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The imposition of lockdown and COVID-19 has disturbed the life of tribals and forest dwellers by destroying their livelihood and health. The article argues that there is an urgent need to focus on food security and strong social protection mechanisms to help tribal communities to minimise the impact of the pandemic on their social and economic life.   The COVID-19 pandemic is the world’s worst global crisis since World War II (ILO 2020a). It has affected the economy in general and various spheres such as agriculture, human health, and healthcare in particular. It has infected almost 26.79 million people globally and 8,78,963 casualties while India’s confirmed cases reached 40.23 lakh cases with 69,635 deaths as on 5 September 2020 (Worldometers 2020). The outbreak of the COVID-19 has severely affected the livelihood of the world’s over 476 million indigenous and tribal people (ILO 2020b). India comprises almost 10.4 million tribes, that is, 8.6% of its population spre

World warScheduled tribeCovid 19Corona virusMinistry of tribal affairsForest dwellersஉலகம் போர்திட்டமிடப்பட்ட பழங்குடிசர்வதேச பரவல்கொரோனா வைரஸ்அமைச்சகம் ஆஃப் பழங்குடி வாழ்க்கைத்தொழில்கள்காடு குடியிருப்பாளர்கள்ஊட்டச்சத்து குறைபாடுஉடல் நலமின்மை