The Pradhan Mantri PVTG Development Mission will saturate PVTG households and habitations with primary services, improved entry to schooling, well being, and extra, stated Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech.
While presenting the final full Union Budget of the second time period of the BJP-led NDA authorities on Wednesday, February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced that an quantity of Rs 15,000 crore shall be allotted for the socio-economic enchancment of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG). The quantity has been allotted for the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri PVTG Development Mission beneath the event motion plan for the Schedule Tribes within the subsequent three years, she stated.
“This will saturate PVTG families and habitations with basic facilities such as safe housing, clean drinking water and sanitation, improved access to education, health, nutrition, road and telecom connectivity, and sustainable livelihood opportunities,” Nirmala stated in the course of the Budget speech.
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Further, the Minister additionally introduced that the Union authorities within the subsequent three years will recruit 38,800 lecturers and assist workers for the 740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS), which offer free residential schooling to round 3.5 lakh Scheduled Tribe college students throughout the nation.
It is to be famous that PVTG was previously often known as ‘Primitive Tribal Groups’. There are 75 such tribal communities in India, which have been recognized as essentially the most weak sections among the many nation’s Scheduled Tribes. They are unfold over 18 states and the union territory Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Students hailing from PVTG backgrounds have a reservation of as much as 5% in each Eklavya Model Residential School.
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