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4 months, 1 week ago

When school is an uphill climb away

Amin Kadraka, 14, can tell you all about the latest Instagram reels, go through his Facebook friend list, and expertly navigate through his favourite YouTube videos. In Upparguma, another Dongria Kondh village with 45 families in Bissamcuttack block, only one family has ever sent their daughters to study at a school in Chatikona, 10 km away. However, the baseline survey …

Education Community India Odisha School State Central

5 months ago

PVTGs protest for essential amenities on World Indigenous Day

Deccan Chronicle

They contended that there can be no celebration of World Indigenous Day when scores of tribal villages lack basic amenities, such as electricity, roads, potable water and educational institutions.The protesters demonstrated over a three-kilometre distance, holding traditional torches and carrying “doli”. They started from Pashuvulabanda village in V. Madugula mandal to Tanimani Junction via Ravikamat and Jeelugu village in Cheemalapadu …

Tribal Village Pvtgs Protest World Indigenous Day

5 months ago

Juang tribals of Jajpur get habitat rights under Forest Rights Act

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: The Juangs of Jajpur have become the fifth Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group in the country and second in the state to get habitat rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The district-level committee under the Forest Rights Act approved the habitat rights of the Juang community on Tuesday. Along with the habitat rights, 165 individual forest rights, 11 community …

Rights Forest Jajpur Habitat Forest Rights Act Habitat Rights Juangs

6 months, 3 weeks ago

PVTGs in Mayurbhanj reach 98 per cent voter turnout milestone

New Indian Express

BARIPADA: Mayurbhanj district in Odisha has achieved a milestone in the simultaneous General Elections 2024, with an impressive 98.61 per cent voter turnout among Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups. This high participation rate is believed to be a result of concerted efforts by the district administration to engage and educate the tribal communities about their electoral rights. Following the Election Commission …

Pvtg Pvtgs

7 months, 2 weeks ago

A door to a housing scheme, tribals find hard to open

The Hindu

India is home to numerous Adivasi groups, with 75 identified as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups across States. The PVTGs and frontline officials face challenges in using a mobile application to register for the ‘Housing scheme’, the biggest Direct Benefit Transfer scheme in the PM JANMAN which aims to reach 4.90 lakh PVTG households by 2026. App use and confusion The …

India Housing Registration Bank App Officials Scheme

10 months ago

PM-JANMAN: Tribal hamlet gets power supply for first time

The Hindu

A tribal hamlet in Karnataka's Mysuru has received electricity supply for the first time, thanks to the PM-JANMAN scheme which aims to provide basic facilities to particularly vulnerable tribal groups in the country. Situated on the fringes of the Hediyala range of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, the hamlet was recently connected to the power grid of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation, …

Tribal Power Supply Lakh Pvtg Tribal Hamlet Pm Janman Gets Power

10 months ago

Under PM JANMAN, first house constructed in ‘record time’

Hindustan Times

The first house under the government’s flagship scheme PM JANMAN launched by PM Modi on 15th November 2023 on Janjatiya Gaurav Divas was constructed in a “record” period of one month, a senior government officer said. HT Image According to the ministry, 4.9 lakh houses are to be constructed for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups under the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi …

Kapoor House Pvtg Pvtgs Janman Pm Janman

10 months, 3 weeks ago

With no Census data to depend on, government scrambling to assess population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

The Hindu

With the 2021 Census indefinitely delayed, the government’s attempt at using the PM Gati Shakti portal to estimate the total population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups across the country is hitting one wall after another. Some districts are using population data from ration distribution charts, others are using data from as far back as the 2011 Census or surveys conducted …

Population Data Census Lakh Pvtg Package Janman

11 months ago

RS passes bill including three ethnic groups of AP in ST list

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Constitution Order Bill, 2024, by voice vote modifying the list of scheduled tribes in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, three more ethnic groups of AP – Bonda Porja, Khond Porja and Parangiperja – will be added to the list of scheduled tribes in the state. Similarly, Rajya Sabha also passed by voice vote another Bill …

Bill Scheduled Tribes Scheduled Tribes

11 months, 1 week ago

2024 Interm Budget | Allocations for Social Justice and Tribal Affairs Ministries see a marginal increase

The Hindu

The Estimates presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for financial year 2024-25 on February 1 left the budgets for Social Justice and Tribal Affairs Ministries largely unchanged with marginal increases seen in the estimated allocations for both ministries compared to the FY 2023-24 Budget Estimates. While ₹14,225 crore has been set aside for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, …

Social Justice Justice Social States Tribal Affairs Crore Ministry

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Tribal Groups in Vishakhapatnam Protest Over Lack of Road Facilities

Deccan Chronicle

Vishakhapatnam: Tribal groups hailing from Pedagaru, Pathasingi and Kottasingi, the hilltop PVTG tribal villages in Arla panchayat of Rolugunta mandal in Anakapalli district, took out a ‘Doli’ protest for four kilometres under auspices of the 5th Schedule Sadhana Committee of PVTG Kondu Adivasi Tribal Association. The hilltop PVTGs say due to lack of road facilities, they have to carry pregnant …

Tribal Groups Tribal Road Pvtg Road Facilities

11 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi releases first instalment of benefits to one lakh people under tribal welfare scheme

The Hindu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on January 15 that the country can develop only if benefits of various welfare schemes reach all, asserting that it is his guarantee that everyone, even those in the remotest of areas, will benefit from them. Releasing the first instalment of ₹540 crore to one lakh beneficiaries of a rural housing scheme under the Pradhan …

Pm Modi Scheme His Government Pvtg First Instalment

11 months, 4 weeks ago

ECI Warns of Stern Action Against Voting at More Than One Place

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has said stern action will be taken against those who cast their vote at more than one place and those indulging in bogus voting. The CEC told the media here on Wednesday that 4.07 crore voters were enrolled for the 2024 polls in AP, of which 2.07 crore are female and 1.99 crore male …

Voters Eci Lakh Cec Rajiv Kumar

1 year ago

PM-JANMAN to cover Jenu Kurubas and Koragas in Karnataka

The Hindu

Jenu Kurubas and Koragas of Karnataka will benefit from the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan or PM-JANMAN programme targeted at Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. Prabha Urs, Deputy Director of Karnataka State Tribal Research Centre in Mysuru, told The Hindu that the Union Cabinet approved the PM-JANMAN programme to cover all the 75 PVTG communities in India with an …

Karnataka Pvtg Urs Pvtgs Jenu Kurubas Koragas

1 year, 1 month ago

No drop in Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups population, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

The Hindu

December 07, 2023 12:14 am | Updated 11:04 am IST - NEW DELHI The Tribal Affairs Ministry on December 6 insisted in the Rajya Sabha that the population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups was not in decline, citing information provided by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. However, information, as provided by the Office of …

Population Data Rajya Sabha Tribal Affairs Tribal Jharkhand Telangana

1 year, 1 month ago

Birsa Munda Jayanti: Governor flags off Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra

The Hindu

The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra will cover the tribal dominated regions of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar besides propagating the various Union Government schemes to the targeted community. The yatra was flagged off by the Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at a function held at the Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute in the city to mark Birsa Munda Jayanti and Janjatiya Gaurav Divas on …

Tribal Gehlot Sankalp Yatra Birsa Munda Jayanti

1 year, 1 month ago

PM launches Rs 24,000-crore project for vulnerable tribal groups, releases Rs 18,000 crore for PM Kisan scheme

Firstpost

In order to support the comprehensive development of around 28 lakh PVTGs nationwide, PM Modi on Wednesday launched worth Rs 24,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups Mission on Wednesday. He also released Rs 18,000 crore as the 15th installment of PM Kisan scheme In order to support the comprehensive development of around 28 lakh PVTGs nationwide, Prime Minister Narendra …

Mission Crore Pvtg Pvtgs Pm Kisan Kisan Scheme Vulnerable Tribal Groups

1 year, 6 months ago

Centre looking to design Human Development Index for 28 lakh Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

The Hindu

The Union government is now looking to design a survey that can gauge the Human Development Index specifically for about 28 lakh people of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups living in over 22,000 villages across the country, Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said on Wednesday in New Delhi. This will also be able to quantify how government policies are changing …

Tribal Affairs Tribal Human Development Minister Pvtg Munda

1 year, 6 months ago

Parliament will see more representatives from vulnerable tribal groups in future, says Speaker

The Hindu

Saying that diversity was at the core of Indian values, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said that he was fully confident of increased representation of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in all walks of life, including in Parliament, in the coming years. A statement from the LS Secretariat said, “He expressed his full confidence that India would soon see …

India Tribal Communities Parliament Birla Pvtg Central Hall

1 year, 10 months ago

Must use ‘last-mile’, ‘good governance’ approach to reach out to people in remotest corners, minorities: PM

The Hindu

Maximum efforts should be made to ensure that all government services and benefits reach the most marginalised people in the country, be it the tribespeople living in the remotest corners or the Pasmanda Muslims who have remained backward, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. Citing how the Aspirational District Programme had become a “success model”, Mr. Modi talked about …

Tribal Modi

1 year, 11 months ago

Budget 2023 | Odisha may prove to be a first-mover in Pradhan Mantri PVTG Development Mission

The Hindu

As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced to launch the Pradhan Mantri PVTG Development Mission in order to saturate the PVTG families and habitations with basic facilities, Odisha being home to the highest number of PVTG communities in the country, is likely to be benefited the most. Union Finance Minister, in her Budget speech, said an amount of …

Odisha Development Mission State Pvtg Pvtgs Behavioural Change

1 year, 11 months ago

Budget 2023 brings special scheme for vulnerable tribal groups | Details

Hindustan Times

Presenting the last full Union Budget of the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 Lok Sabha election, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced a special programme targeting Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, for its development and upliftment, with a budget outlay of ₹15,000 crore over the next three years. Budget 2023 announcements are aimed at improving the socio-economic conditions of …

Budget Tribal Groups Pvtg Vulnerable Vulnerable Tribal Groups

1 year, 11 months ago

Budget 2023 | ₹15,000 crore to be spent on development of tribals

The Hindu

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday 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, who live in around 31,000 villages of India’s 18 States and one Union Territory. “This will saturate PVTG families and habitations with basic facilities such as safe housing, clean drinking water …

Development Budget Tribal Affairs Tribal Crore Ministry Pvtg

2 years, 2 months ago

Anthropological Survey of India builds tribal hut replicas to promote unique heritage

The Hindu

From a distinctive beehive-shaped hut of the Jarawa tribe, to a Shompen hut crafted with leaves of junglee supari with a cage for wild pigs built beneath it, and a Nicobarese hut made using the thin stems of local cane covered by thick dry grasses -- each offers a peek into the lives of tribal communities that most Indians will …

India Tribal Traditional Communities Hut Huts Jarawa

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When school is an uphill climb away

PVTGs protest for essential amenities on World Indigenous Day

Juang tribals of Jajpur get habitat rights under Forest Rights Act

PVTGs in Mayurbhanj reach 98 per cent voter turnout milestone

A door to a housing scheme, tribals find hard to open

PM-JANMAN: Tribal hamlet gets power supply for first time

Under PM JANMAN, first house constructed in ‘record time’

With no Census data to depend on, government scrambling to assess population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

RS passes bill including three ethnic groups of AP in ST list

2024 Interm Budget | Allocations for Social Justice and Tribal Affairs Ministries see a marginal increase

Tribal Groups in Vishakhapatnam Protest Over Lack of Road Facilities

PM Modi releases first instalment of benefits to one lakh people under tribal welfare scheme

ECI Warns of Stern Action Against Voting at More Than One Place

PM-JANMAN to cover Jenu Kurubas and Koragas in Karnataka

No drop in Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups population, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

Birsa Munda Jayanti: Governor flags off Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra

PM launches Rs 24,000-crore project for vulnerable tribal groups, releases Rs 18,000 crore for PM Kisan scheme

Centre looking to design Human Development Index for 28 lakh Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

Parliament will see more representatives from vulnerable tribal groups in future, says Speaker

Must use ‘last-mile’, ‘good governance’ approach to reach out to people in remotest corners, minorities: PM

Budget 2023 | Odisha may prove to be a first-mover in Pradhan Mantri PVTG Development Mission

Budget 2023 brings special scheme for vulnerable tribal groups | Details

Budget 2023 | ₹15,000 crore to be spent on development of tribals

Anthropological Survey of India builds tribal hut replicas to promote unique heritage