Bondas and Particularly vulnerable tribal group

  • August 25, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Society

Context:

The COVID-19 pandemic has reached the Bondas, a tribal community residing in the hill ranges of Malkangiri district in Odisha.

Concept:

Bondas

  • The Bondas are Munda ethnic group who live in the isolated hill regions of the Malkangiridistrict of southwestern Odisha.
  • They are a scheduled tribe of India and are also known as the Remo (meaning “people” in the Bonda language).

Particularly vulnerable tribal group

  • 75 tribal groups have been categorized categorized by Ministry of Home Affairs as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)s.
  • The criteria for identifying Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups are: –
    • Pre-agricultural level of technology
    • Low level of literacy
    • Economic backwardness
    • A declining or stagnant population.
  • PVTGs reside in 18 States and UT of A&N Islands.
  • Besides a number of schemes of Government of India and the State Governments where PVTG population are also benefitted along with other population, Ministry of Tribal Affairs administers a scheme namely ‘Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)’specifically for the PVTG population.
  • The scheme covers the 75 identified PVTGs in 18 States, and Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
  • The scheme aims at planning their socio-economic development in a comprehensive manner while retaining the culture and heritage of the communities by adopting habitat level development approach.
  • Under this scheme, financial assistance is provided to the State/UT Governments based on their proposals for development of tribal people in the sectors of education, housing, land distribution, land development, agricultural development, animal husbandry, construction of link roads, installation of non-conventional sources of energy for lighting purpose, social security or any other innovative activity meant for the comprehensive socio-economic development of PVTGs and to fill in the critical gaps. The projects taken up under this scheme are demand driven.
Bondas and Particularly vulnerable tribal group Society