Who are the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)?

The Union Budget 2023-24 has provided to launch the Pradhan Mantri PVTG (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group) Development Mission in order to saturate the PVTG families and habitations with basic facilities.

What is the budgetary announcement about?

• The Pradhan Mantri PVTG Mission will be launched as part of ‘Reaching The Last Mile’, one of the seven Saptarishi priorities enlisted in this year’s Budget.
• More details are awaited for this new.

Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)

• There are certain tribal communities who have declining or stagnant population, low level of literacy, pre-agricultural level of technology and are economically backward.
• They generally inhabit remote localities having poor infrastructure and administrative support.
• These groups are among the most vulnerable section of our society as they are few in numbers, have not attained any significant level of social and economic development.
• 75 such groups have been identified and categorized as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).

Origin of the concept

• 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”.

Features of PVTGs

• The features of such a group include a:

1. Pre-agricultural system of existence
2. Practice of hunting and gathering
3. Zero or negative population growth
4. Extremely low level of literacy in comparison with other tribal groups

• Groups that satisfied any one of the criterion were considered as PTG.
• In 2006 the government of India proposed to rename “Primitive tribal group” as Particularly vulnerable tribal group”.

Try this PYQ:

Q.Consider the following statements about Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India:

1. PVTGs reside in 18 States and one Union Territory.
2. A stagnant or declining population is one of the criteria for determining PVTG status.
3. There are 95 PVTGs officially notified in the country so far.
4. Irular and Konda Reddi tribes are included in the list of PVTGs.

Which of the statements given above are correct? (CSP 2019)

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 2, 3 and 4

(c) 1, 2 and 4

(d) 1, 3 and 4

 

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