What does a special package mean for PVTGs? Subject: Schemes Section: Vulnerable section Context: On December 6, the Tribal Affairs Ministry told the Rajya Sabha that the population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) was not in decline,  citing information provided by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (ORGI).  This was in variance with the State Wise Census data provided by the Ministry  to a Parliamentary panel last year showing that the numbers of these tribal groups fell almost 40% in at least nine States and Union Territories in the first decade of this century. About Scheduled Tribes in India  Scheduled Tribe (ST) […]