Sixth schedule | UPSC Daily Current Affairs 2023

👉 It is under Article 244
👉 It applies to Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram (three Councils each),
and Tripura (one Council).
👉 It provides for the formation of autonomous administrative divisions — Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) — that have some legislative, judicial, and administrative autonomy within a state.
👉ADCs have up to 30 members with a term of five years.
👉ADCs can make laws, rules, and regulations with regard to land, forest, water, agriculture, village councils, health, sanitation, village- and town level policing, inheritance, marriage and divorce, social customs and mining,
👉 The Bodoland Territorial Council in Assam is an exception with more than 40 members and the right to make laws on 39 issues.
👉 Aim: protects tribal population and inclusion in socio-economic
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