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: