Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram said that there has been a growth of 73 per cent in the allocated fund to implement schemes linked to the welfare of tribal community in the country.

Addressing a press conference in Agartala on Sunday to highlight the important aspects of the Union Budget-2024-25, Mr. Oram said, whooping Rs 13,000 crore will be spent on the schemes meant for tribal community in the country.

He said that Budget 2024 categorically laid emphasis on the welfare of poor, empowering women, employment for the youth by enabling them to become skilled and subsequently entrepreneurs and to ensure that the farmers prosper by selling their produce at a standard rate.

He said, 14 projects under Northeast Special Infrastructure Development Scheme have been approved for Tripura with a cost of 458 crore rupees.

The Minister said the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Unnat Gram Abhiyan Scheme will cover 63,000 villages in the country and it will lay thrust on augmenting the infrastructure such as road connectivity, power supply, and medical facility among others.

He said 2.6 lakh crore rupee budgetary provision has been made for Rural Development, adding that Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana will cover 25,000 rural habitations across the country.

The Minister said a roadmap has been designed as to how the villages in the country will be when the nation celebrates hundredth year of independence in 2047.

Regarding development of Northeast region, Mr. Oram said, Uttar Purva Transformative Industrialisation Scheme-2024 is in force; will be operational for next ten years, and will focus on development of industries & employment generation in the region at a cost of 10,037 crore rupees.