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No Covid relief for Maharashtra's tribals as scheme meant to ease burden fails to lift-off
FirstpostOn 12 August 2020, the Government of Maharashtra extended the help of Rs 4,000 to the Adivasi families in the state. “About three months back, some officials came to my house and took copies of my Aadhar card and bank statements,” said Pintu Gangad, 30, a farm labourer from the village of Zarwad Budruk in Maharashtra’s Nashik district. “But nothing has happened since then.” Gangad, who belongs to the Thakur Adivasi community, said his work particularly dwindled post the lockdown. Padavi, a leader of the Indian National Congress, one of the constituent parties of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra, said, “In order to transfer the money in people’s bank accounts, we are in the process of issuing their Aadhar cards and starting their bank accounts.” “Regarding the ration, we have issued a tender and the next steps are being taken,” he added. Waghe, who belongs to the particularly vulnerable Katkari tribe, further said in her complaint, “After the state government announced the Khawati scheme, the officials made a list of beneficiaries.
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