Critical Appraisal of the policy and its impact:

In spite of the constitutional safeguards and the efforts of central & state governments, the tribals progress and welfare has been a slow aprocess. Except the North East, the tribals continue to be poor, indebted, landless and often unemployed. The problem lies in weak execution of even well intentioned measures.

1. Quite often the funds allocated for tribal welfare are not spent or are spent without corresponding results and sometimes funds are even misappropriated. The watch dog of tribal interests, Tribal Advisory Council has not functioned effectively.

2. Administrative personnel are either ill trained or prejudiced against tribals.

3. A major handicap from which tribals suffer is denial of justice, often because of their