Copies of Annual reports in tabular format, which were laid in both houses of the parliament.
Clauses (5) (d) and (e) of Article 338A provide that it shall be the duty of the Commission to present Reports to the President annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, Reports upon the working of the safeguards provided to Scheduled Tribes, and to make recommendations as to the measures that the Union or any State should take for effective implementation of those safeguards and other necessary measures for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes. Clause (6) of Article 338A provides that “The President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament along with a Memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the Union and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of such recommendations”.
The Commission has so far presented Sixteen Annual Reports and Three Special Reports to the President.
The present status of the submission and laying of the Reports in Parliament is given in the table below:
Sl. No.
Reports of the NCST
Period
Submitted to the President of India on
Laid in the Rajya Sabha on
Laid in the Lok Sabha on
1
First Annual Report
2004-05 & 2005-06
08.08.2006
30.08.2012
31.08.2012
2
Second Annual Report
2006-07
03.09.2008
02.05.2013
26.04.2013
3
Third Annual Report
2007-08
29.03.2010
10.08.2016
08.08.2016
4
Fourth Annual Report
2008-09
27.08.2010
10.08.2016
08.08.2016
5
Fifth Annual Report
2009-10
13.07.2011
10.08.2016
08.08.2016
6
Special Report on Good Governance for Tribal Development and Administration
2012
18.06.2012
12.12.2013
13.12.2013
7
Sixth Annual Report
2010-11
15.10.2013
29.03.2017
10.04.2017
8
Seventh Annual Report
2011-12
20.02.2015
29.03.2017
10.04.2017
9
Eighth Annual Report
2012-13
16.11.2015
10
Ninth Annual Report
2013-14
24.05.2016
03.01.2019
31.12.2018
11
Tenth Annual Report
2014-15
31.05.2016
07.02.2019
11.02.2019
12
Eleventh Annual Report
2015-16
28.10.2016
28.11.2019
25.11.2019
13
Special Report on Indira Sagar Polavaram Project Affected Tribal People
2018
03.07.2018
15.03.2023
13.03.2023
14
Twelfth Annual Report
2016-17
14.11.2019
26.07.2023
24.07.2023
15
Thirteenth Report
2017-18
15.01.2020
20.12.2023
11.12.2023
16
Special Report on the Status of Rourkela Steel Plant on Rehabilitation & Resettlement of Displaced Tribal
