The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC)

The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC)

• The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) has passed resolutions to codify the customary laws of three tribal clans. 
• The council introduced separate Bills to adopt the law of the Mizo, Kaipeng, and Malsom communities to address their long­standing demands.
• Several clans have been approaching the TTAADC to codify their respective customary law. 

About TTAADC

The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an independent council administering the Tripuri-dominated areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away from Agartala, the state capital.

In the 2005 elections to the TTAADC, the Left Front won 24 seats out of the 28 elected seats and the National Socialist Party of Tripura four. The Left Front and NSPT had contested within the framework of an electoral understanding.

Formation

The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) Act 1979 was passed by the Indian parliament after a series of democratic movements launched by the Indigenous people of Tripura, under the provision of the 6th scheduled of the Indian constitution. The principal objective behind setting up the autonomous district council is to empower the Indigenous people to govern themselves and also to bring all-round developments of the backward people to protect and preserve their culture, customs, and traditions. But it actually came into being on 15th January 1982 and elected members were sworn-in on 18th January 1982. Later it was upgraded under the provision of the 6th schedule of the Indian constitution by the 49th constitution (Amendment) Act, 1984; with effect from 1 April 1985.

Power

• Under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council is vested with two types of Powers. These are 1. legislative powers and 2. executive powers
• The Legislative Department of the district council is headed by the chairman, who summons the meeting of the council from time to time in connection with the approval of the budget, discussion on bills, rules, and regulations submitted by the treasury bench and passing of the same thereof.
• The council consists of 30 members, out of which 28 members are elected by the adult franchise and 2 members are nominated by the governor of Tripura.
• The chairman has his own secretariat headed by the secretary to the district council.
• The executive powers are vested with the executive committee, which is headed by the chief executive member, who is elected from among the Treasury Bench members.
• The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India provides ample powers to the district council for self-Governance of the tribal population of the state. The district council has its own powers to appoint its own staff in terms of requirements and appointment rules. The council administration is headed by the chief executive officer and a deputy chief executive officer of TCS Grade-I and 6 executive officers, such as administration, finance, rural development, planning, development, and coordination, etc.

Source: The Hindu