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02/02/23 07:57 AM IST

Centre to launch PM PVTG Development Mission

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  • The Union government will launch the Pradhan Mantri PVTG (Primitive Vulnerable Tribal Group) programme for the development and upliftment of tribal groups with a budget outlay of ₹15,000 crore over the next three years.
About PVTG mission
  • To improve the socio-economic conditions of particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs), Pradhan Mantri PVTG development mission will be launched.
  • This will saturate PVTG families and habitations with basic facilities such as safe housing, clean drinking water, and sanitation.
  • Improved access to education health, nutrition, road, and telecom connectivity, and sustainable livelihood opportunities.
  • The finance minister said that the scheme will benefit 3.5 lakh tribals.
  • Major part of infrastructure development in tribal dominated areas and provision of basic amenities to tribal people in the country is carried out through various schemes / programmes of concerned Central Ministries and the State Governments
About PVTGs
  • Particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) is a government of India classification created with the purpose of enabling improvement in the conditions of certain communities with particularly low development indices.
  • The Dhebar Commission (1960-1961) stated that within Scheduled Tribes there existed an inequality in the rate of development.
  • During the fourth Five Year Plan a sub-category was created within Scheduled Tribes to identify groups that considered to be at a lower level of development.
  • This was created based on the Dhebar Commission report and other studies. This sub-category was named "Primitive tribal group".
  • Presently, there are 75 PVTGs in 18 States and UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
  • Among the 75 listed PVTG's the highest number are found in Odisha (13), followed by Andhra Pradesh (12), Bihar including Jharkhand (9) Madhya Pradesh including Chhattisgarh (7) Tamil Nadu (6) Kerala and Gujarat having five groups each.
The criteria followed for determination of PVTGs are as under
  • A pre-agriculture level of technology;
  • A stagnant or declining population;
  • Extremely low literacy; and
  • A subsistence level of the economy.
  • Government of India designed a procedure to identify PVTGs.
Source- PIB

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