Rs 24,000 crore scheme for comprehensive development of 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) covering 22,000 villages. Provides housing, safe water, electricity, roads, mobile connectivity, and livelihood support.
Tribal & Indigenous
8 policy documents tracked in this sector, plus 5 related analysis, announcements and news items
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Constitutional foundations
Full policy history →Where this sector's policy story begins — in the Constituent Assembly, 1946–1949.
Scheduled Areas and tribal administration
The Fifth and Sixth Schedules underpin today's tribal policy — PESA (1996) extending panchayats to Scheduled Areas, the Forest Rights Act 2006, and the continuing autonomy demands of Sixth Schedule councils in the Northeast and Ladakh. Read the debate →
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Acts, rules, notifications, schemes and budgets in force
Established the Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana for the educational empowerment of tribal communities. Named after Gond tribal icons Sammakka and Sarakka.
Comprehensive development programme for villages along the northern border including those in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Ladakh. Provides infrastructure, livelihood, and tourism development to counter depopulation.
Central Act enacted 2021-03-28. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).
Central Act enacted 2007-12-20. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).
Recognises the rights of forest-dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest land and resources. Corrects historical injustice by vesting land and resource rights.
Central Act enacted 2006-12-29. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).
Central Act enacted 2000-12-27. Full text on India Code (indiacode.nic.in).
News coverage 5
Journalism about this sector — not policy documents
Rights panel orders rehabilitation after Vaniyampuzha tribal families spend 7 years in plastic tents
The commission registered a suo motu case following a detailed report in The Hindu on the tribal families living in plastic tents since the August 2019 floods destroyed their homes
The NHSRCL contract builds on BEML’s ongoing ₹866.87 crore programme with Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai) for two indigenous high-speed trainsets, each comprising eight coaches
A top government official said the ₹840-crore research vessel is expected to be ready for use by early 2028
The platforms were displayed and a pooja was also performed in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of Civil Aviation K Rammohan Naidu at the handing-over ceremony of HAL's platforms.
Deliveries boost India’s indigenous aerospace and defence manufacturing push