ABSTRACT Handicraft has tremendous amount of potential to provide employment to millions and millions of unemployed tribal artisans all over India . Tribals of Jharkhand have a very old tradition of manufacturing handicrafts . Earlier they used to make handicrafts for their personal use only . And nowadays handicrafts product have very good market demand . But the tribal artisan are having lack of proper professional training to manufacture craft products as a result they are incapable of matching the market demand level . Government had been trying to support the artisan by implementing various policies and programs so as to uplift the socio-economic status of the tribal population of Jharkhand . But on the ground government policies and programs have failed to bear the fruits that were expected. Consequently, tribal craftsman and artisan faces different challenges in the process of production and sale of handicrafts continue to be marginalised. Keywords ...