PM-JANMAM Scheme

Why in News?

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs clears speedier sanctioning of homes for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups across India under its PM-JANMAN package.

• PM-JANMAN - Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan.
• Launch- On Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas (Birth anniversary of Birsa Munda) on 15^th November, 2023 in Jharkhand.
• Aim – It intends to achieve 100% saturation of basic schemes like housing, piped water, roads, etc. across habitations of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) populations in 3 years.
  • PVTGs are more vulnerable among the tribal groups.

There are 75 PVTGs out of 705 STs, spread over 18 states and 1 Union Territory (A&N Islands), with around 27.6 lakh as per 2011 Census.

• Implementing Agency - The scheme will be implemented by 9 ministries with Ministry of Tribal Affairs playing the key role.
• Awareness generation- The government will showcase and spread awareness of various government schemes made for the tribals.
• Focus- 11 Basic amenities for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG).
• Housing - Under the housing component, a target has been set to sanction and build 4.90 lakh PM-AWAS homes to PVTGs under the package.
• Under this method, each district is required to upload exact details of the place, the village, the village code, and number of beneficiaries that require PM-AWAS home on the PM-GatiShakti portal.
• It is monitored by the respective line ministries and supervised by the Tribal Affairs Ministry.

• Debar Commission, 1961 - The sub-category "Primitive tribal group" was created within the grouping of Scheduled Tribe to identify groups, especially lacking in modern development.

Reference

The Hindu | PM-JANMAN package