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it would be more than the total expense made in the period of
32 years since 1974. I am extremely proud to announce that “Van
Bandhu Kalyan Yojna,” will make the dream of development
true.

The Vision for the Tribals
We have a definite vision for taking forward this “Van

Bandhu Kalyan Yojna,” worth ` 15000 crores. This includes the
objectives such as doubling the income of all the tribal families,
connecting them with the mainstream scheduled tribes,
educating all the deserving tribal children, emphasizing the
quality of education in line with the modern techniques,
providing them with their own houses, facilities for a healthy
life including pure water through pipelines, giving them water
for farming and providing them guidance about modern
farming methods by, ‘Vadi Yojna’ to increase the agricultural
production. Apart from that, we also aim to provide them with
the infrastructural facilities such as roads, bus stops, and energy
network. We plan to work for the progress of the towns in the
tribal areas so that they can be the role models for other nearby
villages.

The government understands that this is a mammoth task
and therefore I announce the ten objectives of the Chief Minister
under the, ‘Van Bandhu Kalyan Package’.

(1) Starting daily wages oriented program for five lakh
families to increase the agricultural production, in addition to
increasing animal husbandry, daily business and agricultural
activities; giving quality training to tribal youngsters and
enrolling them in new programs to improve their modern
scientific knowledge and technical expertise; giving priority to
families in, “Adivasi Kalyan Yojna,” where a woman is the only
earning member of the family.

(2) Emphasizing the quality of education and higher
education in tribal areas; starting middle school for science
stream in tribal districts, giving admissions to 1000 selected tribal
students in the best boarding schools and planning for their
good education so that a talent pool for tribal students can be