District Collector Sumit Kumar addressing the District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting in Chittoor on Saturday.
District Collector Sumit Kumar on Saturday (March 7) directed officials to address the issues faced by the SC and ST communities with utmost importance and ensure timely solutions.
He was addressing a meeting of the District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee (DVMC) held at the Collectorate here to review the implementation of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Chittoor MP D. Prasada Rao, Superintendent of Police Tushar Dudi and senior officials from various government departments were present. Mr. Sumit Kumar said that review meetings will be held once in three months and directed all departments to attend them with detailed reports on issues raised and action taken.
The committee members raised several concerns regarding SC and ST welfare, including the need to organize medical camps in tribal colonies, ensure Aadhaar enrollment for all tribes, provide more loans to SC/ST beneficiaries through corporations and improve infrastructure in welfare hostels and boarding schools. They further sought information about truck allocations to SC communities at LPG bottling plants and demanded accommodation facilities, employment support for unemployed youth preparing for competitive examinations and improvement of equipment in tribal schools.
The Collector said that a compensation of about ₹ 62,000 is awaited for the victims in SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cases registered between September 1, 2025 and March 5, 2026 and proposals have already been sent to the government.
He also announced the approval of a monthly honorarium of ₹ 10,000 for DVMC members from 1
Published – 07 March 2026 19:09 IST
