Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharam was in Assam on Saturday. She said that the central government is committed to the welfare of the tea tribe community of Assam.

While addressing the Chah Bagicha Dhan Puraskar Mela (CBDPM) held at Khanapara in Guwahati on Saturday, the FM said, ?The tea tribe community now has access to various central government schemes. The government has also facilitated opening of bank accounts for them."The bank employees have also helped people of the tea tribe community to open bank accounts during the corona pandemic.? 

Sitharam arrived in Guwahati from New Delhi on Saturday morning. Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were also present on the occasion. The union minister said that Rajya Sabha MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa and Lok Sabha MP Pallab Lochan Das have been requesting her to implement scheme for the welfare of the tea tribe community of the state. She  also compared the tea garden areas of Assam with Mumbai saying that majority of the  facilities in the metropolitan city are now available in tea gardens here. She said, ?Assam?s tea gardens can be compared with Mumbai as those residing in tea gardens now have access to various modern facilities like banking and ATM facilities, mobile phones for better connectivity and several others."

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