Prime Minister Narendra Modi has massively increased funds for the welfare of tribal communities after coming to power, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Friday.
He was speaking at the ‘Van Samity Conference’, an event where bonuses were distributed to collectors of forest products like tendu leaves.
It is the government of the poor, Scheduled Tribes, Dalits and Backward Classes. During the Congress government, only Rs 21,000 crore was given for the welfare of (tribal) people, but after Modi came to power in 2014, it was increased to Rs 78,000 crore, Shah said.
The Modi government has decided to build a house for every person by 2022, Shah further said.
