Tribal development work should be implemented with a motivational approach: Governor Shri Patel

Governor Shri Mangubhai Patel said that maximum development opportunities should be provided to the tribal community. He said that Sabka Saath and Sabka Vikas is the basis of an inclusive society. Governor Shri Patel was reviewing the schemes run by the Higher Education Department for tribal students at Raj Bhavan today.

Governor Shri Patel said that tribal development and welfare efforts should be implemented with a motivational approach. Being the state with the highest tribal population in the country, it is the responsibility of the state to ensure that the work of tribal development and welfare is carried out in an ideal manner. He said that the provisions of post-matric and Ph.D. scholarships need to be made as per the schemes of the Central Government.

Higher Education Minister Shri Inder Singh Parmar said that along with the prescribed courses in tribal areas, special emphasis should be given to the arrangement for study of tribal subjects.

In the meeting, the Chairman of the Tribal Cell Shri Deepak Khandekar, Principal Secretary of Higher Education Shri Anupam Rajan, Principal Secretary to the Governor Shri Mukesh Chand Gupta, Principal Secretary of Tribal Affairs Dr. E. Ramesh Kumar, Commissioner of Higher Education Shri Nishant Varwade, Additional Secretary to the Governor Shri Senior Umashankar Bhargava and departmental officers were present.