Ministry of Tribal Affairs
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 Republic of India
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| Headquarters | Ministry of Tribal Affairs Shastri Bhawan Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road New Delhi,110011 New Delhi |
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| Website | tribal.nic.in |
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, a branch of Government of India, looks after the affairs of the tribal communities in India.
The ministry was set up in 1999 after the bifurcation of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India) to have a more focused approach on the integrated socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the most underprivileged of the Indian Society. Before the formation of the ministry the tribal Affairs was being handled by different ministries which were:
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the Nodal Ministry for overall policy, planning and coordination of programmes of development for Scheduled Tribes.
Ministry has one Commission, One Public Sector Undertaking and one Co-operative Society under its administrative control, namely :
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