Government to distribute Rs 500 cr to tribals
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25/01/2003
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Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Madhya Pradesh Chief minister Digvijay Singh said that the state government has decided to distribute the income of about Rs 500 crore earned through sale of minor forest produce, wood and bamboo among the tribals. Giving information about the decisions taken by the state government in the interest of tribals and scheduled castes, he said that the government was giving entire Rs 100 crore income from tendu leaf to the tribals.