• Ab Qayoom Shah
• Bilah Ahmad Dar
• Shahid Bashir

Abstract: Background: India is considered a home to the largest number of tribal groups in the world. The tribal people are also called Adivasi and constitute around 8.6 percent of the India’s population, about 104 million people (census, 2011). According to the 2011 census, the total population of tribal is 104,281,034 out of which women are 51871211 which amount to almost half of the tribal population. The constitutional provisions are the backbone of the tribal as well as for other backward classes for their overall development. In Indian constitution almost twenty Articles and two special Schedules are given for the tribal protection, reservation, participation and welfare Purpose: The purposes of the study were to analyze and evaluate articles in the constitution of India for the upliftment of underprivileged community with policies on positive discrimination and affirmative action. The author tried to highlight the targets achieved by central sponsored schemes in India for overall development of scheduled tribe particularly women. Methods: The data were collected from the secondary sources which including Journals, Books and Journals, Research Articles, Official websites and Census report. Results: the result of the study showed that in the education, employment, health and empowerment. The status of Scheduled tribe women have tremendously changed. The credit for their social inclusion goes to the Constitutional safeguards. Conclusion: Under the Colonialism the Tribal community faced extreme exploitation and exclusion in term of power, prestige and wealth. After independence, due to the affirmative policies of the Government of India, they are now moving towards better living and comfortable life. Still a large number of Tribal population is living under below line particularly ST women. There is a need to utilize more funds for their empowerment and active participation in every sphere of life without creating mess in tribal identity and Consciousness.

Keywords: Constitution; Development; Discrimination; Safeguards; Tribal women

"TRIBAL WOMEN IN INDIA AND SOCIAL INCLUSION: A STUDY OF CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.607-614, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901381.pdf

"TRIBAL WOMEN IN INDIA AND SOCIAL INCLUSION: A STUDY OF CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp607-614, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901381.pdf