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The Minister of Tribal Affairs has virtually launched the nationwide campaign titled “COVID Teeka Sang Surakshit Van, Dhan aur Uddyam”.
About COVID Teeka Sang Surakshit Van, Dhan aur Uddyam Campaign:
- The campaign has been launched by the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- Aim: To accelerate the pace of COVID vaccination among tribals.
Key Features of the Campaign:
- The campaign aims to clear all the misconceptions related to Covid vaccination among the tribal people. It will motivate them to get themselves vaccinated so that they don’t suffer in the future.
- The campaign will do this with the help of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras(VDVK), traditional village headsmen, SHGs and ground-level workers in villages.
- With this, the campaign hopes to make Van Dhan Vikas Kendras and villages to be the first in respective states to be declared COVID free and free of all restrictions.