Autonomous District Councils

Autonomous District Council Latest News

Recently, the Meghalaya State Government has extended the term of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) for a period of six months..

About Autonomous District Council

• The Autonomous District Councils being autonomous bodies under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
• The Sixth Schedule of the Indian constitution provides a list of ten tribal areas in Assam (3), Meghalaya (3), Tripura (1) and Mizoram (3).
• Each of these tribal areas constitutes an autonomous district. Each autonomous district has an Autonomous District Council (ADC).

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Membership of Autonomous District Council

• They have up to 30 members with a term of five years.
• Out of 30, four are nominated by the governor and the remaining 26 are elected on the basis of adult franchise.
• Tenure of Autonomous District Council: Five years from the date of their constitution. 

Functions of Autonomous District Council

• They makes laws on land, management of forests, except reserved forests, appointment of traditional chiefs and headmen, 
• They make rules regulating the inheritance of property, marriage, divorce, the constitution of village courts, 
• It can establish, construct or manage primary schools, dispensaries, markets, ferries, fisheries, roads and so on in the district.
• It can also make regulations for the control of money lending and trading by non-tribals. But such regulations require the assent of the governor.

Revenue source of Autonomous District Council

• Taxes on professions, trades, callings and employment; taxes on animals, vehicles and boats;
• Taxes on the entry of goods into a market and sale therein, and tolls on passenger and goods carried on ferries; and taxes for the maintenance of school, dispensaries or roads.

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