Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the National Tribal Research Institute in the national capital on Tuesday which will design studies and programmes to improve socio-economic aspects of tribal lifestyles.

The Union Tribal Affairs Ministry said the NTRI will be a premier national-level institute and will become the nerve centre of tribal concerns, issues and matters in academic, executive and legislative fields.

It will collaborate and network with reputed research institutes, universities, organizations as well as academic bodies and resource centres, it said in a statement.

The NTRI will monitor projects of Tribal Research Institutes(TRIs), Centres of Excellence (CoEs), research scholars and set up norms for improvement in the quality of research and training.

It will also provide policy inputs to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and state welfare departments, design studies and programmes that improve or support socio-economic aspects of tribal lifestyles, create and maintain database of Pradhan Mantri Adi Aadarsh Gram Yojana Yojana, and issue guidelines for setting and running of tribal museums.

(With PTI inputs)