Rajasthan: CM Ashok Gehlot Woos Bhil Community; Announces Social Security Plan To Bring Tribe In Mainstream

In a statement, the government said that an action plan for bringing people of the Bhil community, mainly living in western Rajasthan, in the mainstream will also be formulated.

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Jaipur: Amid the ongoing internal power struggle between the two factions of Congress-led Rajasthan government, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the formulation of an action plan for the tribal members of Bhil community to woo his conservative base.  Bhil tribal community is an Indo-Aryan speaking ethnic group in West India, which is listed as indigenous people of the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra Rajastha and Tripura in far-eastern India, on the border with Bangladesh. CM Gehlot's announcement comes close on the heels of declaring August 9 a state public holiday on the occasion of the World Tribal Day. In a statement, the government said that an action plan for bringing people of the Bhil community, mainly living in western Rajasthan, in the mainstream will also be formulated. Claiming it for the welfare of unorganised sector workers, the decision is said to provide help to every needy person in the state is his government’s top priority. According to the reports, Gehlot asked officials to form the board for the welfare of lakhs of workers engaged in the unorganised sector, with its primary task being preparing the outline of the social security schemes for them. He reportedly asked the officials to launch a campaign for registering disadvantaged labourers of the construction sector. Witnessing the major employment crisis dur to the Coronavirus pandemic, CM laid stress on large scale training programmes  to train youths according to the demand of industries. He directed that the district collector should ensure better utilisation of Raj Kaushal portal launched for the purpose. The major decisions were taken in review meetings of Social Justice and Empowerment Department, and Tribal Region Development Department. The separate review sessions were chaired by CM Gehlot through video conference.