Published: 16th Nov, 2023
Context:
Recently, the Prime Minister has launched Rs. 24000 Crores PM PVTG Development Mission for most vulnerable group amongst the Tribal Population.
About the mission:
- Objective: The PM-PVTG Development Mission program aims to improve the socio-economic status of Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).
- For this, availability of Rs.15, 000 crore for Scheduled Tribes has been envisaged in the Union Budget.
- Key Parameters:
- The mission includes;
- Providing basic facilities like safe housing,
- Clean drinking water and sanitation,
- Education, health and nutrition,
- Better access to roads in settlements for backward scheduled tribes.
Who are Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)?
- The Ministry of Home Affairs has designated 75 tribal groups across 18 states and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).
- Identified as the most vulnerable among tribal communities, the concept of PVTGs was introduced in 1975 by the Government of India.
- Initially comprising 52 tribal groups, this category expanded in 1993 with the inclusion of 23 additional groups, bringing the current total to 75.
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Notably, Odisha has the highest concentration of PVTGs, with 13 groups, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 12. |
How are they classified?
- The Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs): PVTGs are more vulnerable among the tribal groups and are determined by the given criteria:
- They have declining or stagnant populations,
- low levels of literacy,
- pre-agricultural levels of technology and
- Economically backward.
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