Maharashtra tribal artists to be compensated for missing paintings

Paintings worth ₹20.79 lakh displayed at an exhibition in Malaysia in 2018 were allegedly lost

After waiting for compensation from the State government for over three years after its Tribal Development Department (TDD) allegedly lost tribal artists’ paintings worth ₹20.79 lakh displayed at an international exhibition in Malaysia in June 2018, the department has finally issued directions to compensate the affected artists. The TDD on June 18 wrote to the Commissioner of the Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI), Pune to contact the artists and seek information from them on the valuation of the lost paintings. “After inspecting the total number of lost artifacts and its exact amount, the artists be paid the required amount,” said the letter sent to TRTI. The Hindu on June 15 had reported on how tribal artists were being made to wait for three years for the sums involved.