A SOCIO-LEGAL ANALYSIS OF CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS FOR TRIBAL EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA: CHALLENGES, PROGRESS, AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
A SOCIO-LEGAL ANALYSIS OF CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS FOR TRIBAL EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA: CHALLENGES, PROGRESS, AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS Rutvij Vyas, Student at Faculty of Law, GLS University Download Manuscript ABSTRACT This research paper delves into the issue of tribal rights with its background, its constitutional provisions, recent Socio-economic and political changes in tribal society, the background, functions and powers of the National Commission for Scheduled tribes, the issues faced by the tribal society in many areas such as healthcare, education, legal aid, finances. etc, and the research paper provides with a 16 point policy suggestions to uplift and empower tribal society in India. Overall the paper deals with the main theme of Constitutional safeguards for tribal rights and in furtherance it is related to socio- economic aspects of the issues faced by scheduled tribes and their solutions in the form of policy measures. “If there is someone who saved the forests it is our tribal community. Saving forests is a part of tribal Culture”- Narendra Modi, at the National tribal carnival on 25th October 2018 Type Information Research Paper LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research, Volume II, Issue II, Page 271-292. Creative Commons Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Copyright © LIJDLR 2024