Tribal Research and Training Institute Pune, Government of Maharashtra
About Maha Aadim
Maharashtra is the 3rd largest state in the country having 43,665 villages out of which 8,428 are tribal villages. According to the 2011 census, the tribal population in Maharashtra is 10.5 million which is 9.4% of the total population of the state. This makes Maharashtra the second largest state in terms of tribal population. This data indicates that a significant proportion of the population is tribal and their development is pivotal for overall development of the state. Almost 45 to 50 % of the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population lives in Scheduled Areas.
In 1973, the Dhebar Commission created Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) as a separate category, who are less developed among the tribal groups. In 2006, the Government of India renamed the PTGs as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs),In Maharashtra, there are 3 Identified PVTGs by above cited commission, namely, Katkari, Kolam and Madia gond. PVI'Gs constitutes the most vulnerable section among tribes and inhabits isolated, remote and difficult areas in small and scattered hamlets/ habitats. Most of these groups have not attained significant level of educational, economic progress and are having low health indices. Hence, priority is accorded for their protection and improvement in terms of the social indicators like livelihood, health, nutrition and education so as to decrease their vulnerability.
Maha Aadim -Portal For P.V.T.G
The challenges faced in the Scheduled Areas are mainly in the form of poor physical and network connectivity, electricity shortage, intermittent water supply, absence of transportation services, scarce infrastructure, lack of trained staff to carry out essential services, scarce livelihood opportunities are responsible for socio economic backwardness of the tribal communities. The TRTI community
The TRTIs aims at planning their socio-economic development in a comprehensive manner while retaining the culture and heritage of the community by adopting habitat development approach and intervening in all spheres of their social and economic life, so that a visible impact is made in improvement of the quality of life of PVTGs.
All PVTG houses will be the subject of a preliminary survey by TRTI, the Tribal Research Institute, which will be digitalized. To use a habitat development strategy and to make interventions in all areas of their social and economic life in order to plan their socio-economic development in a comprehensive manner to improve the quality of life for PVTGs.
Objective Of Maha Aadim
To plan PVTG socio-economic development in a comprehensive manner while retaining the culture and
heritage of the community by adopting habitat development approach and intervening in all spheres of
their social and economic life, so that a visible impact is made in improvement of the quality of life
of PVTG.As there is no clear picture of population and their vulnerability at most alp current geographic presence.
This project will ensure the digitization of groups, which will help the Government to plan need,
based policies for direct impact on the PVI'Gs in State of Maharashtra'. To plan their socio-economic
development in a comprehensive manner while retaining the culture and heritage of the community by
adopting habitat development approach and intervening in all spheres of their social and economic life.
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