Efforts on to promote tribal products in national, global markets, says official
The Hindu
Entrepreneurship awards given to 80 adivasis selected from six States
Ganga Pujari and Pangi Chilakamma of Pedabayalu mandal from Visakha Agency region, were all smiles, after they were handed over the merit certificate and a trophy by the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Tribal Welfare Anil Kumar Jha at a star hotel here on Monday.
They were among the 80 adivasis selected from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Odisha, by the ministry for the entrepreneurship awards that were given on Monday.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.