Context: The Union government is now looking to design a survey that can gauge the Human Development Index (HDI) specifically for about 28 lakh people of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) living in over 22,000 villages across the country.
About Pradhan Mantri Primitive Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PM-PVTG) Development Mission
- In the Budget of 2023-24, a ₹15,000-crore expenditure outlay (to be spent in three years) for the Pradhan Mantri Primitive Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PM-PVTG) Development Mission was announced for the development of PVTG.
- The programme envisions connecting all 22,544 PVTG villages to basic government services like communications, electricity, public education, healthcare, water supply, and connectivity.
- HDI for PVTG is a part of the Pradhan Mantri Primitive Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PM-PVTG) Development Mission
- HDI for PVTG aimed at:
o To see how their purchasing capacity is increasing
o How their economic activities are changing and
o Whether and what government services and facilities are reaching them.
o To collect information about the changes in the lives of PVTG and document it simply, make a database from it at the village level.
o To quantify how government policies are changing their lives.
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