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  • 20 March, 2021

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Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

As of March 2021, India has 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups across 18 states and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)

  • In India, tribal population makes up for 8.6% of the total population.
  • PVTGs are more vulnerable among the tribal groups.
  • Due to this factor, more developed and assertive tribal groups take a major chunk of the tribal development funds.
  • In 1973, the Dhebar Commission created Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) as a separate category, that is less developed among the tribal groups.

Characteristics of PVTGs:

  • PVTGs have declining or stagnant populations,
  • Low level of literacy,
  • Pre-agricultural level of technology,
  • Economically backward,
  • Generally, inhabit remote localities have poor infrastructure and administrative support.
  • Among the 75 listed PVTGs, the highest number is in Odisha (13 PVTGs).
  • All 4 tribal groups in Andaman, and 1 in the Nicobar Islands, are PVTGs.
  • The largest population size among the PVTGs is the Saharia people of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
  • The smallest population size is the Sentinels.

Schemes for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

  • Ministry of Tribal Affairs implements the Scheme of “Development of PVTGs” exclusively for them.
  • Under this scheme, Conservation-cum-Development (CCD) / Annual Plans are to be prepared by each State / UT for their PVTGs based on their need assessment.

Also, priority is assigned to PVTGs under the schemes of

  • Special Central Assistance (SCA) to Tribal Sub-Scheme (TSS),
  • Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution.

Source: TH


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