Autonomous District Council

11/02/2025

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The Sixth Schedule of the Indian charter presents a listing of ten tribal areas in Assam(3), Meghalaya (3), Tripura (1) and Mizoram (3).
Each of these tribal regions constitutes an independent district. Each autonomous district has an Autonomous District Council(ADC).

They have as many as 30 members with a time period of five years.
Out of 30, 4 are nominated by means of the governor and the remaining 26 are elected on the basis of adult franchise.
Tenure of Autonomous District Council: Five years from the date in their charter.

They make legal guidelines on land, management of forests, besides reserved forests, appointment of traditional chiefs and headmen,
They make guidelines regulating the inheritance of assets, marriage, divorce, the constitution of village courts,
They can establish, construct or control number one faculties, dispensaries, markets, ferries, fisheries, roads and so on within the district.
They can also make guidelines for the control of money lending and buying and selling by non-tribals. But such rules require the assent of the governor.

The predominant Revenue Sources of ADCs, as specific within the Sixth Schedule, had been:
- taxes on professions, trades and employment;
- taxes on animals, cars and boats;
- taxes on the entry of products right into a market and sale therein, and tolls on passenger and items carried on ferries; and
- taxes for the protection of faculty, dispensaries or roads.

Granting unique provisions to certain minority tribal groups have brought about further demands by different businesses for such provisions beneath the sixth schedule. This has created disparity in a few of the people and resulted in the rise of conflict among numerous companies.
In terms of economic autonomy, the members throughout the ADCs in North Eastern states share the identical view that the ADCs are at the mercy of the state governments. There exists a big gap between the authorized finances and the budget acquired from the State Government which has had a right away impact at the development of these tribal communities.
They also are dependent upon nation governments for choices concerning undertaking developmental activities in their area.
Due to the widespread corruption, development in those areas is seen to be a non-current phenomena.
Lack of coordination among the States governments and Department of Planning and Development, Hill Areas Department and the Autonomous councils has resulted inside the lackadaisical implementation of the development paintings.
Absence of any green Committee for the cause of monitoring, assessment and preserving a record of the price range obtained and applied has brought about vast corruption and below development of those regions under the Autonomous Councils.