The writer
Ramu Upadhaya hails from Assam, he has witnessed the making and working of
Autonomous District Councils in Dima Hasao, earlier known as The North Cachar
Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC). Recently famous as Dima Hasao Autonomous
Council, through this book the author educates people about this region and
sheds light on how autonomous district councils (ADCs) work in collaboration
and interaction with state and mini secretariat and other governing bodies.
The North
Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC), also known Dima Hasao Autonomous
Council, is a self-governing district council in the state of Assam, India. It
was constituted under the provisions of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution
of India to administer the Dima Hasao district and to develop the hill people
in the area. Its headquarters is in Haflong, Dima Hasao district.
Reading this
book gradually powers up your understanding on mechanism of autonomous district
councils. The author pinpoints at many places in the book that distribution of
power plays the antagonism amidst outsiders, tribals, and non-tribals, which
further puts obstacles in the overall growth of the region Dima Hasao.
In North East
there are some ADCs for tribal population, in the areas where tribal population
is around 70 to 80 percent. For such areas the central government of India under
the Sixth Schedule powers up ADCs with legislative, judicial, administrative,
and financial capacity to establish and enforce their own social and
development priorities within the broader Indian constitutional framework.
This book
takes an extensive stance on the internal working of autonomous council with
regard to election, state legislation, revenue and other classifications. Each
one demands unity of the people of Dima Hasao, if not turned well it could lead
to political fiasco. The book sheds light on some important classifications
that form the critical part of the ADCs body like General Council, Executive
Council, and Village Council. Remember there are other state vigilant councils
as well in North East in Tripura, Manipur, and Nagaland. Their functioning is
different than of Dima Hasao.
The focus of
the book lies in Dimasa, their people and identity. The book takes it one by
one to justify their stance in a gamut of cultural, natural, and social
activities. The author made sure that Dimasa and their spanning across various
verticals of India is highlighted, not ignored. For this topic, he has proper
stories from his life, kings and kingdoms, patriotic heroes and much more.
The expanse of
the book is so vast and traversing that it makes up ultimately as a resourceful
guide for people seeking information on Dima Hasao and its allied powers and conflicts
within the scaffold of autonomous district councils. The narrative of the
author is upgraded, deeply researched, and quite simple to understand the
legacy of some particular regions of Assam and North East India.
The book is
available to buy from Amazon India
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