With respect to social groups in India, PVTGs stands for _______.

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SSC MTS (2022) Official Paper (Held On: 16 May, 2023 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.Key Points

PVTGs are a sub-category of Scheduled Tribes in India who are considered to be the most vulnerable among the tribal population due to their declining population, pre-agricultural level of technology, and social, economic, and educational backwardness.
Primitive Tribal tribes (PTGs), the least advanced of the tribal tribes, were established as a separate category by the Dhebar Commission in 1973.
The PTGs were renamed Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) by the Indian government in 2006.
The following criteria are used by the Indian government to identify PVTGs.
- technology at a pre-agricultural stage.
- Low literacy rate.
- economic sluggishness.
- an aging or unchanging population.

Additional Information

The government of India has identified 75 PVTGs in 18 states of India, and they are provided with special provisions and schemes for their development and welfare.
PVTGs are dispersed across the nation's many geographic regions.
The PVTGs have a population of roughly 27,68,322 as per the 2001 Census.
The remaining groups have a population of 1000 or fewer, with the exception of the 12 PVTGs with a population above 50,000.
With a population of 4,50,217, the PVTG of Sahariyas has the highest density, while the PVTGs of Sentinelets and Andamanese have extremely low densities of 39 and 43, respectively.