- The Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) was launched in November 2023, with a budget of ₹24,000 crore.
- The PM JANMAN seeks to provide essential services to PVTGs, which includes safe housing, clean drinking water, and sanitation through 11 critical interventions.
- Its objective is to ensure that every PVTG household has access to secure and habitable housing, safeguarding them from environmental challenges and providing them with a sense of security.
- Households under the scheme are entitled to receive ₹2.39 lakh each in three instalments. It aims to reach 4.90 lakh PVTG households by 2026.
| PVTGs India is home to numerous Adivasi groups, with 75 identified as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) across States.Odisha has the highest PVTGs followed by Andhra Pradesh.According to official data, they comprise around 14.6 lakh households. These tribes reside in scattered, remote, and often inaccessible areas, characterised by their reliance on methods and tools for their livelihood that predate the advent of agriculture, low literacy rates, economic backwardness, and stagnant populations.The Government of India announced the Pradhan Mantri PVTG Development Mission in 2023-24 to improve the socio-economic conditions of PVTGs. |
The Government of India has provided an ‘Awaas+’ mobile app to block/panchayat-level officials to register PVTG households.
- The app gathers beneficiary data in three primary areas — it records the geographical location of households, noting their block, panchayat, and village.
- It captures household profiles, incorporating geo-tagging for planned construction locations, and then collects bank account details for cash transfers.
- Having a job card is mandatory for PM JANMAN Housing registration.
Dig Deeper: Read about the Dhebar Commission and Identification of PVTGs.
