Schedule 5 of the Indian constitution incorporates
1. Provisions relating to administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes
2. Provisions for establishment of district and regional councils.
3. Schedule areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are governed by this schedule.
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Fifth schedule:
· It contains provisions relating to administration and control of schedule and tribal areas other than the areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
· Schedule and tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are governed under sixth schedule.
· It provides provision for establishment of tribes advisory council.
· Tribes Advisory Council consists of not more than twenty members of whom, as nearly as may be, three-fourths shall be the representatives of the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of the State.
· Tribes Advisory Council objective is to advise on such matters pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes in the State as may be referred to them by the Governor.
· District and Regional councils are part of sixth schedule.
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