The tribal upliftment in India has been carried out since the inception of independence through various schemes and programmes. But due to various reasons the overall upliftment of tribals are not achieved. In this context the vehement understanding about various schemes and plans introduced by governments and other organizations assumes the importance. Through this paper, the authors try to highlight the interpretation of tribal development in the light of Integrated Tribal Development Programme (ITDP) has done with the data collected from various government and other sources. The need of holistic tribal development, it's aims, status, and progress have also been detailed out. Moreover, various significant tribal development programmes in Afro-Asian countries and their effect in the respective population of the tribals have been briefed.