Ladakh educationist to sit on fast demanding Sixth Schedule
The local residents have been demanding inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to ensure overall economic development and autonomy.
The local residents have been demanding inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to ensure overall economic development and autonomy.
Applying the Sixth Schedule to the entire state of Meghalaya is thus not only unnecessary but also illogical, and undermines social harmony, political stability and economic development of the state and the region
Youth, in particular, are growing restive on the issue and have stressed that they will accept nothing short of the Sixth Schedule for Ladakh as has been done in the country’s certain other tribal areas.
This schedule makes separate provisions for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. The objectives are to maintain a distinct identity and exclusiveness of tribals and to keep away intrusive elements.
The recent Central Government decision to grant Scheduled Tribe status to six large communities in Assam might create complex ripples in the region
Assam government on Monday said it will consider the inclusion of various tribal dominated areas under the Sixth Schedule of…
