Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked chief secretary Manoj Pant to keep a tab on the issuance of ST certificates as they are being misused.
She asked Pant to alert the DMs as well because Nabanna has received complaints that the certificates are being issued to non-tribals and ordered a review of the list of recipients of the documents.
The CM issued the order at a meeting of the West Bengal Tribes Advisory Council after forest minister Birbaha Hansda flagged the misuse of the certificates. | Gold Rates Today in Kolkata | Silver Rates Today in KolkataShe also asked officials to prevent the transfer of tribal land to non-tribals and to accelerate the delivery of patta to tribals so the landless people can have their own land.
Banerjee expressed disappointment that many candidates in Jhargram were not given question papers in the Ol Chiki script during a recent exam.
She asked four tribal ministers at the meeting — Hansda, Bulu Chik Baraik, Sandhya Rani Tudu, and Jyotsna Mandi — to visit tribal villages frequently and facilitate the implementation of projects meant for the welfare of the community. "We will have to go directly to the people and explain (the projects). There is a need to be vigilant in every step of development...