Question : REHABILITATION OF SRILANKAN SETTLERS



(a) whether the Government have decided to rehabilitate Srilankan settlers of Katchal who were brought from the Mainland to A&N Islands to work in rubber plantation in the Tribal area; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (SHRI HARIN PATHAK)

(a)&(b): No such proposal is under consideration of the Government.