Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a virtual interaction with tribals at Rayanakerehaadi in Hunsur taluk on January 15, 2024 as part of PM Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan or PM-JANMAN.
The focus of the PM-JANMAN is on particularly vulnerable tribes (PVTs) and in Karnataka Jenu Kurubas and Koragas are categorized as such and the objective is to ensure development of the community. This includes providing pucca houses for the beneficiaries, energisation of their households, connecting roads, construction of hostels, installation of mobile towers etc and entails interventions by nine Ministries.
A preliminary meeting to review the preparations were conducted here on Saturday and Manjunath Prasad, Principal Secretary to the government, who said that there were 70,000 PVT groups in Karnataka and 20 lakh across the country for which ₹24,000 crore has been earmarked for their development.
