REPOSITORY

This section has information related to tribals - statistics, relevant Acts of the government, schemes and guidelines. It also has links to documents related to TRIFED. 

More details on India's demographic profile can be found here and in the links given below:  

Important Statistics At A Glance 

• ST Statistical Profile - at a glance (889 KB)

• ST in India as Revealed in Census 2011 (12.25 MB)

• List of Scheduled Tribes (STs) with very low literacy rate (less than 30 percent) (204 KB)

• State wise and District wise information on very low ST literacy rate (where Female LR below 35 % (246 KB)

• Statistical Profile of STs 2013 (18.15 MB)

• State wise List of PVTGs (469 KB)

• State wise List of Scheduled Tribes in India (157 KB)

Path-breaking Reports

• Bhuria Commission Report (27.01 MB)

• Lokur Committee Report (1.89 MB)

• Mungekar Committe Report (4.01 MB)

• Development Challenges in Extremist Affected Areas (760 KB)

• NAC Recommendations for PVTGs (3.74 MB)

• Scheduled Tribes in India as revealed in Census 2011 (RGI Report) (12.13 MB)

• Twelfth Five Year Plan 2012-17 (Scheduled Tribes) (187 KB)

Relevant Acts and Rules

Forest Rights Act 2006 [with Rules (Including 2012 Amendment) and Guidelines] (1.53 MB)

Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (72 KB)

Protection of Civil Right Rules, 1977 (24 KB)

The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 and its amended (17.14 MB)

The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 -- No. 33 of 1989 (As amended) (5.65 MB) (3.75 MB)

The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 -- No. 33 of 1989 (As amended) (3.75 KB)

SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (52 KB)

SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 (183 KB)

Panchayats Extension to the Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act 1996 (64 KB)

Welfare Schemes and the supporting Guidelines

• TRI Operational Guidelines for The scheme "Support to Tribal Research Institutes (TRI), 2017" (319 KB)

•  Scheme of Centres of Excellence (86 KB)

• Livelihood Support Guidelines for the Scheme "Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Produce" (1.75 MB)

• Revision of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP) as also introduction of new MFP items (872 KB)

• (A) Guidelines for the Scheme Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce (1.42 MB)

• (B) Modified Guidelines w.e.f. 31/10/2016 for the Scheme Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce (123 KB)

• Equity support to NSTFDC/STFDCs (92 KB)