Himachal Pradesh Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation were established on 14th November 1979 under the enactment of the Himachal Pradesh Government. Initially, this corporation was established solely to uplift the economic status of the Scheduled Caste families and the initial name of this corporation was “ HIMACHAL PRADESH SCHEDULED CASTES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION”. In the year 1984, the Government of Himachal Pradesh and the Government of India decided to entrust the work of providing financial assistance to Scheduled Tribe families of Himachal Pradesh to this corporation, as such the nomenclature of the corporation was changed to “ HIMACHAL PRADESH SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION