Ladakh Under Sixth Schedule
Ladakh Under Sixth Schedule
Ladakh Under Sixth Schedule
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The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has recommended that the Union
Territory (UT) of Ladakh be included in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
Sixth Schedule
The Constitution, under Sixth Schedule, contains special provisions for the
administration of tribal areas in the four north-eastern states of Assam,
Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
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Autonomous Districts: The tribal areas in these four states have been constituted as
autonomous districts. The governor is empowered to organise and re-organise the
autonomous districts.
The acts of Parliament or the state legislature do not apply to autonomous districts or
apply with specified modifications and exceptions.
The power of direction, in this regard, lies either with the President or Governor.
District Council: Each autonomous district has a district council consisting of 30
members, of whom four are nominated by the Governor and the remaining 26 are
elected on the basis of adult franchise.
The elected members hold office for a term of five years (unless the council is dissolved
earlier) and nominated members hold office during the pleasure of the governor.
Each autonomous region also has a separate regional council.
Powers of the Council: The district and regional councils administer the areas under their
jurisdiction.
They can make laws on certain specified matters like land, forests, canal
water, shifting cultivation, village administration, the inheritance of property,
marriage and divorce, social customs and so on. But all such laws require the
assent of the Governor.
They can constitute village councils or courts for trial of suits and cases
between the tribes. They hear appeals from them. The jurisdiction of the high court
over these suits and cases is specified by the governor.
The district council can establish, construct or manage primary schools, dispensaries,
markets, ferries, fisheries, roads and so on in the district.
They are empowered to assess and collect land revenue and to impose certain
specified taxes.
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Functions:
To monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Tribes
under the Constitution or under any other law or under any order of the Government
To participate and advise on the planning process of socio-economic development of
the Scheduled Tribes,
To evaluate the progress of their development under the Union and any State,
To present to the President, annually and at such other times as the Commission may
deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards.
Headquarters: New Delhi.
Source: PIB
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