The Ministry of Tribal Affairs was set up in 1999 after the bifurcation of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with the aim to achieve integrated socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in a coordinated and planned manner. The programmes and schemes of the Ministry are intended to support and supplement, through financial assistance, the efforts of other Central Ministries, the State Governments and voluntary organizations, and to fill critical gaps taking into account the situation of STs. 

The entire content of the website is well categorized keeping citizen interest in mind, for example related data is grouped under similar categories. The header region of the website contains information related to the Ministry, Constitutional Provision, Scheduled Tribes, Sanction Orders, Schemes, Acts & Rules and CCA. Information on Constitutional & Legal Matters, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, Forest Rights Act 2006, State Grants, DBT, Economic Division, Citizen Charter etc. have been furnished on the left hand pane of the Homepage while information related to the hon’ble Ministers, New Initiatives, Best Practices & Success Stories etc. have been given in the right hand pane of the Homepage. Photo Gallery module is also incorporated for presenting the media data i.e. images on the website in a well-structured manner.

The website comes with a detailed Site Map and a Search button facilitating free text search in web pages as well as linked documents. It also has overtly stated Privacy Policy, Hyperlink Policy, Content Archival Policy, Terms & Conditions.

 The bilingual site complies with W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 level AA and comes with Screen Reader Access. Links to Facebook, twitter, YouTube and Google + have also been provided.