Paudi Bhuyan

WHY IN NEWS?

Right to Food Campaign, a platform of social activists, said poor implementation of government welfare programmes was marginalising tribals further in backward pockets of Odisha.

ABOUT PAUDI BHUYAN

• As per the findings shared by RTF members, Paudi Bhuyan tribes in four villages – Kiri, Keta, Kundula and Kunu – under Bonai subdivision of Sundargarh districts were suffering from hunger and malnutrition.
• Paudi Bhuyan, one of the most vulnerable and neglected tribes who reside on hilltops, should be mainstreamed and linked with government welfare programmes immediately, RTF campaigners recommended.
• The Pauri Bhuyan community is officially categorised as a primitive and vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) that lives in forests and changes its place of stay periodically.

Prelims Question

Q. Paudi Bhuyan tribe which was recently in news inhabits which among the following states?

a)Maharashtra
b)Tamil Nadu
c)Odisha
d)Arunachal Pradesh

Answer to the Prelims Question