PM-JANMAN
Also called: Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan · Topic: Safeguards for Vulnerable Sections: SCs, STs, OBCs, Minorities, Women and Children · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan) is a mission for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). PVTGs are the most backward Scheduled Tribes. They are marked by pre-agricultural technology, low literacy, economic backwardness and a stagnant or falling population. The mission brings housing, roads, water, health, education and livelihoods to their habitations. Nine ministries work together on it.
Example
PM-JANMAN was launched on 15 November 2023. It covers the 75 PVTGs listed in 18 states and Andaman and Nicobar.
Don't confuse with
- Tribal Sub-Plan: a general way of setting aside development funds for all STs in line with their population share. PM-JANMAN is a targeted mission only for PVTG habitations.
Related concepts
- Scheduled Castes
- Scheduled Tribes
- Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950
- K.G. Balakrishnan Commission
- Lokur Committee (1965)
- Commission on Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
- Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
- Tribal Sub-Plan
- Xaxa Committee (2014)
- Denotified tribes