Agartala: Tripura has sought Rs.440 crore from the Central government to undertake livelihood schemes for thousands of tribals who will get title deeds in the state under the Forest Rights Act, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Wednesday. Sarkar, accompanied by state Finance Minister Badal Choudhury, on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi and submitted the Rs.440 crore worth projects’ proposal. “The Prime Minister has appreciated the state government’s efforts to provide ‘patta’ (title deeds) to thousands of tribals in Tripura and promised to consider the project,” Sarkar told reporters. The Tripura government has so far distributed land deeds among 119,000 tribals under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (recognition of forest rights) Act, 2006. Tribals account for about 33 percent of Tripura’s 3.8 million population. “We have told the Prime Minister that the proposed projects to undertake various livelihood schemes and economic activities once implemented in Tripura would be a model project for other states too,” the Chief Minister stated. (IANS)