Govt committed to empower Bonda women: Dy CM Parida
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar|December 21, 2024
THE state government will review all the rejected Subhadra Yojana applications of women from the Bonda tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG), and release the funds to left-out beneficiaries by the end of January next year, said deputy chief minister Pravati Parida on Friday.
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Briefing mediapersons at Mudulipada during her visit to Bonda hill in Khairput block here, Parida refuted the allegations of official negligence behind rejection of 2,932 applications of the tribal women. "Of the total 12,300 applications of Bonda women beneficiaries, 9,300 have already availed the benefit. The remaining applications which have been rejected will be reviewed soon," she said.

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