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 …
A large number of people belonging to different tribal communities of Odisha have been hit by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting a concerned state government to pay special attention to safeguard them. By Friday evening, there are reports of 21 members of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group getting infected with COVID-19, Project Director of Odisha PVTG Empowerment …
