International Journal of Social Science Research (IJSSR)

Government Initiatives for Tribal Development: Past to Present

In India tribal development is a project which was started by the Colonial administration in the past and proceeded by Indian government after independence. In the world, India is a nation that stand for 2nd rank after the Africa continent in the matter of tribal people. Tribal population of India constitute 8 percent of total population and the most deprived group in the country. They don’t only deprived economical, but also faces the threat for cultural identity and socio-political rights also. At present the greatest challenge for Indian government is to provide them proper provision of justice to the schedule tribe people, by removing their persistence problem from past times. The present paper is critically examines different approaches of tribal development and government initiatives from past to present. It is based on secondary sources. This paper also endeavor to analyse the evolution of tribes from past to present and reason behind why they lag from the other section of mainstream society.