Anthropology by Vishishta IAS

PM JANMAN- CASE STUDY (Can be used in Paper 2- Government schemes for tribes/PVTGs and problems in implementation)

- PVTGs i India- 75 PVTGs comprising 14.6 lakh households - The Government of India announced the Pradhan Mantri PVTG Development Mission in 2023-24 to improve the socio-economic conditions of PVTGs. - In line with this initiative, the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) was launched in November 2023, with a budget of ₹24,000 crore. - OBJECTIVE: to provide essential services to PVTGs, which includes safe housing, clean drinking water, and sanitation through 11 critical interventions. - ISSUES FACED: - The PVTGs and frontline officials face challenges in using a mobile application to register for the ‘Housing scheme’, the biggest Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme in the PM JANMAN - Households under the scheme are entitled to receive ₹2.39 lakh each in three instalments. - the widespread deletion of over eight crore MGNREGA workers in the past two years - Mismatches in ‘Awaas+’ mobile app and MGNREGA Management Information System - The Government of India’s initiative to establish an India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) to improve banking services, especially in areas with limited banking infrastructure. But the Awaas+ app does not include the IPPB in the list of banks.

ANTHROPOLOGY VALUE ADDITION: Conflict and violence triggered 69,000 displacements in South Asia in 2023, with Manipur violence accounting for 67,000, according to a new report. The report by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) termed it the highest number of displacements triggered by conflict and violence in India since 2018. {Can be mentioned under Ethnic Conflicts, Regionalism, Tribe- Nation conflict, etc- Paper 2}