India, March 30 -- In a bid to improve the villages of the tribal community, the state government has approved a new scheme called 'Adarsh Adivasi Gaon Yojana', under which it will select tribal villages with the aim of transforming them in the next two years. The change will begin from preparing basic documents of the tribals to developing basic facilities and rendering them malnutrition-free among other objectives.

The scheme will be implemented in 59 tehsils covering tribal areas by selecting one gram panchayat in each tehsil. All the villages and hamlets in the jurisdiction of that particular gram panchayat will be covered under the scheme. The scheme will be implemented in three phases: short-term, medium-term and long-term achievem...