The legislative mechanism of the state had made strenuous efforts to uplift the conditions of tribal people in all the nooks and corners of the country and had achieved  partial success. Inspite of their efforts,  the conditions of  tribal people  is  pathetic  and deplorable and the existing  situation demands immediate attendance. Thus there is every need  to evaluate the impact of  developmental programs on the socio-economic conditions of  tribal people and hence the present research study was conducted on  Scheduled Tribes  in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. This paper studies the  concept of  socio-economic conditions of  scheduled tribes  in the select study area and  examines the impact of factors of development  on the socio-economic conditions of the tribals. The paper further measures the relationship between  the factors of development and socio-economic conditions of the tribals and  suggests measures for  uplifting the  socio-economic  conditions of the tribals in the select study area. For conducting the research study Descriptive and Analytical research design was adopted and both primary and secondary data were used. Data was collected by using selective random sampling technique utilizing interview schedule method with the help of a structured questionnaire.  The sample size selected for the study is 150 belonging to tribal mandals of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. In order to test the statistical significance of the proposed hypotheses, statistical tools like Pearson Correlation analysis and ANOVA test were applied. The study concludes that  tribal development programs aim at the  concepts of  social welfare, security and cultural promotion of the tribals followed by thrusting  the economic viscosity( Socio-economic conditions) of the tribal society at large.

KEY WORDS:  Tribals, Development Programmes, Socio-economic conditions,  Social Welfare.