DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i01.006

Pages: 24-29

India is the one of the country having largest tribal population. Scheduled Tribe is the backward section of the society. Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in one of the most disturbed states of India. It is facing serious socio-economic and political problems ranging from terrorism to its underdevelopment, both of which adversely affect women. According to census of India 2011 there are 1493299 scheduled tribe people in Jammu and Kasmihr. A majority of the tribal population of the J&K belongs to nomadic as well semi-nomadic tribes. In Jammu and Kashmir scheduled tribe is the only community in the state which maintains its culture and heritage throughout the ages. This paper is an attempt to know about the policies and programmes for scheduled tribe of Jammu and Kashmir. It is mostly based on secondary data available in the form of published as well as unpublished word. Both center govt. and state govt. are spending on the name of tribe but they are not getting proper benefit from these schemes. Moreover center govt. has not progressed the development programs as for other states because of the restrictions of art 370.