{"id":992,"date":"2023-06-19T12:44:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=992"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:15:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:45:27","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-about-particularly-vulnerable-tribal-groups-pvtgs-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-about-particularly-vulnerable-tribal-groups-pvtgs-in-india","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements about Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>PVTGs<\/strong>&nbsp;reside in 18 States and one Union Territory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A stagnant or declining population is one of the criteria for determining PVTG status.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are&nbsp;<strong>95 PVTGs&nbsp;<\/strong>officially notified in the country so far.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irular and Konda Reddi tribes are included in the list of PVTGs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2, 3 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 3 and 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PVTGs<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/particularly-vulnerable-tribal-groups-upsc\/\">Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups<\/a>&nbsp;(PVTGs)<\/strong>&nbsp;are&nbsp;<strong>centrally recognized<\/strong>&nbsp;special category from among the Scheduled Tribe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was constituted during the&nbsp;<strong>4th five year plan<\/strong>&nbsp;on the basis of the report of the&nbsp;<strong>Dhebar commission<\/strong>&nbsp;(1960-61).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Such groups were identified by\u00a0<strong>one or more<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>following features<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pre-agricultural level of technology,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Low level of literacy,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic backwardness,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A declining or stagnant population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are&nbsp;<strong>total 75 tribal groups<\/strong>&nbsp;have been categorized categorized by&nbsp;<strong>Ministry of Home Affairs<\/strong>&nbsp;as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PVTGs&nbsp;<strong>reside in 18 States and UT of A&amp;N Islands<\/strong>. Hence,&nbsp;<strong>statement 1 is correct.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Konda reddy<\/strong>&nbsp;of Khammam district of<strong>&nbsp;Telangana<\/strong>&nbsp;and<strong>&nbsp;Irular<\/strong>&nbsp;of<strong>&nbsp;Tamil Nadu<\/strong>&nbsp;are in the list of PVTGs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Besides a number of schemes of Government of India and the State Governments where PVTG population are also benefitted along with other population,&nbsp;<strong>Ministry of Tribal Affairs<\/strong>&nbsp;administers a&nbsp;<strong>scheme&nbsp;<\/strong>namely<strong>&nbsp;\u2018Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/particularly-vulnerable-tribal-groups-upsc\/\">PVTG<\/a>)\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;specifically for the PVTG population.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under this scheme,&nbsp;<strong>financial assistance<\/strong>&nbsp;is provided to the State\/UT Governments based on their proposals for development of tribal people under various sectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The projects taken up under this scheme are&nbsp;<strong>demand driven<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Must Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/important-tribes-of-india-upsc\/\">Important Tribes of India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_3cb722-3c .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_3cb722-3c .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_3cb722-3c\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above are correct? 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