The Union Minister of State for Development of North-Eastern Region Dr Jitendra Singh launched an exclusive "Rural Livelihood" scheme for the Northeast.
- The unique scheme called “North East Rural Livelihood Project” is supported by the World Bank.
- Primarily it will benefit the tribals and the lower socioeconomic groups, including women, in the North-Eastern Region (NER).
- Initially, four states, - Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, will be taken up for helping the tribal and even the non-tribal lower groups living in remote areas.
- The project is aimed at assisting over 10,000 Self Help Groups (SHGs) and benefit about three lakh poor households.
- The special focus is on Women, particularly tribal women, woman-headed households and single woman households.
- The more vulnerable tribal groups like Reang in Tripura and Lepsha and Bhutias in Sikkim are also going to benefit from it
- A delegation of the "Forum of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Legislators and Parliamentarians" led by its National President, Shri Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal m Dr Jitendra Singh and presented a memorandum focusing on the issues of empowerment of tribal communities in Northeast.
