Centre taps corporates to adopt tribal districts with CSR funds

Tue,01 May 2018

The ministry of tribal affairs is looking for private partners who could use their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds to adopt a district or an entire tribal-dominated state. Adopting a district would mean setting up or organising a self-help group (SHGs) of 30 tribals, training them in how to gather minor forest produce, do basic processing at home and store it and then sell it in bulk at the local market. This would be a basic intervention which would cost 6 lakh per self-help group and 5 crore for an entire district.

Source : The Economic Times (6th April,2018)