directions of Niti Ayog and as per population of tribal people which was formed by you in 2007 in the state. The tribal people mostly in border towns are facing immense hardships and need urgent attention in this forthcoming budget,” Poswal said.
“That as per the guidelines of Niti Ayog, I make a humble submission that separate budget head be created for TSP or Directorate of Tribal Affairs. The funds allocation in forthcoming budget meeting is so important for the welfare of people and to address their issues,” he added.
The BJP leader said that due to improper implementation of tribal sub-plan, tribal people were at the receiving end and faced official neglect all these years. “The funds have also been misappropriated from to time due to improper implementation of tribal sub plan. For the first time BJP government under dynamic leadership of Narendra Modi formed the tribal affairs ministry in JK for betterment of tribal people but unfortunately it faced shortage of funds. From 1990 to 2014, the successive governments in state completely ignored tribal people leaving them to face hardships,” he said.
In the letter Poswal mentioned, “I must mention here that you demonstrated great interest in forming the directorate of tribal affairs for the betterment of tribal people some years before but unfortunately the successive governments did not pay much attention to it which led to its failure
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