(a) whether the Government proposes any new project to provide higher education and nutritious food to the children of Maoist and Naxal affected areas;
(b) whether the Government is likely to invite any Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) for the purpose to provide education and employment to the children and youths of such affected areas; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
(a) : While the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been implementing schemes which seek to plug gaps and provide education and health facilities for tribal population, there is no new proposal / project in the Ministry to provide higher education and nutritious food to the children of Maoist and Naxal affected areas.
(b) & (c) : Does not arise, in view of reply in (a) above.
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