Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council officials seeks funds for hill tribes

KAAC delegation presenting Karbi totem (Jambili Athon) to the union minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram, in New Delhi on Thursday.  (EM Images)

• DIPHU — A delegation led by the chief executive member (CEM) of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), Tuliram Ronghang, along with MP Amarsing Tisso; MLA Dorsing Ronghang and executive member KAAC including Lunsing Teron, Ritesh Enghi and Prabhat Chandra Taro, met the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram, on Thursday and submitted a memorandum requesting for allocation of funds under Article 275 (1) for hill tribes.
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• Ronghang made important suggestions to the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs for the creation of a separate executive committee (EC) for hill districts with the senior-most secretary of the Hills Area Department as chairman and the principal secretaries of KAAC and Dima Hasao Autonomous Council as member secretaries.
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• The executive committee would decide the implementing agency for each district. At the district level, the secretary in-charge of Rural Development along with the concerned district council would serve as the chairman with head of departments under the district councils as members.
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• The changes would ensure a fair and dedicated allocation of funds for the development of the hill areas, the CEM expressed.
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• The delegation looks forward to a positive response and swift action to benefit the tribal communities of the two hill districts through the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.