Adivasis are the people of tribes considered as Scheduled Tribes. These are the social groups who suffers with –

• Poverty

• Powerlessness

• Social Stigma

These are the people of forest having their habitat in the hills and the forests are the main source of their economic, social and political attributes.

The tribal areas are economically and socially backward.

Due to the capital-Intensive industrialisation policy of Indian Govt. the Adivasi lands were rapidly acquired by new mines and damns.

In the name of economic development and economic growth, the Adivasis were being detached from the resources they were dependent upon.