Odisha Govt announces special package for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups over COVID Management.
Odisha Govt announces special package for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups over COVID Management ANI | Updated: Jun 03, 2021 15:21 IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 3 (ANI): Keeping in view the outbreak of COVID-19 virus in the habitation of Primitive Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) of Odisha, the Schduled Tribe (ST) and Scheduled Caste (SC) SC Development Department has announced a special package for the PVTGs.
An official statement issued by the ST and SC Development Department, Government of Odisha, said that ST and SC Department is looking after the development of 13 PVTG communities of Odisha who are residing in 14 districts. Around 541 villages with 27308 households (HHs) and 1,34,000 population exist in the 17 old Micro Project Agency areas and 1138 newly identified PVTG villages with 36906 HHs & 160401 population have f