National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is an Indian constitutional body that was established through Constitution (89th Amendment) Act, 2003.

[1] On the 89th Amendment of the Constitution coming into force on 19 February 2004, the National Commission for scheduled Tribes has been set up under Article 338A on bifurcation of erstwhile National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to oversee the implementation of various safeguards provided to Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution.

The First commission was constituted in 2004 with Kunwar Singh as the chairperson.

The present chairman of NCST is Antar Singh Arya.

The term of all the Members of the Commission is three years from the date of assumption of charge.