ADMINISTRATION OF SCHEDULED AND TRIBAL AREAS

• Article 244 in the Part X of constitution describes the administration of 'Scheduled and Tribal areas'
• The 5th schedule described the same except for the states of Assam,Meghalaya,Tripura and Mizoram.
• The 6th schedule deals with administration of tribal areas of the above 4 states.

SCHEDULED AREAS

• President has the power to declare and set the limits of an area as a scheduled area.
• Although the executive powers of the state extends to the scheduled areas,the Governor is specially responsible for the administration of the areas.
• A 'Tribes Advisory Council' is to be organised in each state with scheduled areas consisting of 20 members, three fourth of which are representatives of the scheduled tribes in the legislative assembly.
• A governor can modify the laws for the scheduled areas after consulting with the Tribes advisory Council and getting an assent from the President.
• A commission was appointed in 1960 headed by U N Dhebar and the 2nd commission was appointed in 2002 under Dilip Singh Bhuria.

ADMINISTRATION OF TRIBAL AREAS

• The 6th schedule describes the special laws to be introduced to the aboringies of Assam,Meghalaya,Mizoram and Tripura
• The tribal areas are configured as autonomous districts with each one having 30 members of which 4 are elected by the governor and the rest 26 by adult franchise.
• The Governor can appoint any commission to examine and report any matter relating to autonomous districts or regions.