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Recently in the 12th five year plan of India the focus has been to ensure faster inclusive and sustainable development which means that all the sections of the society have to enjoy the fruits of development on a sustainable basis. Since ST and SC and OBCs are among the weaker and vulnerable sections of the society therefore the issues pertaining to them are worth investigating .The objectives of the present study are: to ascertain the Demographic profile of the weaker sections of the society in the border area, to examine the nature of their occupation, their income and expenditure & to investigate the problems being faced by them. The present study is based on secondary & primary sources. The secondary data has been collected from the Ministry of tribal affairs, annual reports, Journals, etc. For the conducting the primary study district Poonch from Jammu and Kashmir State has been selected. The data has been collected on a well-structured questionnaire through personal interview method. After the collection of the data it has been tabulated and analyzed with simple statistical tools. The literacy rate is lower among ST’s and their economy to a considerable extent depends on dairy farming, cattle rearing and agriculture. So for as the living conditions are concerned 30 percent of ST households had( kula/Kotha) kuchha houses, 45percent semi-pacca, 25 percent pacca houses .In case of Non-ST households 25 percent had Kuchha, 27.5 percent semi-pacca&47.5 percent had pacca, houses .The living condition of Non-ST households has been better in comparison to that of of STs. The ST and Non-ST households in the study area have been facing a number of problems and are lacking basic amenities in their life.