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"Indian Constitution" provides certain safeguards to "Scheduled Tribes" as detailed in "Schedules V and VI". "705 Scheduled Tribe" people are acknowledged under "Article 342 of the Constitution of India". "Scheduled Tribes" constitute "8.6 percent" of "India's total population (Census of India, 2011)", inhabiting around "15 percent" of the geographical area across varied ecological and geo-climatic conditions, primarily in forested, mountainous, and border regions" In India "75 Tribal groups" across "18 states and union territories", including the "Andaman and Nicobar Islands", have been identified and classified as "Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)" due to their "declining or stagnant populations, low literacy rates, pre-agricultural technology, and economic disadvantage". The advancement of the "Tribal community" has captured the "government's focus" since "independence". Efforts for the "welfare and development of Tribal communities" have progressed from the creation of "Scheduled Tribes" via "Community Development Programmes and Special Multipurpose Tribal Development Blocks" to the execution of the "Tribal Sub Plan". This "book chapter" elucidates the empowerment of "Tribal populations" through "transformational reforms and various welfare programs" undertaken by the "government" within the "Indian context".