4 Geography · 4.3.5 Tribes of India and AP

4.3.5.5 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups: criteria, distribution and PM-JANMAN

PVTGs are the 75 most vulnerable tribal communities, marked by pre-agricultural technology, low literacy, economic backwardness and a stagnant or declining population, and PM-JANMAN (2023) is the mission to bring basic services to all their habitations.

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  • Advanced level
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Key terms

  • PVTG
  • Primitive Tribal Groups
  • Dhebar Commission
  • 75 PVTGs
  • Odisha
  • pre-agricultural technology
  • stagnant population
  • PM-JANMAN
  • Khunti
  • Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
  • Sentinelese
  • Jarawa
  • Shompen
  • Onge
  • Great Andamanese
  • Chenchu
  • Konda Reddi
  • Cholanaickan
  • Sahariya
  • Reang

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. AP angleStandard
  5. Mains writingMains writing
  6. Common trapsFoundation
  7. Quick revisionFoundation

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