Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday launched a free residential coaching center for the particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) at the Padma Shree Dr. Ram Dayal Munda Tribal Research Center (TRI), Ranchi.

“Jharkhand has the credit of being the first state in the country to have started such a programme to bring PVTGs at par with other sections of society,” Soren said.

A total of 156 youths have been selected for the first batch, which includes 63 girls, he added.

Soren said that one can only survive on the free ration, but he cannot study or get employment by getting a free ration from the government.

“In such a situation, I believe that the responsibility of the government is not only to provide free ration to the people, but better policies need to be implemented on sensitive subjects like this. His government is moving forward and making efforts to give a new direction to the state with such ideas,” he said.

The CM further said that many more such schemes are to come in the future, which will bring positive results.