<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has committed to the overall development of Scheduled Tribes and as a major measure, the Government has declared and celebrated November 15th as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas. This was disclosed by Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying Dr. L. Murugan while interacting with Scheduled Tribe people at Puducherry today.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Dr Murugan informed that under Jal Jeevan Mission, more than 1.25 crore Scheduled Tribe people were benefited with the supply of drinking water through pipes, and 1.5 crore toilets were built for them under Swachh Bharat Mission. He further added that more than 50 lakh ST people had benefited under PM Awas Yojana.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">While unfolding the measures of the Union Government to facilitate the students to pursue their studies, he informed that under various scholarship schemes, more than 3.15 crore ST students were given 17.087 crore rupees for their studies. In 401 Ekalvya Model Residential Schools, more than 1.18 lakh students were studying, Dr Murugan concluded.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">At the beginning of the interaction, Ramkumar, President of Puducherry State ST People's Federation narrated the present status of ST people and requested the Minister to look into the demands of ST people there.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In this interaction programme, Speaker R.Selvam, UT Home Minister A. Namassivayam, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Sai J. Saravanan Kumar, Member of Rajya Sabha S.Selvaganabathy, and MLA Ashok Babu also participated.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">In the end of the interaction, Minister Dr Murugan received several petitions from the ST people and assured them for speedy process of the demands.</span></p>