Base Line Survey Of PVTGs In Odisha

Abstract

Base Line Survey was conducted to identify and find out the left out/uncovered PVTG villages and population inhabiting outside the Micro Project area as well as in some identified pockets of the State so that they can be covered under OPELIP programme. Further, the study has also assessed the total PVTG population in the State of Odisha taking into account the guidelines and clarifications issued by the GOI, MoTA regarding the PVTG population which will be the sole basis for release of funds under PVTG Budgetary Head. The baseline survey identified the number of villages/habitations of PVTG population are spread over 14 number of districts, 42 number of Blocks, 285 Gram Panchayats and 1683 villages/habitations comprising of 58,708 PVTG Household having 2,49,609 PVTG population. Out of the 2,49,609 PVTG population distributed in 1683 villages/habitations, the Micro Projects at present are recognizing only 541 habitations. The Base Line Survey identified 1142 number of PVTG habitations in addition to the 541 already recognized PVTG habitations by the Micro Projects which needs to be covered under OPELIP programme. Further, it was found that 6 out of the 13 PVTGs in Odisha are sub-set of a Scheduled Tribe Community and are not covered by CENSUS enumeration as a separate section of the main tribal communities, the remaining 7 are full-fledged Scheduled Tribe Communities and are enumerated and captured by CENSUS. The total number of PVTGs as estimated from the Base Line Survey (in the existing Micro Project villages, Left out Micro Project area villages as well as identified three clusters in Sukinda, Banspal and Bhuban& other Blocks under Jajpur, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal districts respectively) conducted by SCSTRTI during 2015 & 2018 and also from Census figures comes to 7,73,092 population with 179742 Households. As an outcome of this exercise, the State Government can place before the GOI, MoTAthatmore than 7 Lakhs PVTG Population are spread over the State of Odisha, which is about 9 times higher than the PVTG population which has been projected before the GOI, MoTA till the survey was conducted