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COUNCIL OF TTAADC

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Twipra Era: Sangrongsal, Talbang 18, 1420

Executive committee

TTAADC has a regular administrative structure. Executive committee comprising of 9+1=10 members and chief executive officer (CEO) is the head of the administration.

Power of District Council

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 powers

The Legislative Department of the District Council is headed by the Chairman who summons the meeting of the Council time to time in connection with approval of 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 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 requirement 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.

There are different departments headed by a Principal Officer as the departmental head. The departments are 1. Agriculture, 2. Animal Husbandry, 3. Health and Family Welfare, 4. Industry, 5. Land Records and Settlement, 6. Law, 7. Publicity, 8. Science & Technology, 9. Welfare and 10. Education etc. The Public Works Department is manned by the Superintending Engineer with 4 Executive Engineers and other field staffs. The Department has also its own set up in the field.

The development programme of the Council are presently implemented by the Zonal Development Officers and 37 Sub-Zonal Development Officers within the TTAADC areas.

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