ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS

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Q 4. How many villages of particular vulnerable tribal groups

(PVTGS) IN Odisha have been electrified in December 2023?
(a) 79
(b) 80
(c) 81
(d) 82
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Correct Answer: B. 81

More than seven decades after India

gained Independence, 81 villages of
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
(PVTGs) in Malkangiri, Rayagada,
Kandhamal and Ganjam districts that
come have finally been electrified.
These PVTG villages are under the
ambit of TP Southern Odisha
Distribution Limited (TPSODL), one of
the four distribution companies that
are a joint venture between the Odisha
government and Tata Power.
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Who are the PVTGs?

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).