Consider the following statements about Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India : 1. PVTGs reside in 18 States and one Union Territory. 2. A stagnant or declining population is one of the criteria for determining PVTG status. 3. There are 95 PVTGs officially notified in the country so far. 4. Irular and Konda Reddi tribes are included in the list of PVTGs. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Option (c) is correct because PVTGs are distributed across 18 states and one UT (Andaman & Nicobar), identified by criteria such as a stagnant or declining population, and include tribes like the Irular and Konda Reddi. Statement 3 is the key error as there are only 75 officially notified PVTGs in India, not 95, which makes options (a), (b), and (d) incorrect. The core concept tested is the administrative classification, demographic criteria, and geographical distribution of India's most marginalized tribal communities.