After distributing three acres to
landless scheduled tribes (STs), the state government is contemplating
distributing government lands to the landless poor of the under-developed
castes among the backward communities (BCs).
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had
already announced that STs will be given three acres on the similar lines of
Dalits. A list of castes which are still lagging behind economically,
politically and socially among the BCs is being prepared by the state
government.
The intensive household survey held
recently had helped officials get information about the socio-economic
conditions of the poor castes among BCs.
The government will purchase private
lands, if there is a shortage of government land for distribution among poor in
the BCs.
Minister for forest and environment Jogu
Ramanna told Deccan Chronicle that he and his colleagues urged Mr Rao to
consider giving land to washermen, potters, barbers and others, all belonging
to BCs.The state will distribute 3 acre land to the landless poor among STs
after March 31 next year.
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