BharatNotes Sixth Schedule
Constitutional provision (Article 244(2)) for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram through Autonomous District Councils with legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
Context & Background
Accepted from the Bordoloi Committee (1947) report to protect northeastern tribal identities within the Indian Union.
UPSC Exam Relevance
Autonomous District Councils can make laws on land, forest, water, marriage, social customs; Governor can dissolve a Council; contrast with Fifth Schedule which has no such autonomous councils.
