PVTG DEVELOPMENT MISSION - GOVERNMENT SCHEME
News: Budget
2023 | ₹15,000 crore to be spent on development of tribals
What's in the news?
● Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Pradhan Mantri-PVTG Development
Mission to focus on improving the
overall socio-economic conditions of 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
across the country.
Key takeaways:
● PVTGs
are primitive vulnerable tribal groups, who live in around 31,000 villages of India’s 18 States and one Union Territory.
Pradhan Mantri-PVTG Development Mission:
Aim:
● To
improve overall socio-economic conditions of PVTGs.
Budget Outlay: ₹15000
crores.
Period: Three years (2023-24
to 2025-26).
Coordination between the Ministries:
● Ministry of Tribal
Affairs - Nodal Ministry.
● Rural Development
Ministry - housing component and road
connectivity.
● Jal Shakti Ministry
- Jal Jeevan Mission clean drinking water connections.
● Education Ministry
- building schools and hostels.
● Health Ministry
- filling gaps in healthcare for PVTGs.
● Women and Children
Development Ministry - get Anganwadi workers
on ground to work towards sensitization of PVTGs and ensuring they are able to
sign up for government benefits.
Features:
● The
scheme will ensure PVTG families and habitations with basic facilities such as safe housing, clean drinking water and
sanitation, improved access to education, health and nutrition, road and
telecom connectivity, and sustainable livelihood opportunities.
● The
goals are to build roads, telecom connectivity, water and sanitation.