PM- JANMAN

November 17, 2023

Prime Minister recently launched two ambitious initiatives to mark the Jan Jatiya Gaurav Diwas, celebrated on November 15 every year on the birth anniversary of tribal icon Birsa Munda.
These include-
- PM Janman, aimed at social justice to the tribals with a budget allocation of ₹24,000 crore.
  - The PM Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-Janman) will work towards protection and nurturing of tribes – some of them living in remote jungles – which are on the verge of extinction.
  - Under PM Janman, the government has identified 75 tribal communities and primitive tribes with a population of lakhs who reside in more than 22,000 villages in the country.
  - Mission is based on providing basic amenities like safe housing, clean drinking water, education, health, road and sustainable livelihood etc.
- Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra– a drive to create awareness and facilitate saturation of welfare schemes that will continue till January 26 across the country.