Vulnerable Jharkhand tribals to get food delivered by post
Jharkhand government on Monday launched its food post scheme, a first in India, for 70,000 families of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). By delivering food through special messengers, the government aims to check malnutrition and hunger deaths among these tribes, officials said. Under the National Food Security Act, PVTGs are entitled to 35 kg of free ration every month.