How does the President discharge functions related to the protection, welfare, and development and advancement of Scheduled Tribes?
The President discharges functions related to the protection, welfare, and development and advancement of Scheduled Tribes by:

1. Causing all reports made by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes 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 any such recommendations (Article 338A(6)).

2. Forwarding a copy of these reports to the Governor of the State who shall cause them to be laid before the Legislature of the State along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the State and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any such recommendations (Article 338A(7)).

3. Ensuring that the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has all the powers of a civil court trying a suit while investigating any matter or inquiring into any complaint related to the protection, welfare, and development and advancement of Scheduled Tribes (Article 338A(8)).