RBI notification: Master Circular - Credit Facilities to Scheduled Castes (SCs) & Scheduled Tribes (STs)
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Tribal & Indigenous
9 policy documents tracked in this sector, plus 2 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 →
Policy documents 9
Acts, rules, notifications, schemes and budgets in force
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.
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 2
Journalism about this sector — not policy documents
The focus is on strengthening domestic control over the storage and processing of government information.
Andhra Pradesh has reshuffled 11 IAS officers, assigning new postings and full additional charge responsibilities across departments, including tourism, tribal welfare and industries.