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Ministry of Tribal Affairs bags Award of Appreciation in the 18th CSI SIG eGovernance Awards 2020

Feb 15, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Honorable Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, #Honourable Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, #Ministry of Tribal Affairs, #secretary, #Shri Arjun Munda, #Shri R Subrahmanyam, #Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji

New Delhi: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs bags the prestigious Award of Appreciation in the Project Category-Central Government Entity – in the 18th CSI SIG eGov Awards 2020 for their ‘Performance Dashboard Empowering Tribals Transforming India through various ICT initiatives.

The award was received by the joint secretary of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Dr. Navaljit Kapoor from the honorable Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji in Lucknow today.

Shri Arjun Munda, Honourable Union Minister for Tribal Affairs stated that the ministry has been taking several steps to harness the intended gains of digital technology. “The Ministry of Tribal Affairs aims to nurture, develop and promote existing and budding talent among the tribal community through the help of Information and digital technology. The award is the recognition for the efforts taken by the entire ministry in this direction,” Shri Munda said.

The honorable minister explained the ministry has also been taking steps to ensure that the benefits of digitization reach the most remote corners of the country and that the lives of the tribal community are transformed through these initiatives.

Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji, Honorable Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh while handing over the awards stated that the central government has realized the importance of digital technology and has been coming out with several programs all based on technology. “The importance of all the measures was realized during the challenging times of the COVID lockdown when the relief measures announced by the government could easily be provided to the marginalized sections with the help of technology,” He said.

Giving the example of Uttar Pradesh, the honorable Chief Minister explained that with the help of technology their government was able to eliminate the loopholes in the public distribution system and ensure rations to lakhs of poor people in the state. “The government was able to save around Rs 2500 crore annually and also ensure that 80,000 ration shops were providing ration to the deserving poor people,” he said.

Shri R Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs stated that the award is the endorsement of the work done by the ministry in the area of information technology and indeed a big honor.

“The Ministry also received the prestigious SKOCH awards in the month of January. This is the second award received by the ministry. These awards confirm the efforts put by the entire ministry in achieving a common goal,” he said.

The Computer Society of India (CSI) has instituted a series of awards for recognizing the contributions made in the field of e-Governance in the country. These awards have been conducted by CSI-SIGegov. The awards are given for recognizing the efforts made in the e-Governance area at the State, Department, District and Project level.

The prestigious awards are contested through a laborious and strict selection process. The entire nomination process is online. Prospective nominees have to first register their particulars on the Awards web site. There is active participation for these awards from State and Central Government establishments, Departments, District authorities, and many Undertakings, research establishments. Participation by many of these Central and State level organizations have made these Awards an awaited event.

In round one of the selection process online applications were invited from across the board. In the second round, the departments or nominees were shortlisted on the basis of various parameters like applicability and best practices. The shortlisted nominees were then asked to give a detailed almost three-hour presentation to the selection committee. Then finally the best in the category were chosen for the awards.

In the month of January 2021, The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) received the prestigious SKOCH Challenger Award for its “Best Performance in eGovernance” as the Ministry has topped in implementation of policy initiatives through government programs.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been at the forefront of eGovernance practices. The Performance Dashboard is an interactive and dynamic online platform that showcases updated & real-time details of 11 schemes/initiatives of the Ministry for achieving these SDGs. The Dashboard captures the performance of 5 Scholarship Schemes of Ministry wherein every year about 30 lakh underprivileged ST beneficiaries reap the benefit to the tune of Rs 2500 crores.

Also, the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Portal of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs was also recognized as a best practice by KPMG in e-governance which has brought about greater transparency, accountability, and radical improvement in service delivery to Scheduled Tribe students. Dynamic Dashboard captures details of tribal students from one State to different states and to different countries.

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Yogi Government To Take Tharu Culture Across The Globe

Nov 6, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Eva Sharma, #Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji, #Tharu, #Uttar Pradesh government, #Yogi Government

The Uttar Pradesh government led by chief minister Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji is working proactively to take the rare and special culture and traditions of the Tharu tribes to the people across the globe. The Tharu villages, nestled in the thickets would now be part of the mainstream development and will be part of the economic development, sweeping the state.

The state government is working on a new and special scheme for the Thaur villages in Balrampur, Bahraich, Lakhimpur and Pilibhit wherein they will be connected to the Home Stay scheme of the Forest department. Once they are part of this scheme, the Tharu villages will not only be economically independent but would also create jobs for the people there. These villages will be connected to the Home Stay of the UP-Forest Corporation, without disrupting their existing environment and tourists will be able to live in these natural habitats in these huts.

The forest corporation would also train the Tharu people to communicate in a better way to the tourist and to behave in a proper way with the visitors. The villagers would also be tasked to tell the visitors of the security, safety, cleanliness and the rules and laws of the jungles to them. By allowing them to avail accommodation facilities in their huts and eat home-cooked food by them, the Tharu people will also be able to charge them good amounts.

Every year hundreds of domestic and international tourists will be able to have a peek into the special culture of the Tharu tribes, stay with them, study and observe their lifestyle, food habits, culture and their attires.

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Eva Sharma informed that the Forest Corporation was expanding the Home Stay scheme and that based on state government’s impetus on linking the Tharu’s to this scheme, work was underway to link the Home Stay facility to them so that the development of the Tharu tribe takes place and jobs are created.

This campaign of the forest department is considered to be the result of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s constant campaign to connect Tharu Samaj with the mainstream of development. CM Yogi has been making continuous efforts for the economic and social development of the forested forest and Tharu community.

Yogi ji, in the past, has been a strong proponent of connecting the tribes with other sections of the society as well as running schemes for their economic development. For the first time any government is going to connect the Tharu community, so far sadly neglected by previous governments. This decision of the state government led by Yogi ji is set to go a long way in the development and empowerment of these tribes and towards making a development road map for these tribes.

According to the 2011 census the number of scheduled castes in Uttar Pradesh is 11,34273. According to an estimate, their number has crossed the figure of 20 lakhs in the last 9 years and the largest number of them belong to the Tharu community.