Non-Territorial Autonomy: Problems of Statutory Autonomous Councils in Assam

Abstract

After independence, government of India has provided statehood and sixth schedule provisions to hill tribes of northeast India. Therefore, plains tribes of Assam felt deprived and negligence from governing body due to not getting any autonomy provision within India. So, they stated autonomy movement and, Bodo the largest Plains tribe of Assam got sixth schedule provision and other tribes are so small and residing in various parts of Assam, therefore non-territorial autonomy is granted to them, and they has formed statutory autonomous councils to administer their affairs. This paper will mainly discuss what non-territorial autonomy provision is and how statutory councils are suffering due to this provision.