Agartala, July 26 (PTI): The Tripura cabinet today approved a list of recommendations to be sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) including financial package for the indigenous people of the state. The MHA has asked the state government to dispatch a list of problems faced by the indigenous communities in Tripura, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ratan Lal Nath said after the cabinet meeting.
The cabinet would also suggest terms of reference to the modality committee announced by the Centre to study social, economic, linguistic and cultural problems faced by indigenous communities of the state, Nath said.
The cabinet said the modality committee could recommend steps for proper utilisation of forest land ‘patta’ granted to traditional forest dwellers under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Nath said the state government has asked the modality committee to explore possibilities of recommending “suitable economic development package” for people living in the Autonomous District Council.
The state cabinet also granted social security pension to 159 cancer and AIDS patients in an effort to provide relief to the terminally ill, he said adding that 4.19 lakh people are listed for different social security pensions in Tripura. These include old age pension, pension for transgenders, leprosy patients, carpenters and people.
